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الشعوذة

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sleight of hand, trickery, and illusion, akin to magic. It also extends to denote a messenger, particularly one carrying official dispatches, and appears in personal names.

Derived headwords

شَعْوَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to practice sleight of handboth

    To perform acts of trickery or illusion, often involving quick hand movements to deceive the eye.

  2. 2.
    to be a messengerclassical

    To serve as a messenger, especially for princes or officials, carrying important dispatches.

الشَّعْوَذَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    sleight of handboth

    The skill of performing tricks or illusions, often with the hands, making things appear different from reality.

  2. 2.
    trickeryboth

    Deception or cunning used to mislead or fool others.

  3. 3.
    magicclassical

    The art of producing supernatural effects or illusions, often perceived as magical.

مُشَعْوِذٌadjective
  1. 1.
    practicing sleight of handboth

    One who performs tricks or illusions; a conjurer or trickster.

  2. 2.
    deceptiveboth

    Misleading or intended to deceive.

الشَّعْوَذِيُّnoun
  1. 1.
    messengerclassical

    A messenger, particularly one employed by princes or rulers to carry official dispatches via a postal service.

غَالِب بْنُ شَعْوَذَname
  1. 1.
    a hadith narratorclassical

    A personal name, specifically referring to a narrator of hadith.

شَعْوَذَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِname
  1. 1.
    a hadith narratorclassical

    A personal name, specifically referring to a narrator of hadith.

ابْنُ خَلِيدَةَname
  1. 1.
    a hadith narratorclassical

    A personal name, referring to a narrator of hadith.

ابْنُ مَالِكٍname
  1. 1.
    a clanclassical

    A name referring to a clan or lineage, associated with the Numan ibn al-Mundhir.

Parallel reading

خفة في اليد
Sleight of hand.
وأخذ كالسحر
And a practice like magic.
يرى الشيء بغير ما عليه أصله في رأي العين
One sees the thing as other than its origin in the eye's perception.
وهو مشعوذ ومشعوذ
And he is a trickster and a trickster.
والشعوذي: رسول الأمراء على البريد
And the Shu'awdhi: a messenger of the princes by post.
وغالب بن شعوذ، وشعوذ بن عبد الرحمن، وابن خليدة: محدثان
And Ghalib bin Shu'awdh, and Shu'awdh bin Abd al-Rahman, and Ibn Khulaydah: were narrators of hadith.
وابن مالك رهط النعمان بن المنذر
And Ibn Malik was the clan of Numan ibn al-Mundhir.