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شقحطب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something that is rough, gnarled, or misshapen, possibly by analogy with split wood. It is used to describe a ram with unusual horns.

Derived headwords

شَقْحَطَبadjective
  1. 1.
    gnarled, rough, misshapenclassical

    Describing something that is rough, gnarled, or misshapen, possibly by analogy with split wood.

شَقْحَطَبnoun
  1. 1.
    ram with unusual hornsclassical

    A ram characterized by having unusual or monstrous horns.

كبش شقحطب، أي ذو قرنين منكرين — A ram that is shaqḥaṭab, meaning it has two monstrous horns.
شَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    it splitboth

    it split

  2. 2.
    it was difficult for himboth

    it was difficult for him

شِقّnoun
  1. 1.
    it splitboth

    it split

  2. 2.
    it was difficult for himboth

    it was difficult for him

حَطَبnoun
  1. 1.
    firewoodboth

    Wood that is intended to be burned for fuel.

  2. 2.
    woodboth

    The hard fibrous material forming the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub.

Parallel reading

كبش شقحطب، أي ذو قرنين منكرين، كأنه شق حطب.
A ram that is shaqḥaṭab, meaning it has two monstrous horns, as if it were split wood.