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شدخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

The root 'شدخ' primarily denotes the act of breaking or crushing something, particularly hollow objects. It extends to describe a specific type of facial marking on a horse and the act of committing a heinous deed.

Derived headwords

شَدَخَverb
  1. 1.
    he broke his headboth

    he broke his head

شَدْخnoun
  1. 1.
    he broke his headboth

    he broke his head

انْشَدَخَverb
  1. 1.
    so it was brokenboth

    so it was broken

المشدخnoun
  1. 1.
    overripe dateclassical

    A date that is soft and overripe, to the point of being crushed when handled.

الشَّادِخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wide facial blazeclassical

    A white marking on a horse's face that extends from the forehead down to the nose, without reaching the eyes.

Parallel reading

الشدخ: كسر الشئ الاجوف.
The 'shakh' (root meaning): breaking a hollow object.
تقول: شدخت رأسه فانشدخ.
You say: 'I broke his head, and it became broken.'
وشدخت الرؤوس، شدد للكثرة.
And 'shakh' (breaking) of heads, intensified for abundance.
والمشدخ: البسر يغمز حتى ينشدخ.
And 'al-mashdakh': the unripe date that is pressed until it breaks.
والشادخة: الغرة التي فشت في الوجه من الناصية إلى الأنف ولم تصب العينين.
And 'al-shādhikha': the blaze that spread across the face from the forehead to the nose and did not touch the eyes.
تقول منه: شدخت الغرة، إذا اتسعت في الوجه.
You say from it: 'The blaze 'shādhakhat', when it widened on the face.'
يعنى ركب فعلة مشهورة قبيحة في قتل أبيه.
Meaning he committed a famous, ugly deed in killing his father.