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الشرج

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root الشرج (al-sharj) broadly relates to concepts of splitting, opening, separation, and connection. It encompasses physical openings like a valley's expanse or a woman's vulva, as well as abstract notions like division, partnership, and resemblance. It also extends to specific geographical locations, personal names, and descriptions of physical attributes.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    openingboth

    An opening, a gap, or an expanse, such as the opening of a valley.

  2. 2.
    Milky Wayclassical

    The Milky Way, referring to a celestial opening or path.

  3. 3.
    vulvaclassical

    The vulva of a woman, denoting a natural opening.

  4. 4.
    crack in a bowclassical

    A crack or split in a bow.

الشَّرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    divisionboth

    A division, a separation, or a split.

  2. 2.
    watercourseclassical

    A channel for water flowing from elevated terrain (al-ḥarrah) to a plain.

  3. 3.
    partnershipboth

    A partnership or a share in something.

  4. 4.
    mixingboth

    The act of mixing or blending.

  5. 5.
    collectionboth

    The act of gathering or collecting.

  6. 6.
    lieclassical

    A falsehood or a lie.

  7. 7.
    tying a bagclassical

    The act of tying or fastening a bag or sack.

  8. 8.
    likenessclassical

    A likeness, a resemblance, or a simile.

  9. 9.
    typeboth

    A kind, a sort, or a type.

  10. 10.
    layering milkclassical

    Layering milk, possibly for curdling or preservation.

شُرُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    watercoursesclassical

    Plural of شَرْج (sharj), referring to watercourses or channels.

شِرَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    watercoursesclassical

    Plural of شَرْج (sharj), referring to watercourses or channels.

  2. 2.
    likenessclassical

    A likeness, a resemblance, or a simile.

الإشْرَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    tying a bagclassical

    The act of tying or fastening a bag or sack.

التَّشْرِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    tying a bagclassical

    The act of tying or fastening a bag or sack.

  2. 2.
    spaced stitchingclassical

    Stitching that is spaced apart.

الشَّرِيْجnoun
  1. 1.
    likenessclassical

    A likeness, a resemblance, or a simile.

الشَّرِيْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    carrying deviceclassical

    A device made of palm fronds used to carry watermelons or similar items.

  2. 2.
    bow partclassical

    A piece of wood split into two halves, used in making a bow.

  3. 3.
    pigeon coopclassical

    A cage or coop made of reeds for pigeons.

  4. 4.
    arrow fletching partclassical

    The part of an arrow where the feathers are attached.

الشَّرْجِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    related to Al-Sharjclassical

    Pertaining to Al-Sharj, a place name.

الشَّرْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name located on the coast of Yemen.

  2. 2.
    pit for watering camelsclassical

    A pit dug and covered with skin, from which camels are watered.

انْشَرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to splitclassical

    To split, to become divided or separated.

الشِّرْجَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two different colorsclassical

    Two distinct colors.

  2. 2.
    lines on a cloakclassical

    Lines or stripes on a cloak or garment.

المُشَارَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    resemblanceclassical

    Resemblance or similarity.

مُشَارَجَاتadjective
  1. 1.
    equal in ageclassical

    Young women who are equal in age.

أَشْرَجadjective
  1. 1.
    unequal testiclesclassical

    A description of an animal whose one testicle is larger than the other.

Parallel reading

الشرج، محركة: العرى، ومنفسح الوادي، ومجرة السماء، وفرج المرأة، وانشقاق في القوس.
Al-sharj, with harakah: the opening, the expanse of a valley, the Milky Way, the vulva of a woman, and a crack in a bow.
والشرج: الفرقة، ومسيل ماء من الحرة إلى السهل، ج: شراج وشروج، والشركة، والمزج، والجمع، والكذب، وشد الخريطة، كالإشراج والتشريج، والمثل، كالشريج، والنوع، ونضد اللبن، وواد باليمن، وماء لبني عبس.
And al-sharj: the division, a watercourse from the lava field to the plain, plural: shirāj and shurūj, partnership, mixing, collection, lying, tying a bag, like al-ishrāj and al-tashrīj, a simile, like al-sharīj, a type, layering milk, a valley in Yemen, and water belonging to Banu Abs.
وسعد بن شراج، (ككتاب) : محدث مقرئ فرد.
And Sa'd bin Sharāj, (like kitāb): a hadith narrator, a reciter, unique.
(وزيد بن شراجة، كسحابة: شيخ لعوف الأعرابي)
(And Zayd bin Sharājah, like saḥābah: a shaykh of 'Awf al-A'rābī)
وزرزور بن صهيب الشرجي: محدث.
And Zarzūr bin Suhayb al-Sharjī: a hadith narrator.
وشرج العجوز: ع بقرب المدينة.
And Sharj al-'Ajūz: a place near Medina.
والشريجة: شيء من سعف يحمل فيه البطيخ ونحوه، وقوس تتخذ من الشريج: للعود الذي يشق فلقين، وحديلة من قصب للحمام، والعقبة التي يلصق بها ريش السهم.
And al-sharījah: something made of palm fronds in which watermelons and the like are carried, and a bow made from al-sharīj: for the wood that is split into two halves, a cage of reeds for pigeons, and the notch to which the arrow's feather is attached.
وعلي بن محمد الشريجي: محدث
And 'Alī bin Muḥammad al-Sharījī: a hadith narrator
والشرجة: د بساحل اليمن، وحفرة تحفر، فيبسط عليها جلد، فتسقى منها الإبل.
And al-sharjah: a place on the coast of Yemen, and a pit that is dug, upon which a skin is spread, and from which camels are watered.
وانشرج: انشق.
And insharaja: it split.
والتشريج: الخياطة المتباعدة.
And al-tashrīj: spaced stitching.
والشريجان: لونان مختلفان، وخطا نيري البرد.
And al-sharījān: two different colors, and the lines of the cold cloak.
والمشارجة: المشابهة؟؟.
And al-mushārajah: resemblance??
وفتيات مشارجات: متساويات في السن.
And mushārajāt young women: equal in age.
وتشرج اللحم بالشحم: تداخل.
And meat intermingled with fat: it became mixed.
ودابة أشرج، بينة الشرج: إحدى خصييه أعظم من الأخرى.
And an animal is asharaj, clearly al-sharj: one of its testicles is larger than the other.