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Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the physical state of a deceased person, specifically the stiffening and elevation of their limbs. It conveys a sense of rigidity and unnatural posture after death.

Derived headwords

شَصِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to stiffen (corpse)classical

    The limbs of a deceased person became rigid and elevated.

شُصِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stiffened (corpse)classical

    The limbs of a deceased person were made stiff and elevated.

شَصِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    stiffened (corpse)classical

    Describing a deceased person whose limbs have become rigid and elevated.

شُصُوٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    stiffening (corpse)classical

    The state or act of a deceased person's limbs becoming rigid and elevated.

Parallel reading

شَصِيَ الميتُ
The deceased person's limbs stiffened.
كَرَضِيَ
like 'radiya' (he was pleased)
شَصِيَاً
stiffening
كَصَلِيَ
like 'saliya' (he suffered from heat)
اِرْتَفَعَتْ يَدَاهُ وَرِجْلَاهُ
his hands and legs were elevated.