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الشيظم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large, robust, and impressive, often applied to animals like camels, horses, and lions, but also to people. It can also refer to eloquence and a specific type of large hedgehog.

Derived headwords

الشَّيْظَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall, robust, strong individualboth

    A tall, strong, and robust individual, referring to camels, horses, or people.

  2. 2.
    Large, old hedgehogclassical

    A large and old hedgehog.

  3. 3.
    Nameboth

    Used as a proper name.

الشَّيْظَمِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Eloquent speakerclassical

    Describing someone who is eloquent and articulate in speech.

  2. 2.
    Magnificent horseclassical

    Referring to a horse that is impressive and magnificent in appearance or performance.

  3. 3.
    Lionclassical

    Used as an epithet for a lion, emphasizing its strength and majesty.

الشَّيْظَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    An epithet for a lion, similar to 'al-shayẓamī'.

شَيَاظِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Splendor, magnificenceclassical

    Refers to splendor, magnificence, or impressiveness.

تَشَيَّظَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To speak boastfullyclassical

    To speak in an arrogant, boastful, or overbearing manner.

Parallel reading

الطويل الجسيم الفتي من الإبل والخيل والناس
The tall, robust, strong one among camels, horses, and people.
كالشيظمي ج: شياظمة
Like al-shayẓamī, plural: shayāẓimah.
وهي: بهاء
And it (shayāẓimah) is: splendor.
والقنفذ الكبير المسن
And the large, old hedgehog.
والشيظمي: المقول الفصيح
And al-shayẓamī: the eloquent speaker.
والفرس الرائع
And the magnificent horse.
والأسد، كالشيظم
And the lion, like al-shayẓam.
وتشيظم عليه بالكلام: تخطرف
And teshayẓama against him with speech: to speak boastfully.