شقه

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

The root شقه (shaqa) primarily relates to the concept of splitting, dividing, or tearing something apart. This extends to meanings of difficulty, hardship, separation, and even geographical or directional divisions. It also encompasses related phenomena like lightning and certain natural formations.

Derived headwords

شَقَّverb

1.
to split, to tearboth
To divide something into two or more parts, often with force. This is the primary verbal meaning.
2.
to cleaveboth
To split or divide something, often referring to a physical object like wood or cloth.
3.
to crackboth
To cause something to split or crack, like a whip or a surface.

شَقَّهُverb

1.
to split itboth
The verb 'shaqa' conjugated with the third-person masculine singular object pronoun 'hu'.

شقه: صدعه — It split it: it fractured it.

شَقَّ ناب البعيرverb

1.
camel's canine tooth emergedclassical
Specifically refers to the emergence or eruption of a camel's canine tooth.

ناب البعير: طلع — The camel's canine tooth: emerged.

شَقَّ العصاverb

1.
to break ranks, to cause divisionboth
To cause discord or separation within a group, metaphorically splitting the staff or unity of the group.

العصا: فارق الجماعة — The staff: he separated from the group.

شَقَّ عليه الأمرverb

1.
the matter was difficult for himboth
When a matter or situation becomes difficult or arduous for someone.

عليه الأمر شقا ومشقة: صعب — The matter was difficult for him, with hardship and difficulty: it was hard.

شَقَّ عليهverb

1.
to cause him hardshipboth
To impose difficulty or hardship upon someone.

عليه: أوقعه في المشقة — Upon him: he caused him to fall into hardship.

شَقَّ بصر الميتverb

1.
the dead person's gaze lingeredclassical
Describes the fixed, unblinking stare of a deceased person, looking at something with an unreturning gaze.

بصر الميت: نظر إلى شيء لا يرتد إليه طرفه — The dead person's gaze: looked at something to which his glance would not return.

الشَّقّnoun

1.
a split, a crackboth
The singular form of 'shuqooq', referring to a fissure or a break in something.
2.
dawnclassical
The breaking of the day; the first light of morning.
3.
a split placeboth
A location that has been split or divided.
4.
vulvaclassical
The cleft between the labia of the female genitalia.
5.
lightningboth
A streak of lightning that extends vertically towards the middle of the sky.

المَشَقَّةnoun

1.
hardship, difficultyboth
A state of arduousness, toil, or suffering.
2.
distance, regionclassical
A remote area or a distant place.
3.
long journeyclassical
A journey that is characterized by distance and difficulty.

الشَّقِيقnoun

1.
brotherboth
A male sibling, metaphorically derived from being 'split' from the same lineage.
2.
half of somethingboth
Each of two equal halves resulting from a split.
3.
a type of plantboth
Refers to the Anemone flower, often associated with 'شقائق النعمان'.
4.
a type of painclassical
Pain that affects half of the head and face.

الشَّقِيقَةnoun

1.
sisterboth
A female sibling, derived from the same root as 'shiqeeq' (brother).
2.
half of somethingboth
The feminine form referring to one of two equal halves.
3.
a type of painclassical
Pain affecting half of the head or face (migraine).
4.
heavy rainclassical
Abundant rain, as if the clouds have split open.
5.
lightningclassical
A widespread flash of lightning across the horizon.

شَقِيقَةnoun

1.
a type of sexual intercourseclassical
A specific term for a form of sexual union.

الشَّقِيَّة: ضرب من الجماع — The shaqiyyah: a type of sexual intercourse.

الشَّقَّةnoun

1.
distance, regionboth
A remote area, a distant place, or a direction a traveler heads towards.
2.
long journeyboth
A journey that is characterized by distance and difficulty.
3.
hardship, difficultyboth
A state of arduousness, toil, or suffering.
4.
a long stripboth
A long, narrow piece of something, like wood, a staff, or cloth.
5.
a split pieceboth
A piece that has been split or divided.

شَقَّةnoun

1.
a splinterboth
A small, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece of wood or similar material.

الشقة، بالكسر: شظية من لوح — The shaqqah (with kasr): a splinter from a plank.

الأَشَقّadjective

1.
wide-hippedclassical
Describing a female with wide hips or a wide vulva.
2.
longboth
Tall or elongated.
3.
a place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

الشُّقَّاءnoun

1.
a type of horseclassical
Refers to a mare belonging to the tribe of Bani Dhubay'ah bin Nizar.
2.
wide-hippedclassical
The feminine form referring to wide hips or a wide vulva.

شَقَّقَverb

1.
to split repeatedlyboth
To cause something to split or crack multiple times or extensively.
2.
to speak eloquentlyclassical
To articulate speech in the best possible manner.

شقق الحطب: شقه فتشقق — He split the firewood: he split it so it became split.

الكلام: أخرجه أحسن مخرج — Speech: he brought it out in the best manner.

انْشَقَّتِ العصاverb

1.
the matter became dividedboth
The situation or affair became fragmented or split, leading to disunity.

