شون

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of scarcity, deficiency, and mental dullness or foolishness. It also extends to specific actions like clearing or treating the head, and the idea of a woman lacking intelligence.

Derived headwords

التوشنnoun

1.
scarcity of waterclassical
A state of having very little water, indicating a shortage or drought.

التشونnoun

1.
light-mindednessclassical
A state of being light-headed, lacking seriousness or mental acuity.

شونةnoun

1.
foolish womanclassical
A woman who is characterized by a lack of intelligence or sense; an unintelligent or foolish female.

يشونverb

1.
to clear the headclassical
To open up the fissures or channels of the head, specifically to remove a creature that might be residing there and affecting the brain.

Parallel reading

التوشن قلة الماء

Al-Tawshan is scarcity of water.

والتشون خفة العقل

And al-Tashawwun is light-mindedness.

والشونة المرأة الحمقاء

And al-Shunah is the foolish woman.

كان فينا رجل يشون الرؤوس

There was among us a man who treated heads.

يريد يفرج شؤون الرأس ويخرج منها دابة تكون على الدماغ

He means to open the fissures of the head and extract from it a creature that might be on the brain.

فترك الهمز وأخرجه على حد يقول كقوله: قلت لرجلي اعملا ودوبا

So he omitted the hamza and rendered it in the manner of saying, as in his saying: I said to my two legs, 'Work and crawl.'

فأخرجها من دأبت إلى دبت

And he rendered it from da'abat to dabbet.

كذلك أراد الآخر شنت

Similarly, the other intended shanat.