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شطع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of being afflicted by a disease or suffering from a malady. It conveys a sense of distress or ailment.

Derived headwords

شَطَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be afflictedclassical

    To be struck by a disease or illness, to suffer from a malady.

شَطَعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    afflictionclassical

    A state of being afflicted by disease or illness; a malady.

Parallel reading

شَطَعَ، كَفَرِحَ: جَزِعَ مِنْ مَرَضٍ وَنَحْوِهِ.
He was afflicted, like 'faraha': he was distressed by a disease and the like.