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الشرجع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to things that are long or tall, particularly in a physical sense. It also extends to objects associated with carrying or support, such as a bier or a long, square wooden beam.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْجَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall personboth

    A person who is notably tall or long.

  2. 2.
    Bier or funeral bierclassical

    The structure used to carry a dead body, often a long plank or frame.

  3. 3.
    Stretcherclassical

    A device for carrying someone or something, similar to a bier.

  4. 4.
    Long she-camelclassical

    A female camel characterized by its long stature.

  5. 5.
    Long square beamclassical

    A piece of wood that is long and has a square cross-section.

المُشَرْجِعadjective
  1. 1.
    Elongatedclassical

    Something that has been made longer or stretched out.

  2. 2.
    Of a blacksmith's hammerclassical

    Referring to a hammer whose sides lack distinct edges or grooves, being square in profile.

  3. 3.
    Of a wooden beamclassical

    Describing a wooden beam that is square in its cross-section, lacking carved details.

Parallel reading

الشرجع: الطويل
Al-sharja': The tall one.
والنعش أو الجنازة
And the bier or the funeral.
والسرير
And the bed.
والناقة الطويلة
And the long she-camel.
وخشبة طويلة مربعة
And a long square wooden beam.
والمشرجع، بالفتح: المطول
And al-musharji', with the fatha: the elongated one.
ومن مطارق الحدادين: ما لا حروف لنواحيه
And of the blacksmith's hammers: that which has no distinct edges on its sides.
وكذلك من الخشبة إذا كانت مربعة
And likewise of a wooden beam if it is square.
فأمرته بنحت حروفها قلت: شرجعها
So I ordered him to carve its edges, and I said: 'Sharji'ha' (carve its edges).