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شءن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns matters, affairs, states, and conditions. It extends to describe the course of events, personal situations, and even physical features like channels or veins, particularly those related to tears or the head. It also encompasses actions related to managing or affecting these matters.

Derived headwords

الشَّأْنnoun
  1. 1.
    matter, affair, issueboth

    A significant concern, event, or situation; a state of affairs.

  2. 2.
    condition, stateboth

    The way something is; its status or circumstance.

  3. 3.
    importance, significanceclassical

    The degree to which something is important or noteworthy.

كل يوم هو في شأن — Every day He is in a (new) matter.
لَكَانَ لِي وَلَهَا شَأْنٌ — there would have been a matter/situation for me and her.
شُؤُونnoun
  1. 1.
    affairs, mattersboth

    Plural of شأن, referring to various concerns, events, or situations.

  2. 2.
    channels (of tears)both

    The grooves or channels through which tears flow from the eyes.

  3. 3.
    veins/channels (in the head/skull)both

    Specific veins or channels in the skull, often described as connecting parts of the head or skull.

  4. 4.
    grooves/fissures (in mountains)both

    Lines, cracks, or fissures in mountains, where plants might grow.

ولا يشغله شأن عن شأن — and no matter occupies Him (from another) matter.
الشؤون عروق الدموع من الرأس إلى العين — The shu'un are the veins of tears from the head to the eye.
الشؤون عروق فوق القبائل، فكلما أسَنَّ الرجل قويت واشتدت — The shu'un are veins above the temples, and as the man ages, they strengthen and intensify.
رأيت نخيلاً نابتة في شأن من شؤون الجبل — I saw palm trees growing in a fissure of the mountain.
شَأَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to concern, to matterboth

    To be of importance or relevance to someone.

  2. 2.
    to know, to be aware ofclassical

    To have knowledge or understanding of something.

  3. 3.
    to intend, to aim forclassical

    To have something as an objective or purpose.

  4. 4.
    to do, to actclassical

    To perform an action, often related to managing or affecting a situation.

وما شأن شأنه — and what is his matter/intention?
واشأن شأنك — and attend to your affair/matter.
أتاني ذلك وما شأنت شأنه — That came to me, and I did not know his affair/matter.
اشْأَنَّverb
  1. 1.
    to attend to, to manageclassical

    To take care of, to handle, or to deal with a matter.

  2. 2.
    to corrupt, to spoilclassical

    To ruin or damage a matter or affair.

اشأن شأنك — Attend to your affair.
إنه لمشأن شأن أن يفسدك — He is one who would manage your corruption.
لأُشَأْنِنَّverb
  1. 1.
    I will informclassical

    I will make him aware of something; I will inform him.

  2. 2.
    I will corrupt, I will spoilclassical

    I will ruin their affair or matter.

لأشأنن خبره — I will inform him of his news.
لأشأنن شأنهم — I will corrupt their affair.
شَأْنِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    personal, privateboth

    Relating to one's own affairs or personal matters.

شَأْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    affair, matterclassical

    A minor affair or matter.

شَأْنَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two channels (of tears)both

    The two channels that run from the head to the eyes, through which tears flow.

كأن شأنيهما شعيب — as if their two channels were a stream.
شَأْنnoun
  1. 1.
    channel (in mountain)both

    A groove or fissure in a mountain, often where plants grow.

نخيلاً نابتة في شأن من شؤون الجبل — palm trees growing in a fissure of the mountain.
شَأْنnoun
  1. 1.
    reed, caneclassical

    A type of reed or cane, possibly used for flotation.

فركبت شأناً من قصب — and I rode on a reed/cane.
شُؤُونnoun
  1. 1.
    veins of wineclassical

    The way wine spreads through the body's veins.

عقار تمشى في العظام شؤونها — a liquor whose effects move through the bones.
شُؤُونnoun
  1. 1.
    markings on the foreheadclassical

    Markings or lines on the forehead, likened to copper solder.

Parallel reading

كل يوم هو في شأن
Every day He is in a (new) matter.
من شأنه أن يعز ذليلا ويذل عزيزا
It is of His nature to exalt the humbled and humble the exalted.
ولا يشغله شأن عن شأن
and no matter occupies Him (from another) matter.
لَكَانَ لِي وَلَهَا شَأْنٌ
there would have been a matter/situation for me and her.
والشأن إذ ذاك دون
and the situation at that time was weak.
وما شأن شأنه
and what is his matter/intention?
واشأن شأنك
and attend to your affair/matter.
أتاني ذلك وما شأنت شأنه
That came to me, and I did not know his affair/matter.
إذا عمل فيما يحب أو فيما يكره
if he acts in what he likes or dislikes.
إنه لمشأن شأن أن يفسدك
He is one who would manage your corruption.
لأشأنن شأنهم
I will corrupt their affair.
أتاني فلان وما شأنت شأنه
So-and-so came to me, and I paid him no mind.
اشأن شأنك
Attend to your affair.
وشأنت شأنه: قصدت قصده
And I intended his intention: I aimed for his goal.
الشأن: مجرى الدمع إلى العين
The sha'n: the channel of tears to the eye.
الشؤون عروق الدموع من الرأس إلى العين
The shu'un are the veins of tears from the head to the eye.
كأن شأنيهما شعيب
as if their two channels were a stream.
حتى تبلغ به شؤون رأسها
until it reaches the channels/veins of her head.
الشؤون عروق في الجبل فيها تراب ينبت
The shu'un are veins in the mountain where soil grows.
شبه شقوق كبده بالشقوق التي تكون في الجبال
He likened the cracks in his liver to the fissures found in mountains.
فركبت شأناً من قصب
and I rode on a reed/cane.
عقار تمشى في العظام شؤونها
a liquor whose effects move through the bones.