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شحيج

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sound or cry of animals, particularly donkeys, mules, and crows. It also extends to the meaning of a voice becoming hoarse or rough, and can refer to specific groups or lineages.

Derived headwords

شَحَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to brayboth

    The sound made by a mule or a crow.

  2. 2.
    to become hoarseclassical

    To have a rough or hoarse voice, especially when referring to a crow.

شَحِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    brayingboth

    The sound or cry of a mule or a crow.

شَحَاجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    brayingboth

    The sound or cry of a mule or a crow.

شِحَاجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    brayingboth

    The sound or cry of a mule or a crow.

شِحَاجَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    brayingboth

    The sound or cry of a mule or a crow.

شُحَاجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    brayingboth

    The sound or cry of a mule or a crow.

شُحَاجَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    brayingboth

    The sound or cry of a mule or a crow.

شُحَاجَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    brayingboth

    The sound or cry of a mule or a crow.

شُحَاجَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mule's offspringclassical

    Refers to female mules.

مُشَحِّجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    hoarseclassical

    Having a rough or hoarse voice, used for crows.

مَشْحَجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarse voiceclassical

    A rough or hoarse voice, particularly of a crow.

مُسْتَشْحِجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    having brayedclassical

    Describing crows that have made their characteristic sound.

طلحة بن الشحاجname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A specific individual known as a hadith narrator.

بنو شحاجname
  1. 1.
    tribal divisionsclassical

    Two branches or clans within the Azd tribe.

Parallel reading

شحيج البغل والغراب: صوته، كشحاجه، بالضم، وشحجانه.
The braying of the mule and the crow: its sound, like its shihaj (with damma), and shihajanihi.
شحج، كجعل وضرب.
Shahaja, like ja'ala and daraba.
وشحج الغراب: أسن، وغلظ صوته.
And the crow shahaja: it became old, and its voice grew rough.
والبغال: بنات شحاج.
And the female mules: banatu shihaj.
ككتان، والحمار الوحشي: مشحج، كمنبر، وشحاج، ككتان.
Like kuttan, and the wild ass: mashhaj, like minbar, and shihaj, like kuttan.
وطلحة بن الشحاج: محدث.
And Talhah ibn al-Shihaj: a hadith narrator.
وبنو شحاج: بطنان في الأزد.
And Banu Shihaj: two clans in the Azd.
والغربان مستشحجات، أي: استشحجن فشحجن.
And the crows are mustashhijat, meaning: they became mustashhijat and then shahajat.