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شج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, splitting, or piercing, often with a sharp object. It extends to concepts of mixing, cutting through, and the resulting wound or mark.

Derived headwords

شَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to break (head)both

    To break or fracture the head, typically with a blow.

  2. 2.
    to split (sea)classical

    To split or cleave the sea.

  3. 3.
    to cut through (desert)classical

    To cut through or traverse a desert or open space.

  4. 4.
    to mix (drink)classical

    To mix or blend a drink.

يَشِجُverb
  1. 1.
    to break (head)both

    Present tense of شَجَّ, meaning to break or fracture the head.

  2. 2.
    to split (sea)classical

    Present tense of شَجَّ, meaning to split or cleave the sea.

  3. 3.
    to cut through (desert)classical

    Present tense of شَجَّ, meaning to cut through or traverse a desert.

  4. 4.
    to mix (drink)classical

    Present tense of شَجَّ, meaning to mix or blend a drink.

شَجٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    breaking (head)both

    The act of breaking or fracturing the head.

  2. 2.
    wound (head)both

    A wound on the head, especially one that breaks the skin or bone.

أَشَجُّadjective
  1. 1.
    marked (forehead)both

    Having a mark or scar on the forehead, resulting from a wound.

شَجَجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    wounds (plural)both

    Plural of شَجَّة, referring to multiple wounds on the head.

  2. 2.
    mutual woundingclassical

    A state where some individuals in a group have wounded others.

شَجَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to wound each otherclassical

    To inflict wounds upon one another.

شَجْجَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be a magpieclassical

    To be a magpie (referring to the bird).

تَشْجِيجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    designingclassical

    The act of designing or planning.

الأَشَجُّ العَصَرِيُّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Ashajj al-Asariclassical

    A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, and the name of a group of people.

الشَّجُوجِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    excessively tallclassical

    A man who is excessively tall.

Parallel reading

شَجَّ رأسه يشج ويشج: كسره
He broke his head, he breaks and he breaks: he fractured it.
و البحر: شقه
And the sea: he split it.
و المفازة: قطعها
And the desert: he cut through it.
و الشراب: مزجه
And the drink: he mixed it.
ورجل أشج، بين الشجج: في جبينه أثر الشجة
And a man is Ashajj, between the Shajaj: there is the mark of a wound on his forehead.
وبينهم شجاج، أي: شج بعضهم بعضا
And among them are Shajaj, meaning: some of them wounded each other.
والتشجيج: التصميم
And Tashjeej: designing.
والأشج العصري: صحابي، واسم جماعة
And Al-Ashajj al-Asari: a Companion, and the name of a group.
والشجوجى: الرجل المفرط الطول
And Al-Shajuji: the excessively tall man.