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الشوع

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of spreading, scattering, or becoming disheveled, particularly concerning hair. It also extends to botanical terms for trees and fruits, and descriptive terms for horses and tools.

Derived headwords

الشُّوعnoun
  1. 1.
    Salvadora persica treeboth

    The Salvadora persica tree, also known as the toothbrush tree.

  2. 2.
    fruit of Salvadora persicaboth

    The fruit of the Salvadora persica tree.

  3. 3.
    plant growing in plains and mountainsclassical

    A plant that grows in both flatlands and mountainous regions.

شاعَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread outboth

    To spread out or become disheveled, especially referring to hair.

شُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    disheveled hairboth

    The state of hair being spread out, scattered, and stiff, resembling thorns.

اشْتاعَverb
  1. 1.
    to become disheveledclassical

    To become disheveled, referring to the hair.

الشَّوْعnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading of hairboth

    The spreading, scattering, and stiffness of hair, making it appear like thorns.

أَشْوَعadjective
  1. 1.
    disheveled (hair)both

    Having hair that is spread out, scattered, and stiff.

شَوْعَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    disheveled (hair)both

    A feminine adjective describing hair that is spread out, scattered, and stiff.

شُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    disheveled hair (plural)both

    Plural form referring to disheveled hair.

شُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    white patch on horse's cheekclassical

    A white marking on one of the cheeks of a horse.

أَشْوَعname
  1. 1.
    name of a judgeclassical

    The name of the Kufan judge Sa'id ibn Amr ibn Ashwa', who was considered trustworthy.

المِشْوَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    oven's plowclassical

    A tool used for the oven, possibly a type of plow or scraper.

شَعْ شَعْother
  1. 1.
    command for austerityclassical

    An expression used as a command to practice austerity and let one's hair grow long.

شُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    descendantclassical

    A descendant born immediately after another, with no offspring in between.

شِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    descendantclassical

    A descendant born immediately after another, with no offspring in between.

Parallel reading

الشُّوع: شجر البان، أو ثمره، أو ينبت في السهل والجبل.
Al-Shu' is the Salvadora persica tree, or its fruit, or it grows in the plain and the mountain.
وشوع رأسه، ككرم، شوعا: اشعان، قاله أبو عمرو، والقياس: شوع، كفرح.
And his head became disheveled, like karuma, with shu'an: it became spread out, according to Abu Amr, and the analogy is shu'a, like fariha.
والشُّوع، محركة: انتشار شعر الرأس، وتفرقه، وصلابته حتى كأنه شوك، وهو أشوع، وهي شوعاء، ج: شوع.
And al-shu' (with harakah) is the spreading of the hair of the head, its scattering, and its stiffness until it is like thorns; he is 'ashwa', and she is 'ashwaa', plural: shu'.
و: بياض أحد خدي الفرس، وقاضي الكوفة سعيد ابن عمرو بن أشوع، كأحمد، من الثقات.
And: a white patch on one of the horse's cheeks, and the judge of Kufa, Sa'id ibn Amr ibn Ashwa', like Ahmad, is among the trustworthy.
والمشواع: محراث التنور، كأنه من: شيع النار، وأصله مشياع، ولكنه كصبيان وصبوان.
And al-mishwa' is the plow of the oven, as if from: to stir the fire, and its origin is mashiya', but it is like sibyan and sabwan.
وشع شع: أمر بالتقشف، وتطويل الشعر.
Sha' sha': a command for austerity and letting the hair grow long.
وهذا شوع هذا، وشيع هذا: ولد بعده، ولم يولد بينهما شيء.
And this is the shu' of that, and the shi' of that: a child born after him, and nothing was born between them.