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شسب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being lean, emaciated, or dried out. It extends to describe objects that are withered or dried, such as a bow.

Derived headwords

شَاسِبadjective
  1. 1.
    Lean, emaciatedboth

    Describing something that is dried out and thin, often due to hunger or lack of sustenance. It is synonymous with 'shāsif'.

  2. 2.
    Withered, driedclassical

    Used to describe objects that have become dry and stiff, like a bow.

شاسفadjective
  1. 1.
    Lean, emaciatedboth

    Synonymous with 'shāsib', referring to a state of being dried out and thin, often due to hunger.

شَاسِبadjective
  1. 1.
    Not crooked, not bentclassical

    This sense is explicitly contrasted with 'shāzib', implying a straight or unbent quality, though the primary meaning relates to leanness.

شَسِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    Bowclassical

    A term for a bow, likely referring to its dried and stiff nature.

Parallel reading

الشاسب: اليابس من الضمر وهو المهزول
Al-shāsib: the dried out from leanness, which is being emaciated.
مثل الشاسف
Like al-shāsif.
وليس مثل الشازب
And not like al-shāzib.
فقلت له حان الرواح ورعته بأسمر ملوي من القد شاسب
So I said to him, 'It is time to depart,' and I guided him with a dark, twisted [camel] of a dried-out build.
والشسيب: القوس
And al-shasīb: the bow.