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الشرغ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a small frog. It is also used as a nisba (a type of surname or attribution) indicating origin from a place called 'Shurgh' or association with individuals from there, particularly in the context of hadith scholars.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْغnoun
  1. 1.
    small frogboth

    A small frog, with the pronunciation of the first letter being more eloquent when given a kasra.

شُرْغnoun
  1. 1.
    small frogboth

    A small frog, with the pronunciation of the first letter being more eloquent when given a kasra.

شَرْغnoun
  1. 1.
    small frogboth

    A small frog, with the pronunciation of the first letter being more eloquent when given a kasra.

شُرْغِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    from Shurghboth

    An adjective indicating attribution to a place named Shurgh, or to individuals associated with it.

الشُّرْغِيُّونname
  1. 1.
    scholars from Shurghclassical

    A group of hadith scholars who are attributed to Shurgh, a place or lineage.

Parallel reading

الشرغ: الضفدع الصغيرة
Al-Shurgh: the small frog.
وبالكسر أفصح
And with a kasra (shurgh) it is more eloquent.
ويحرك
And it can be vocalized with harakat (shurgh, shargh).
وة ببخاراء منها: شداد بن سعيد أبو حكيم، وأبو الفضل أحمد بن علي، وعلي بن الحسن بن سلام، وأبو صالح شعيب، وسعيد بن سليمان: المحدثون الشرغيون.
And from Bukhara, attributed to it are: Shaddad bin Sa'id Abu Hakim, Abu al-Fadl Ahmad bin Ali, Ali bin al-Hasan bin Salam, Abu Salih Shu'ayb, and Sa'id bin Sulayman: the Shurghi hadith scholars.