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الشقحة

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to shame, ugliness, and a reddish-brown or yellowish color. It also extends to physical actions like breaking, lifting a leg to urinate, and specific animal behaviors, as well as describing certain plants and conditions.

Derived headwords

الشِّقْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shame (female dog)classical

    The shame or shyness exhibited by a female dog.

  2. 2.
    natural dispositionclassical

    One's natural temperament or disposition, often used with the vowel 'u' (ضمة).

  3. 3.
    reddish-brown fruitclassical

    A fruit, particularly a date, that has begun to change color to a reddish-brown.

  4. 4.
    reddish-brown colorboth

    A reddish-brown or yellowish color.

الشِّقْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    reddish-brown colorboth

    The state or quality of being reddish-brown or yellowish.

الأَشْقَحadjective
  1. 1.
    reddish-brownboth

    Describing someone or something as having a reddish-brown or yellowish complexion or color.

شَقَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakclassical

    To break something, to cause it to fracture.

  2. 2.
    to lift leg (dog)classical

    For a dog to lift its leg, typically in order to urinate.

أَشْقَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to move awayclassical

    To move to a distant place or to cause something to be distant.

  2. 2.
    to have colorclassical

    For unripe dates (busr) to acquire a specific color, like reddish-brown.

  3. 3.
    to be luxuriantclassical

    For date palms to be in a state of flourishing or abundant fruiting (azhaa).

شَقْحَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    not pure whiteclassical

    Describing foam (raghwa) as not being purely white, implying a mixture or impurity.

شَقْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    uglinessclassical

    A state of ugliness or deformity, often used as an emphatic expression.

شَقَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    uglinessclassical

    The quality or state of being ugly or deformed.

شَقِيحadjective
  1. 1.
    uglyclassical

    Describing someone as ugly or deformed.

مَشْقُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    uglyclassical

    In a state of ugliness or deformity.

شَقَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be uglyclassical

    To be characterized by ugliness or deformity.

كُرْمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a plantclassical

    A type of plant.

اسْتَكْلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to act like a dogclassical

    To behave like a dog, possibly referring to a specific action or state.

الشَّقِيحadjective
  1. 1.
    recovered from illnessclassical

    Describing a she-camel that has recovered from sickness.

أَشْقَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    dog's rear endsclassical

    The hindquarters or rear parts of dogs.

  2. 2.
    dog's jawsclassical

    The jaws or sides of the mouth of dogs.

شَاقَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to insultclassical

    To exchange insults or engage in verbal abuse with someone.

شَقْحِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    reddishclassical

    Describing a garment (ḥulla) as being red or reddish.

Parallel reading

الشقحة: حياء الكلبة
Al-shi'ḥa: the shame of a female dog.
وبالضم: طبيتها
And with the vowel 'u' (ḍammah): its natural disposition.
والبسرة المتغيرة الحمرة
And the date that has changed to a reddish color.
والشقرة
And the reddish-brown color.
والأشقح: الأشقر
And al-ashqaḥ: the reddish-brown (complexioned).
وشقحه، كمنعه: كسره
And shaqaḥahu, like mana'ahu: to break it.
و الكلب: رفع رجله ليبول
And for the dog: to lift its leg to urinate.
وأشقح: أبعد
And ashqaḥa: to move away.
و البسر: لون، كشقح
And for the unripe dates: a color, like shaqaḥa.
و النخل: أزهى
And for the date palms: to be luxuriant.
ورغوة شقحاء: غير خالصة البياض
And a foam that is sha'ḥā': not purely white.
وقبحا له وشقحا: إتباع، أو بمعنى
And qubḥan lahu wa shuqḥan: as a follow-up, or with the same meaning.
وقبيح شقيح
And ugly, shaqīḥ.
وجاء بالقباحة والشقاحة
And he came with ugliness and shuqāḥa.
وقعد مقبوحا مشقوحا: كذلك
And he sat مقبوحا مشقوحا: likewise (ugly).
وشقح، ككرم: قبح
And shaqaḥa, like karuma: to be ugly.
وكرمان: نبت
And kurmān: a plant.
واست الكلبة
And the female dog acted like a dog.
والشقيح: الناقه من المرض
And al-shiqīḥ: the she-camel recovered from illness.
وأشقاح الكلاب: أدبارها، أو أشداقها
And ashqāḥ al-kilāb: their hindquarters, or their jaws.
وشاقحه: شاتمه
And shāqaḥahu: to insult him.
وحلة شقحية، كعرنية: حمراء
And a garment shaqḥiyya, like 'arniyya: red.