الشطر

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'half' or 'part' of something. It extends to meanings of direction, intention, and division, as well as describing something that is uneven or partial. It also encompasses terms related to distance, cunning, and sharing.

Derived headwords

شَطْرnoun

1.
halfboth
One of two equal parts into which something is divided; a moiety.
2.
partboth
A portion or piece of a larger whole.
3.
directionclassical
A course along which someone or something moves or faces; a side or region.

فوضع شطرها — and he placed half of it

وأن تحلب شطرا وتترك شطرا — and to milk one part and leave another part

أَشْطُرnoun

1.
halvesboth
Plural of شطر (half).

شُطُورnoun

1.
halvesboth
Plural of شطر (half).
2.
directionsclassical
Plural of شطر (direction).

شَطَرَverb

1.
to halveboth
To divide something into two equal parts.
2.
to intendclassical
To aim for or direct oneself towards a place or person.
3.
to milk partiallyclassical
To milk a portion of the udder, leaving some.

شطر شطره — he aimed for his part/direction

وأن تحلب شطرا وتترك شطرا — and to milk one part and leave another part

شَطَرَverb

1.
to divideboth
To split something into two parts.

وشطر ماله — and he took half of his wealth

تَشْطِيرnoun

1.
halvingboth
The act of dividing something into two parts.
2.
partial milkingclassical
The act of milking only a portion of an animal's udder.

وشطر بناقته تشطيرا — and he divided his she-camel's udder into parts for milking

شَاطَرَverb

1.
to shareboth
To divide something equally with someone else.

وشاطرته مالي — I shared my wealth with him

شَاطَرْتُهُverb

1.
I shared with himboth
Past tense, first person singular of شاطر (to share).

وشاطرته مالي — I shared my wealth with him

شَطُورadjective

1.
unevenclassical
Describing a hind leg or teat that is shorter than the other, or one teat longer than the other.
2.
unevenclassical
Describing the width of a garment where one side is longer than the other.

وشاة شطور — and an uneven she-goat

وثوب شطور — and an uneven garment

شَطَرَتْverb

1.
she became unevenclassical
Past tense, third person feminine singular of شطر (to be uneven).

وقد شطرت كنصر وكرم — and she became uneven as in 'nasara' and 'karuma'

شَطَرَةnoun

1.
half male, half female offspringclassical
A group of children where half are male and half are female.
2.
cunningclassical
A state of being cunning or mischievous.

فهم شطرة، بالكسر — they are شطرة (half male, half female)

شَطَرَانadjective

1.
half-fullclassical
Describing a container that has reached half its capacity.

وإناء شطران، كسكران — and a half-full container, like 'sukran'

شَطْرَىadjective

1.
half-fullclassical
Describing a bowl that has reached half its capacity.

وقصعة شطرى — and a half-full bowl

شَطَرَverb

1.
to look askanceclassical
To look in two directions at once, as if looking at two people.

وشطر بصره شطورا — and he looked askance with his sight

شُطُورًاadverb

1.
askanceclassical
In a way that looks in two directions at once.

وشطر بصره شطورا — and he looked askance with his sight

الشَّاطِرadjective

1.
cunningclassical
Someone who has exhausted their family with their wickedness or cunning.

والشاطر: من أعيا أهله خبثا — And the cunning one: he who has exhausted his family with wickedness

شَطَرَverb

1.
to be cunningclassical
To exhibit wickedness or cunning.

وقد شطر، كنصر وكرم، شطارة فيهما — and he was cunning, as in 'nasara' and 'karuma', with cunning in them

شَطَارَةnoun

1.
cunningclassical
Wickedness, mischievousness, or craftiness.

وقد شطر، كنصر وكرم، شطارة فيهما — and he was cunning, as in 'nasara' and 'karuma', with cunning in them

شَطَرَverb

1.
to move awayclassical
To distance oneself from a place or people, often out of defiance.

وشطر عنهم شطورا وشطورة وشطارة — and he moved away from them with distance, distance, and cunning

شُطُورَةnoun

1.
distanceclassical
Remoteness or separation from a place or people.

وشطر عنهم شطورا وشطورة وشطارة — and he moved away from them with distance, distance, and cunning

الشَّطِيرadjective

1.
distantclassical
Far away; remote.
2.
strangeclassical
Unfamiliar or foreign.

المَشْطُورnoun

1.
bread with sour pasteclassical
A type of bread coated with a sour paste (kamakh).
2.
reduced by three partsclassical
Referring to a poetic meter or text that is missing three parts out of six.

