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شمرج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of making something loose, wide, or poorly constructed, particularly in sewing or weaving. It also extends to describing thin or loosely woven fabric.

Derived headwords

شَمْرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to make looseclassical

    To make the stitches loose or wide apart, resulting in poor sewing.

شَمْرَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    loose stitchingclassical

    The act or result of making stitches loose or wide apart, indicating poor craftsmanship in sewing.

الشَّمْرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    thin fabricclassical

    A type of fabric that is thinly woven or has a loose weave.

  2. 2.
    loose weaveclassical

    Describing something that is loosely constructed or woven.

الشَّمْرَجُadjective
  1. 1.
    thinly wovenclassical

    Describing fabric that is thinly woven or loosely constructed.

Parallel reading

شَمْرَجَ ثوبه شَمْرَجَةً، إذا باعد بين الغرز وأساء الخياطة.
He made his garment loose (shamaraja) with loose stitching (shamarajah), meaning he spaced the stitches far apart and sewed poorly.
والشَّمْرَجُ بالضم: الجل الرقيق النسج.
And 'al-shamraj' (with dammah) refers to thin, loosely woven skin or fabric.
ويرعد إرعاد الهجين أضاعه غداة الشمال الشمرج المتنصح
And it trembles with the trembling of a mixed-breed horse that was lost at dawn by the north wind, the thinly woven, well-advised one.