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شطء

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the emergence, growth, and edges of plants and vegetation. It also extends to the sides or banks of valleys and, metaphorically, to the act of tightening a saddle.

Derived headwords

شَطْءnoun
  1. 1.
    sprouts, shootsboth

    The young shoots or sprouts of plants and vegetation.

أَشْطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    sprouts, shoots (pl.)both

    The plural form of شَطْء, referring to multiple sprouts or shoots of plants.

أَشْطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    its shoots came outboth

    its shoots came out

شَطْأَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to produce its sproutsboth

    Referring to plants or vegetation producing their young shoots.

شَطْءnoun
  1. 1.
    tip, edgeclassical

    The extremity or edge of something, as interpreted in a Quranic verse.

شَطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to tighten the saddleclassical

    To secure or tighten the saddle firmly on a riding animal, specifically a camel.

شَاطِئnoun
  1. 1.
    its bank and sideboth

    its bank and side

شَاطِئnoun
  1. 1.
    its bank and sideboth

    its bank and side

شَاطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk on opposite banksclassical

    To walk along the bank of a river or valley while another person walks on the opposite bank.

Parallel reading

شطء الزرع والنبات: فراخه
The sprouts of the crops and vegetation: their young shoots.
وقد أشطأ الزرع: خرج شطؤه
And the crops have sprouted: their shoots have emerged.
أخرج شطأه
He brought forth its shoots.
أي طرفه
Meaning its tip/edge.
شطأت الناقة شطأ، شددت عليها الرحل
The she-camel was tightened with the saddle, I tightened the saddle upon her.
شاطئ الوادي: شطه، وجانبه
The bank of the valley: its side, its edge.
تقول: شاطئ الأودية، ولا تجمع
You say: the banks of the valleys, and it is not pluralized.
شاطأت الرجل: إذا مشيت على شاطئ، ومشى هو على الشاطئ الآخر
You walked alongside the man: if you walked on one bank, and he walked on the other bank.