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شطب

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root شطب (sh-t-b) primarily relates to making lines, stripes, or cuts, often in a lengthwise manner. This extends to concepts of splitting, marking, and even physical characteristics like slimness or the appearance of a sword.

Derived headwords

الشَّطْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    green palm frondclassical

    A fresh, moist palm frond.

  2. 2.
    stripe, lineboth

    A line or stripe, particularly those found on the spine of a sword.

  3. 3.
    cut piececlassical

    A piece cut lengthwise, such as from a camel's hump or a piece of leather.

الشَّطْبnoun
  1. 1.
    splitting palm leavesclassical

    The act of splitting palm leaves to make mats.

  2. 2.
    sword markingsboth

    The characteristic lines or grooves on the spine of a sword.

شَطَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to split palm leavesclassical

    To split palm leaves (like jarid) in order to make mats.

  2. 2.
    to mark with linesboth

    To mark something with lines or stripes.

الشَّاطِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mat makerclassical

    A woman who splits palm leaves to make mats.

الشَّوَاطِبnoun
  1. 1.
    mat makersclassical

    Plural of الشاطبة, referring to women who make mats.

شَطْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    long, slender piececlassical

    A piece cut lengthwise, like a strip from a camel's hump or leather.

  2. 2.
    arrow shaftclassical

    A piece of wood, like from a reed, used to make a bow.

شَطِيبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    long piece of humpclassical

    A piece cut lengthwise from a camel's hump.

  2. 2.
    strip of leatherclassical

    A piece of leather cut lengthwise.

  3. 3.
    bow staveclassical

    A piece of wood, such as from a reed, used to make a bow.

انْشِطَابnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, streamingclassical

    The act of flowing or streaming, as in a flood.

شَاطِبadjective
  1. 1.
    sloping, leaningclassical

    A road that is sloping or leaning.

شَطْبnoun
  1. 1.
    sword markingsboth

    The lines or grooves on the spine of a sword.

مُشَطَّبadjective
  1. 1.
    striped, linedboth

    Something that has lines or stripes, such as a sword or a garment.

شَطِيبname
  1. 1.
    name of a mountainclassical

    A proper name for a mountain.

Parallel reading

الشطبة: السعفة الخضراء الرطبة، والجمع الشطب.
The shatbah: the green, moist palm frond, and its plural is shatb.
وشطبت المرأة الجريد شطبا، إذا شققته لتعمل منه الحصر.
And the woman split the palm leaves, shatban, if she split them to make mats from them.
ثم تلقيه الشاطبة إلى المنقية.
Then the mat-maker passes it to the place for cleaning.
ترى قصد المران تلقى كأنها (1) * تذرع خرصان بأيدي الشواطب
You see the heart of the tamarisk, as if it were measuring lengths with the hands of the mat-makers.
وجارية شطبة، أي طويلة.
And a shatbah girl, meaning tall.
والشطيبة: قطعة من السنام تقطع طولا، وكذلك هي من الأديم، وشطيبة من نبع تتخذ منها القوس.
And the shatibah: a piece from the hump cut lengthwise, and likewise it is from leather, and a shatibah from a reed from which a bow is made.
والانشطاب: السيلان.
And al-inshitab: flowing.
وطريق شاطب، أي مائل.
And a shatib road, meaning sloping.
وشطب السيف: طرائقه التي في متنه، الواحدة شطبة، مثل صبرة وصبر، وكذلك شطب السيف بضم الشين والطاء.
And the shatb of the sword: its lines that are on its spine, the singular is shatbah, like sabrah and sabr. And likewise is the shatb of the sword with dammah on the shin and ta'.
وسيف مشطب وثوب مشطب: فيه طرائق.
And a mushattab sword and a mushattab garment: they have lines.