الشعث

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root الشعث (ash'atha) primarily relates to concepts of disarray, scattering, and untidiness, particularly concerning hair or affairs. It extends to meanings of separation, taking, eating sparingly, and even specific technical terms in prosody.

Derived headwords

الشَّعَثnoun

1.
Disorderboth
The scattering or disarray of affairs or matters.

أَشْعَثadjective

1.
Disheveledboth
Describing someone with dusty or disheveled hair, often implying neglect or travel.
2.
Pegclassical
A peg or stake, likely due to its often rough or unkempt appearance.
3.
Dried grassclassical
Dried stalks of the Bhamah plant.
4.
Proper nameboth
A proper name.

شَعَثَverb

1.
To be disheveledboth
The verb form indicating the state of being disheveled, particularly the hair.

شَعِثَverb

1.
To be disheveledboth
Another verb form indicating the state of being disheveled, particularly the hair.

تَشَعَّثَverb

1.
To become scatteredboth
The verb form indicating the process of becoming scattered or separated.
2.
To become tangledboth
The verb form indicating the hair becoming tangled or matted.
3.
To eat sparinglyclassical
The verb form indicating eating a small amount of food.

تَشْعِيثnoun

1.
Sprinklingclassical
The act of sprinkling or moistening something.
2.
Repellingclassical
The act of repelling or driving away.

الأَشْعَثِيَّةnoun

1.
Water sourceclassical
A name for a water source or well.

شَعْثَانnoun

1.
Disheveled headclassical
A disheveled head, specifically referring to the state of being أشعث (ash'ath).

شَعَّثَverb

1.
To sprinkleclassical
To sprinkle or moisten something.
2.
To repelclassical
To repel or drive away.

شُعَيْثname

1.
Proper nameboth
A proper name, often used for individuals.

شُعَيْثَانname

1.
Proper nameboth
A proper name, often used for individuals.

شَعْثَاءname

1.
Proper nameboth
A proper name, often used as a kunyah (sobriquet) for a group of people.

المُشَعَّثnoun

1.
Prosody termclassical
In prosody, a term for a metrical foot where one of the two movable consonants is dropped, as if a vowel were removed from its place, causing the foot to become disordered.

الأَشَاعِثَةnoun

1.
Plural of Ash'athboth
A plural form referring to people named or described as Ash'ath.

الأَشَاعِثnoun

1.
Plural of Ash'athboth
A plural form referring to people named or described as Ash'ath.

Parallel reading

انتشار الأمر

The scattering of the affair.

مصدر الأشعث: للمغبر الرأس

The source of 'ash'ath: for one with a dusty head.

والتشعث: التفرق

And 'tasha'ath': separation.

والأخذ

And taking.

وأكل القليل من الطعام

And eating a little food.

وتلبد الشعر

And the matting of hair.

والأشعث: الوتد

And 'al-ash'ath': the peg.

ويبيس البهمى

And dried Bhamah grass.

وشعثان الرأس: أشعثه

'Sha'athan al-ra's': his disheveled head.

وشعث منه تشعيثا: نضح (عنه) ، وذب

And he sprinkled from it 'tash'ithan': he moistened (from it), and he repelled.

والمشعث، كمعظم، في العروض: ما سقط أحد متحركي وتده، كأنك أسقطت من وتده حركة في غير موضعها، فتشعث الجزء

And 'al-musha'ath', like 'mu'dhim', in prosody: is when one of the two movable consonants of its foot is dropped, as if you dropped a vowel from its place inappropriately, so the foot becomes disordered.

شعثة بن زهير: جاهلي

Sha'thah bin Zuhayr: a pre-Islamic poet.