انشقت العصا: تفرق الأمر — The staff split: the matter became divided.

الاشْتِقَاقnoun

1.
derivation (linguistics)both
The process of forming a word from another, or taking a part of something.
2.
taking a side in an argumentclassical
Engaging in a dispute by taking one side or the other, or deviating.
3.
splitting somethingboth
The act of taking a part or a split from an object.

المُشَاقَّةnoun

1.
disagreement, enmityboth
A state of conflict, opposition, or hostility.

الشِّقَاقnoun

1.
disagreement, enmityboth
A state of conflict, opposition, or hostility.

شَقْشَقَverb

1.
to rumble (camel)classical
The sound a camel makes when agitated or excited, often by expelling air from its throat.
2.
to chirp (bird)classical
The sound made by a small bird.

شقشق الفحل: هدر — The stallion rumbled: it made a loud noise.

العصفور: صوت — The sparrow: sound.

الشَّقْشَقَةnoun

1.
camel's throat soundclassical
A sound resembling a lung that a camel expels from its mouth when agitated.
2.
eloquent speechclassical
Refers to the 'Shiqshiqiyyah' sermon, known for its eloquence.

الخطبة الشقشقية: العلوية، لقوله لابن عباس، لما قال له: لو اطردت مقالتك من حيث أفضيت: يا ابن عباس! هيهات، تلك شقشقة هدرت ثم فرت — The Shiqshiqiyyah sermon: Al-Alawiyyah, because he said to Ibn Abbas, when he said to him: If your statement had flowed from where you ended: O Ibn Abbas! Far be it, that was a rumbling sound that roared then fled.

الشَّقَائِقnoun

1.
Anemone flowersboth
The plural of 'shiqeeqah', specifically referring to the Anemone flower, often 'شقائق النعمان'.
2.
gaps between mountainsclassical
The openings or valleys between two mountains where grass grows.
3.
birdsclassical
A type of bird, similar to 'shuqooqah'.

شقائق النعمانname

1.
Anemone flowersboth
A specific type of flower, named for their redness, resembling lightning flashes. Named after Al-Nu'man bin Al-Mundhir.

شقائق النعمان: م، للواحد والجمع، سميت لحمرتها تشبيها بشقيقة البرق، أضيف إلى ابن المنذر لأنه جاء إلى موضع، وقد اعتم نبته من أصفر وأحمر، وفيه من الشقائق ما راته، فقال: ما أحسن هذه الشقائق، احموها، وكان أول من حماها — Shqā'iq al-Nu'mān: a place name, for the singular and plural, named for their redness by resemblance to the flash of lightning, attributed to Ibn al-Mundhir because he came to a place, and its plants were yellow and red, and he saw the Shqā'iq there, and said: How beautiful are these Shqā'iq, protect them, and he was the first to protect them.

الشَّقْشَقِيَّةname

1.
Al-Alawiyyah sermonclassical
A famous sermon attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, known for its eloquence and the metaphor of a rumbling sound.

التَّشَقُّقnoun

1.
cracking (of hooves)classical
A condition of cracking or chapping that affects the hooves or pasterns of animals.

وكغراب: تشقق يصيب أرساغ الدواب — And like ghurab: cracking that affects the pasterns of animals.

المُشَاقَّةnoun

1.
rivalry, contentionclassical
Engaging in rivalry or contention with someone.

الشَّقَاقnoun

1.
rivalry, contentionclassical
Engaging in rivalry or contention with someone.

Parallel reading

شقه: صدعه

It split it: it fractured it.

والعصا: فارق الجماعة

And the staff: he separated from the group.

وعليه الأمر شقا ومشقة: صعب

And the matter was difficult for him, with hardship and difficulty: it was hard.

وعليه: أوقعه في المشقة

And upon him: he caused him to fall into hardship.

وبصر الميت: نظر إلى شيء لا يرتد إليه طرفه

And the dead person's gaze: looked at something to which his glance would not return.

والشق: واحد الشقوق، والصبح، والموضع المشقوق

And the shaqq: one of the splits, and dawn, and the split place.

وجوبة ما بين الشفرين من جهاز المرأة، كالمشق، والتفريق

And the cleft between the labia of the female genitalia, like the split, and the separation.

ومنه: شق عصا المسلمين

And from it: splitting the unity of the Muslims.

والمشقة، ويكسر، أو بالكسر: اسم، وبالفتح: مصدر

And the mashaqqah, and with kasr, or with kasr: is a noun, and with fatha: is a masdar.

واستطالة البرق إلى وسط السماء من غير أن يأخذ يمينا وشمالا

And the elongation of lightning towards the middle of the sky without taking to the right or left.

وبالكسر: الشقيق، والجانب، واسم لما نظرت إليه

And with kasr: the brother, and the side, and the name for what you looked at.

وفي الحديث: ع، قيل: ومنه الحديث: "وجدني في أهل غنيمة بشق"، أو معناه: مشقة

And in the hadith: 'A', it was said: And from it is the hadith: 'He found me among people with spoils in a difficult place', or its meaning: hardship.

