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شوط

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a course, a stretch, or a period of time, often associated with movement, running, or travel. It also extends to meanings of cooking, burning, and specific geographical locations.

Derived headwords

شوط براحnoun
  1. 1.
    jackalclassical

    A specific term for a jackal.

شوط باطلnoun
  1. 1.
    variant spellingclassical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling, specifically mentioned as a variant of 'sin' (سين).

الشوطnoun
  1. 1.
    course, stretchboth

    A single run or a stretch of a race or journey to a goal.

  2. 2.
    circuitclassical

    Used to refer to the circuits of the Tawaf (circumambulation of the Kaaba), though some jurists disliked this usage.

  3. 3.
    valley, depressionclassical

    A depression or valley between two elevated areas of land, where water collects and people pass, resembling a path whose length is the extent of a call to prayer before it ends.

  4. 4.
    fortressclassical

    A fortress located in Al-Andalus.

  5. 5.
    place nameclassical

    A place name near Mount Uhud.

  6. 6.
    place nameclassical

    A place name between two elevated areas of land.

  7. 7.
    place nameclassical

    A place name in the lands of Tayy.

  8. 8.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, described as being like a drunkard.

ج: أشواط — a stretch of a race or journey to a goal.
ج: ككتاب — a depression or valley between two elevated areas of land.
شَوَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to travel farboth

    To undertake a long journey or travel extensively.

  2. 2.
    to cook thoroughlyclassical

    To cook something until it is thoroughly done or overcooked.

  3. 3.
    to burnclassical

    For frost to burn or scorch vegetation.

  4. 4.
    to exhaustclassical

    To chase a horse until it becomes exhausted.

شوط تشويطا: طال سفره — He traveled far.
و القدر: أغلاها — And the pot: it was overcooked.
و اللحم: أنضجه — And the meat: it was thoroughly cooked.
و الصقيع النبت: أحرقه — And the frost burned the plant.
وتشوط الفرس: طرده إلى أن أعيا — And he chased the horse until it was exhausted.
شَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be locatedclassical

    To be situated or located, referring to a fortress.

وشاط: حصن بالأندلس — And Shāṭ: a fortress in Al-Andalus.

Parallel reading

شوط براح: ابن آوى.
Shawt barāḥ: jackal.
وشوط باطل: لغة في ms0896 السين.
And shawṭ bāṭil: a variant pronunciation of 'sīn'.
والشوط: الجري مرة إلى غاية ج: أشواط
And the shawṭ: a single run to a goal, plural: ashwāṭ.
وكره جماعة من الفقهاء أن يقال لطوفات الطواف أشواط
And a group of jurists disliked that the circuits of the Tawaf be called ashwāṭ.
وحائط عند جبل أحد
And a wall near Mount Uhud.
ومكان بين شرفين من الأرض، يأخذ فيه الماء والناس، كأنه طريق طوله مبلغ صوت داع ثم ينقطع ج: ككتاب.
And a place between two elevated areas of land, where water and people gather, as if it were a path whose length is the extent of a call to prayer before it ends, plural: like kitāb.
شوط تشويطا: طال سفره
Shawṭa taushīṭan: he traveled far.
والقدر: أغلاها
And the pot: it was overcooked.
واللحم: أنضجه
And the meat: it was thoroughly cooked.
والصقيع النبت: أحرقه
And the frost burned the plant.
وتشوط الفرس: طرده إلى أن أعيا
And he chased the horse until it was exhausted.
وشاط: حصن بالأندلس.
And Shāṭ: a fortress in Al-Andalus.
وشوط: ع ببلاد طيئ.
And Shawṭ: a place in the lands of Tayy.
وكسكران: ع.
And Kaskrān: a place.