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فشرذ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of scattering or dispersing, particularly in a military context. It is noted as an unusual or possibly non-existent root in classical Arabic lexicography, with suggestions of phonetic substitution.

Derived headwords

فَشَرْذَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    To disperse or spread out, often in a disorganized manner.

شَرْذother
  1. 1.
    scatteringclassical

    The act or state of being scattered or dispersed.

Parallel reading

فشرذ بهم من خلفهم
He scattered them from behind them.
بالذال المعجمة: قراءة الأعمش.
With the voiced dental (ذ): the reading of Al-A'mash.
وقال ابن جني: لم يمر بنا في اللغة تركيب شرذ، وكأن الذال بدل من الدال.
And Ibn Jinni said: The construction 'sharadha' has not come across to us in the language, and it is as if the 'dhal' is a substitute for the 'dal'.