والمشطور: الخبز المطلي بالكامخ — And the Mashṭūr: bread coated with kamakh

ما نقصت ثلاثة أجزاء من ستته — what is missing three parts from its six

نَوَى شَطْرnoun

1.
distant date pitsclassical
Date pits that are far away.

ونوى شطر، بضمتين: بعيدة — and distant date pits, with two dammah

شَطَاطِيرname

1.
Shataṭīrclassical
A district or region in Lower Egypt.

وشطاطير: كورة بالصعيد الأدنى — and Shataṭīr: a district in Lower Egypt

مُشَاطِرُونَاnoun

1.
neighbors whose houses adjoinclassical
People whose homes are adjacent to ours.

وهم مشاطرونا، أي: دورهم تتصل بدورنا — and they are our neighbors, meaning: their houses connect to our houses

شَطْرَيْنnoun

1.
two halvesboth
Dual form of شطر (half).

أي: جعل ماله شطرين — meaning: he made his wealth into two halves

Parallel reading

الشطر: نصف الشيء وجزؤه

Half: is half of a thing and its part.

ومنه حديث الإسراء: "فوضع شطرها"، أي: بعضها

And from it is the Hadith of the Night Journey: "so he placed half of it", meaning: some of it.

والجهة، والناحية

And the direction, and the side.

وإذا كان بهذا المعنى، فلا يتصرف الفعل منه

And if it is in this meaning, the verb is not derived from it.

أو يقال: شطر شطره، أي: قصد قصده

Or it is said: he aimed for his part, meaning: he intended his intention.

وأن تحلب شطرا وتترك شطرا

And to milk one part and leave another part.

وللناقة شطران: قادمان وآخران، فكل خلفين شطر

And for the she-camel, there are two halves: the front two [teats] and the back two, so every two hind [teats] are a half.

وشطر بناقته تشطيرا: صر خلفيها، وترك خلفين

And he divided his she-camel's udder into parts for milking: he milked the back two [teats] and left the front two.

والشيء: نصفه

And the thing: its half.

وشاة شطور: يبس أحد خلفيها، أو أحد طبييها أطول من الآخر

And an uneven she-goat: one of its hind teats is dry, or one of its teats is longer than the other.

وثوب شطور، أي: أحد طرفي عرضه كذلك

And an uneven garment, meaning: one of the sides of its width is like that.

وحل بفلان الدهر أشطره: مر به خيره وشره

And time passed over him through its halves: its good and its evil passed by him.

وإذا كان نصف ولدك ذكورا ونصفهم إناثا، فهم شطرة، بالكسر

And if half of your children are males and half of them are females, then they are 'shaṭarah', with a kasrah.

وإناء شطران، كسكران: بلغ الكيل شطره

And a half-full container, like 'sukran': the measure reached its half.

وقصعة شطرى

And a half-full bowl.

وشطر بصره شطورا: كأنه ينظر إليك وإلى آخر

And he looked askance with his sight: as if he were looking at you and at another.

والشاطر: من أعيا أهله خبثا

And the cunning one: he who has exhausted his family with wickedness.

وقد شطر، كنصر وكرم، شطارة فيهما

And he was cunning, as in 'nasara' and 'karuma', with cunning in them.

وشطر عنهم شطورا وشطورة وشطارة: نزح عنهم مراغما

And he moved away from them with distance, distance, and cunning: he distanced himself from them defiantly.

والشطير: البعيد، والغريب

And the distant one: the far one, the stranger.

والمشطور: الخبز المطلي بالكامخ

And the Mashṭūr: bread coated with kamakh.

ونوى شطر، بضمتين: بعيدة

And distant date pits, with two dammah.

وشطاطير: كورة بالصعيد الأدنى

And Shataṭīr: a district in Lower Egypt.

وشاطرته مالي: ناصفته

And I shared my wealth with him: I halved it with him.

وهم مشاطرونا، أي: دورهم تتصل بدورنا

And they are our neighbors, meaning: their houses connect to our houses.

وقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "من منع صدقة فإنا آخذوها وشطر ماله"

And the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him: "Whoever withholds Zakat, then we will take it and half of his wealth."

وإنما الصواب: وشطر ماله، كعني، أي: جعل ماله شطرين، فيتخير عليه المصدق، فيأخذ الصدقة من خير الشطرين عقوبة لمنعه الزكاة

But the correct version is: and half of his wealth, as in 'a'ani', meaning: he made his wealth into two halves, so the collector of Zakat chooses from it, and takes the Zakat from the better of the two halves as a punishment for withholding Zakat.