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الشجن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns entanglement, connection, and emotional distress. It encompasses concepts of grief, sorrow, intertwined branches, and complex situations. It also extends to the idea of being held back or detained by a need or matter.

Derived headwords

الشَّجَنnoun
  1. 1.
    grief, sorrowboth

    A deep feeling of sadness, distress, or mourning.

  2. 2.
    intertwined branchboth

    A branch or twig that is closely interwoven with others.

  3. 3.
    branch, partboth

    A subdivision or part of something, like a cluster of grapes or a section of a mountain.

  4. 4.
    need, necessityclassical

    A requirement or pressing matter that holds one back.

  5. 5.
    path, wayclassical

    A route or track, especially in a valley or on its upper part.

شَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to grieve, saddenboth

    To cause someone to feel grief or sorrow.

  2. 2.
    to be intertwinedclassical

    To become tangled or interwoven.

شُجُونnoun
  1. 1.
    griefs, sorrowsboth

    Plural of شَجَن, referring to multiple instances of sadness or distress.

  2. 2.
    branches, partsboth

    Plural of شَجَن, referring to multiple intertwined branches or subdivisions.

  3. 3.
    topics, mattersboth

    Various subjects, themes, or aspects of a matter.

أَشْجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to grieve, saddenboth

    To cause someone to feel grief or sorrow; an intensive form of شَجَنَ.

  2. 2.
    to detain, hold backclassical

    To cause someone to be detained or held back by a need or matter.

شَجِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sad, grievedboth

    To experience grief or sorrow.

شَجَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    branch of a clusterclassical

    A part of a grape cluster that is fully ripe.

  2. 2.
    fissure, crackclassical

    A crack or fissure in a mountain.

تَشَجَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to rememberclassical

    To recall or bring to mind.

  2. 2.
    to be intertwinedclassical

    To become tangled or interwoven.

الشَّجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    intertwining, entanglementclassical

    The act or state of being intertwined or entangled.

شَاجِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    valley, ravineclassical

    A large valley or ravine, specifically referring to a place in the land of Dhabbah.

Parallel reading

الشَّجَنُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: الهَمُّ، والحُزْنُ
Al-shajan, with harakah: worry, and grief.
والغُصْنُ المُشْتَبِكُ، والشُّعْبَةُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، كالشَّجَنَةِ
And the intertwined branch, and a part of everything, like a shajanah.
والمُتَدَاخِلَةُ الخَلْقِ مِنَ النُّوقِ
And those intertwined in creation among female camels.
والحَاجَةُ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ ج: شُجُونٌ وأَشْجَانٌ
And a need wherever it may be, plural: shujun and ashjan.
وَشَجَنَتْهُ الحَاجَةُ: حَبَسَتْهُ
And the need detained him: it held him back.
والأَمْرُ فُلَانًا: أَحْزَنَهُ شَجْنًا وشُجُونًا، كَأَشْجَنَهُ
And the matter saddened him: it made him grieve, shajnan and shujunan, like ashjanahu.
فَشَجِنَ، كَفَرِحَ وكَرُمَ، شَجْنًا وشُجُونًا
So he became sad, like faraha and karuma, shajnan and shujunan.
والشَّجَنَةُ، بِالكَسْرِ: شُعْبَةٌ مِنْ عُنْقُودٍ تُدْرَكُ كُلُّهَا
And al-shajanah, with kasr: a part of a cluster that is fully perceived.
وَقَدْ أَشْجَنَ الكَرْمُ
And the vine has produced ripe clusters.
والصَّدْعُ فِي الجَبَلِ
And the fissure in the mountain.
وَتَشَجَّنَ: تَذَكَّرَ
And tashajjana: he remembered.
والشَّجَرُ: التِفَافٌ
And al-shajar: intertwining.
والحَدِيثُ ذُو شُجُونٍ: فُنُونٌ وأَغْرَاضٌ
And 'a speech has shujun': means various arts and purposes.
والشَّجَنُ: الطَّرِيقُ فِي الوَادِي، أَوْ فِي أَعْلَاهُ ج: شُجُونٌ، كالشَّاجِنَةِ ج: شَوَاجِنُ
And al-shajan: the path in the valley, or on its upper part, plural: shujun, like al-shajinah, plural: shawajin.