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شذم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to swiftness and perhaps wildness, with terms for a fast she-camel and a wolf. It also touches upon specific natural phenomena like yellowish water.

Derived headwords

شَمْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A name given to a young, fast she-camel.

شَمْلَالnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    Another term for a young, fast she-camel.

شَيْذَمَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A third term used for a young, fast she-camel.

الشَّيْذُومَانname
  1. 1.
    wolfclassical

    One of the names for a wolf.

الشَّيْمَذَانname
  1. 1.
    wolfclassical

    Another name for a wolf.

السَّخْدnoun
  1. 1.
    yellowish waterclassical

    Refers to a yellowish fluid found within a 'hawlaa' (likely a type of container or natural cavity).

Parallel reading

يقال للناقة الفتية السريعة شملة وشملال وشيذمانة.
It is said for the young, fast she-camel: shamlah, shamlaal, and shaydhamaanah.
الشيذومان، بضم الذال، والشيمذان من أسماء الذئب؛
Ash-shaydhuumaan, with the dammah on the dhaal, and ash-shaymdhaan are among the names of the wolf.
على حولاء يطفو السخد فيها،
Upon a hawlaa, yellowish water floats within it,
فراها الشيذمان عن الخبير
and the shaydhamaan saw it, according to the expert.
السخد: ماء أصفر يكون في الحولاء.
As-sakhd: yellowish water that is in the hawlaa.