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الشجذة

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to weak or intermittent rain, and by extension, to things that are weak, difficult, or causing distress. It also extends to a type of projectile weapon.

Derived headwords

الشَّجَذَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Weak rainboth

    A light or weak rainfall.

المِشْجَاذnoun
  1. 1.
    Slingclassical

    A projectile weapon, specifically a sling used for throwing stones.

شَجَاذnoun
  1. 1.
    Sling (variant)classical

    A variant form of 'mishjadh', referring to a sling.

أَشْجَذَverb
  1. 1.
    To distressboth

    When something has become severe, difficult, or distressing to someone.

  2. 2.
    To weaken (rain)both

    When rain becomes weak or intermittent.

  3. 3.
    To weaken (sky)both

    When the sky's rainfall becomes weak.

Parallel reading

الشَّجَذَة: المطرة الضعيفة.
Al-shajadhah: The weak rain.
والمشجاذ: المقلاع
And al-mishjadh: the sling.
وشجاذ، كقطام: معدول منه.
And shajadh, like qataam: a variant derived from it.
وأشجذه الشيء: اشتد عليه وآذاه
And ashjadhahu al-shay': the thing became severe to him and harmed him.
و المطر: أنجم بعد الإثجام
And the rain: it is stars after the heavy rain.
و السماء: ضعف مطرها.
And the sky: its rain weakened.