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الشخس

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes concepts of disorder, disunity, and separation. It extends to physical manifestations like a donkey opening its mouth wide, or teeth becoming misaligned. It also covers abstract ideas of disagreement, confusion, and discord in speech or affairs.

Derived headwords

شَخَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be disorderedboth

    To be in a state of disorder or disunity.

  2. 2.
    to open mouth wideclassical

    Specifically, for a donkey, to open its mouth wide when yawning.

شَخْسnoun
  1. 1.
    disorderboth

    A state of disorder, confusion, or disunity.

  2. 2.
    disagreementboth

    A state of disagreement or difference.

تَشَاخُسverb
  1. 1.
    to be misalignedclassical

    Used for teeth, meaning they are misaligned, some leaning, some fallen due to old age.

أَمْرٌ شَخِيسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    disparateboth

    An affair or matter that is scattered, dispersed, or disparate.

مَنْطِقٌ شَخِيسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    incoherentboth

    Speech that is inconsistent, varied, or incoherent.

أَشْخَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to frownclassical

    To frown or look stern in speech.

  2. 2.
    to backbiteclassical

    To backbite someone.

تَشَاخَسَتْ أَسْنَانُهُverb
  1. 1.
    teeth became misalignedclassical

    His teeth became misaligned, some leaning, some fallen due to old age.

تَشَاخَسَ مَا بَيْنَهُمْverb
  1. 1.
    discord arose between themclassical

    Discord or disagreement arose between them.

تَشَاخَسَ أَمْرُهُمْverb
  1. 1.
    their affair became dividedclassical

    Their affair or situation became divided or scattered.

تَشَاخَسَ رَأْسُهُ مِنْ ضَرْبِيverb
  1. 1.
    head split into twoclassical

    His head split into two parts from my ضرب.

شَاخَسَ الشِّعَابُ الصَّدْعَverb
  1. 1.
    ravines diverged from the crackclassical

    The ravines diverged from the crack, remaining unhealed.

Parallel reading

الاضطراب، والاختلاف
Disorder, and disagreement.
فتح الحمار فمه عند التثاؤب
A donkey opening its mouth when yawning.
وأمر شخيس: متفرق
And a disparate affair: scattered.
ومنطق شخيس: متفاوت
And disparate speech: varied.
وأشخس في المنطق: تجهم
And he frowned in speech.
وفلانا: اغتابه
And him: he backbit him.
وتشاخست أسنانه: اختلفت، ومال بعضها، وسقط بعض هرما
And his teeth became misaligned: they differed, some leaning, some fallen due to old age.
وتشاخس ما بينهم: فسد
And discord arose between them: it became corrupt.
وتشاخس أمرهم: افترق
And their affair became divided: it separated.
وتشاخس رأسه من ضربي: افترق فرقتين
And his head split from my ضرب: it separated into two parts.
وشاخس الشعاب الصدع: مايله فبقي غير ملتئم
And the ravines diverged from the crack: it slanted, remaining unhealed.