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شظه

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of splitting, separating, and scattering. It also extends to meanings related to the end of the day, a specific type of knot or fastening, and a peculiar physical state of a young male.

Derived headwords

شَظَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to be difficultclassical

    The matter became difficult or arduous.

  2. 2.
    to splitclassical

    To split or divide something.

  3. 3.
    to scatterclassical

    To scatter or disperse people.

  4. 4.
    to drive awayclassical

    To drive away or expel people.

  5. 5.
    to become erectclassical

    A man's penis became erect.

  6. 6.
    to fastenclassical

    To place a shathath (fastener) in a container.

شَظَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    To scatter or disperse people, similar to شظه.

أَشْظَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to fastenclassical

    To place a shathath (fastener) in a container, used for non-first instances.

الشَّظّnoun
  1. 1.
    remainder of the dayclassical

    The remaining part of the daylight hours.

أَشَظَاظًاadverb
  1. 1.
    scatteredclassical

    They flew or moved in a scattered manner.

شَظَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    thiefclassical

    A specific type of thief, often associated with the Bedouin dialect.

  2. 2.
    fastenerclassical

    A curved piece of wood placed in the loops of a camel saddlebag.

شَظَاظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fastenerclassical

    A curved piece of wood placed in the loops of a camel saddlebag (plural: أشظة).

أَشْظِظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fastenersclassical

    Plural of شظاظة, referring to the curved pieces of wood used in saddlebags.

شَظِيظnoun
  1. 1.
    split woodclassical

    A piece of wood that is split or cracked.

  2. 2.
    tied saddlebagclassical

    A camel saddlebag that is tied or secured.

شَظْشَظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    prepuce dischargeclassical

    The discharge from a boy's foreskin during urination.

أَشْظَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to extend tailclassical

    A camel extended its tail.

مُشَظَّظadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-movingclassical

    Came with a slow, deliberate, and measured pace.

Parallel reading

شظه الأمر: شق عليه
The matter became difficult for him.
شظه القوم: فرقهم
He scattered the people.
شظه القوم: طردهم
He drove the people away.
شظه الرجل: أنعظ
The man became erect.
شظه الوعاء: جعل فيه الشظاظ
He placed the fastener in the container.
أشظ في غير الأول
He placed it in a non-primary location.
والشظ: بقية النهار
And the shath is the remainder of the day.
وطاروا أشظاظا
And they flew scattered.
وككتاب: لص ضبي
And like kitāb: a thief from the Ḍabī tribe.
وخشبة عقفاء تجعل في عروتي الجوالقين
And a curved piece of wood placed in the loops of the two saddlebags.
وكأمير: العود المشقق
And like amīr: the split wood.
والجوالق المشدود
And the tied saddlebag.
والشظشظة: فعل زب الغلام في البول
And the shathshathah: the discharge from a boy's foreskin during urination.
وأشظ البعير: مد ذنبه
And the camel extended its tail.
وجاء مشظظا، أي: جاء وأدافه متمهل
And he came slow-moving, meaning: he came with a deliberate, unhurried pace.