وكاهن م زمن كسرى، وجنس من أجناس الجن

And a sorcerer from the time of Kisra, and a type of jinn.

ومن كل شيء: نصفه، ويفتح

And from everything: its half, and it is opened (fatha).

والمال بيني وبينك شق الشعرة، ويفتح: نصفان سواء

And the wealth between me and you is the split of a hair, and with fatha: two equal halves.

وبالضم: جمع الأشق والشقاء

And with dammah: the plural of al-ashq and al-shuqaa'.

والشقة، بالكسر: شظية من لوح

And the shaqqah, with kasr: a splinter from a plank.

ومن العصا والثوب وغيره: ما شق مستطيلا، والقطعة المشقوقة، ونصف الشيء إذا شق

And from a staff, cloth, and other things: what is split lengthwise, and the split piece, and half of the thing if it is split.

والشقية: ضرب من الجماع

And the shaqiyyah: a type of sexual intercourse.

والشقة، بالضم، والكسر: البعد، والناحية يقصدها المسافر، والسفر البعيد، والمشقة

And the shaqqah, with dammah and kasr: the distance, and the region the traveler intends, and the long journey, and the hardship.

والأشق: ع، ومن الخيل: ما يشتق في عدوه يمينا وشمالا، أو البعيد ما بين الفروج، والطويل

And al-ashq: a place name, and among horses: what deviates in its run to the right and left, or the wide space between the vulvas, and the tall.

والاسم: الشقق، محركة، والشقاء: للمؤنث، وفرس لبني ضبيعة بن نزار، والواسعة الفرج

And the name: al-shuqquq, moved, and al-shuqaa': for the feminine, and a mare of Bani Dhubay'ah bin Nizar, and the wide-hipped.

وكأمير: الأخ، كأنه شق نسبه من نسبه، والعجل إذا استحكم، وكل ما انشق نصفين، فكل منهما: شقيق

And like amir: the brother, as if his lineage was split from his lineage, and the calf when it becomes strong, and everything that splits into two halves, each of them is a shaqeeq.

وسيف عبد الله ابن الحارث بن نوفل

And the sword of Abdullah Ibn Al-Harith Ibn Nawfal.

وكسفينة: الفرجة بين الجبلين تنبت العشب، ج: شقائق، وطائر، كالشقوقة

And like safinah: the gap between the two mountains where grass grows, pl.: shaqā'iq, and a bird, like al-shuqūqah.

والشقيقة: تصغيره، والمطر الوابل المتسع، لأن الغيم انشق عنه

And the shaqīqah: its diminutive, and the abundant, widespread rain, because the clouds split open from it.

ومن البرق: ما انتشر في الأفق، ووجع يأخذ نصف الرأس والوجه، وجدة النعمان بن المنذر، وبنت عباد بن زيد بن عمرو بن ذهل بن شيبان

And from lightning: what spreads across the horizon, and pain that takes half the head and face, and the grandmother of Al-Nu'man bin Al-Mundhir, and the daughter of Ibad bin Zayd bin Amr bin Dhuhl bin Shayban.

وشقائق النعمان: م، للواحد والجمع، سميت لحمرتها تشبيها بشقيقة البرق

And Shqā'iq al-Nu'mān: a place name, for the singular and plural, named for their redness by resemblance to the flash of lightning.

وكرمان: ما بين السرين إلى جدة

And Karaman: what is between the navels to the grandmother.

وكغراب: تشقق يصيب أرساغ الدواب

And like ghurāb: cracking that affects the pasterns of animals.

والشقشقة، بالكسر: شيء كالرئة يخرجه البعير من فيه إذا هاج

And the shaqshaqah, with kasr: something like a lung that a camel expels from its mouth when agitated.

والخطبة الشقشقية: العلوية، لقوله لابن عباس، لما قال له: لو اطردت مقالتك من حيث أفضيت: يا ابن عباس! هيهات، تلك شقشقة هدرت ثم فرت

And the Shiqshiqiyyah sermon: Al-Alawiyyah, because he said to Ibn Abbas, when he said to him: If your statement had flowed from where you ended: O Ibn Abbas! Far be it, that was a rumbling sound that roared then fled.

وشقق الحطب: شقه فتشقق

And he split the firewood: he split it so it became split.

والكلام: أخرجه أحسن مخرج

And speech: he brought it out in the best manner.

وكمعظم: واد، أو ماء

And like mu'dham: a valley, or water.

وانشقت العصا: تفرق الأمر

And the staff split: the matter became divided.

والاشتقاق: أخذ شق الشيء، والأخذ في الكلام، وفي الخصومة يمينا وشمالا، وأخذ الكلمة من الكلمة

And derivation: taking a part of the thing, and engaging in speech, and in a dispute to the right and left, and taking a word from a word.

والمشاقة والشقاق: الخلاف، والعداوة

And al-mushāqqah and al-shiqāq: disagreement, and enmity.

وشقشق الفحل: هدر

And the stallion rumbled: it made a loud noise.

والعصفور: صوت

And the sparrow: sound.