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الشندخ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something strong, tall, and substantial. It also refers to a lion, a spirited horse, and a special celebratory meal prepared for specific occasions like building a house, returning from a journey, or finding a lost item.

Derived headwords

الشَّنْدَخnoun
  1. 1.
    Strong, tall, substantial personclassical

    A person who is strong, tall, and well-built or corpulent.

  2. 2.
    Lionclassical

    A lion, known for its strength and might.

  3. 3.
    Spirited horseclassical

    A spirited, energetic, or vigorous horse.

  4. 4.
    Celebratory mealclassical

    A special meal prepared by someone who has built a new house, returned from a journey, or found a lost possession.

الشَّنْدَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    Celebratory mealclassical

    A special meal prepared for occasions such as building a house, returning from travel, or recovering a lost item. It is synonymous with الشندخ.

الشِّنْدَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    Celebratory mealclassical

    A special meal prepared for occasions such as building a house, returning from travel, or recovering a lost item. It is synonymous with الشندخ.

الشِّنْدَخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Celebratory mealclassical

    A special meal prepared for occasions such as building a house, returning from travel, or recovering a lost item. It is synonymous with الشندخ.

الشِّنْدَاخِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    Celebratory mealclassical

    A special meal prepared for occasions such as building a house, returning from travel, or recovering a lost item. It is synonymous with الشندخ.

شَنَدَخَverb
  1. 1.
    To prepare a mealclassical

    To prepare the special celebratory meal known as الشندخ.

Parallel reading

الشندخ، بالضم: الشديد الطويل، المكتنز، والأسد، والوقاد من الخيل، وطعام يتخذه من ابتنى دارا أو قدم من سفر أو وجد ضالته، كالشنداخ، بالكسر، والشنداخ والشندخة (والشندخ) والشنداخي، بضمهن.
Al-Shandakh, with dammah: the strong, tall, corpulent one, the lion, the spirited horse, and a food that one prepares who has built a house, or arrived from a journey, or found his lost item, like Al-Shandakh, with kasrah, and Al-Shandakh, and Al-Shandakhah, and Al-Shandakhi, with their dammah.
وشندخ أي: عمله.
And 'shandakha' means: he prepared it (the meal).