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الشغوش

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something of poor quality or a defective nature, often referring to a type of grain or plant. It can also be used to denote something that is mixed or impure.

Derived headwords

الشَّغُوشnoun
  1. 1.
    Poor quality grainclassical

    A type of grain that is of bad quality or defective. It is often described as having a 'shiilam', which implies a flaw or impurity.

  2. 2.
    Defective thingclassical

    Generally refers to anything that is flawed, defective, or of poor quality.

شَغْوَشِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Related to poor quality grainclassical

    An adjective derived from 'al-shaghoosh', referring to something related to or characteristic of the poor quality grain.

Parallel reading

الشَّغُوش، كَصَبُور: بُرٌّ ذُو شِيلمٍ رَدِيءٍ
Al-shaghoosh, like 'saboor': a type of wheat with a bad 'shiilam' (flaw/impurity).
كَالشَّغُوشِيّ، مَنْسُوبًا
Like the 'shaghooshee', attributed (to it).
وَقَدْ تُضَمُّ الشِّينُ
And the 'sheen' (first letter) may be pronounced with dammah.