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شرخ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the beginning or early stage of something, particularly youth and the start of a period. It also extends to concepts of splitting, edges, and specific parts of objects or animals.

Derived headwords

الشَّارِخnoun
  1. 1.
    the young manboth

    the young man

شَرَّخَverb
  1. 1.
    plural of Al-Sharikhboth

    plural of Al-Sharikh

  2. 2.
    its beginningboth

    its beginning

شُرُوخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Beginningclassical

    The beginning or early stage of youth or an affair.

  2. 2.
    Splittingclassical

    The act of splitting or cracking.

شَرَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    Young camel offspringclassical

    The offspring of camels born each year.

شَرِخَverb
  1. 1.
    plural of Al-Sharikhboth

    plural of Al-Sharikh

  2. 2.
    its beginningboth

    its beginning

شَرَاخَاnoun
  1. 1.
    Edges of the bow grooveclassical

    The two edges or lips of the groove on a bow where the string rests.

شَرَاخَاnoun
  1. 1.
    Parts of a saddleclassical

    The rear and middle parts of a saddle.

شَرخnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of Al-Sharikhboth

    plural of Al-Sharikh

  2. 2.
    its beginningboth

    its beginning

شُرُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    Young menboth

    Plural of الشارخ, referring to young men.

  2. 2.
    Arrow tipsclassical

    Plural of شرخ, referring to unfinished arrow tips.

  3. 3.
    Peersclassical

    Those of the same age or generation; peers.

Parallel reading

الشارخ: الشاب، والجمع شرخ، مثل صاحب وصحب.
Al-shārikh: the young man, and the plural is sharakh, like sāḥib and ṣaḥb.
اقتلوا شيوخ المشركين واستحيوا شرخهم.
Kill the elders of the polytheists and spare their youth.
وقد شرخ الصبي شروخا.
And the boy began his youth.
وشرخ الأمر والشباب: أوله.
And sharakha the affair and youth: its beginning.
إن شرخ الشباب والشعر الأسود ما لم يعاص كان جنونا
Indeed, the prime of youth and black hair, before it ages, is madness.
والشرخ: نتاج كل سنة من أولاد الإبل.
And al-sharakh: the offspring of camels born each year.
وشرخ ناب البعير شرخا، إذا شق البضعة.
And the camel's tooth split the gum, sharakhan, when it cut the flesh.
وشراخا الفوق: حرفاه، بينهما موقع الوتر.
And the sharākha of the bow: its two edges, between them the place for the string.
وكذلك شراخا الرحل: آخرته وواسطته.
And likewise the sharākha of the saddle: its rear and its middle.
شرخا غبيط سلس مركاح
A saddle's rear, smooth, strong, and enduring.
والشرخ: النصل الذي لم يسق بعد ولم يركب عليه قائمه، والجمع شروخ.
And al-sharakh: the arrow tip that has not yet been finished and its shaft attached, and the plural is shurūkh.
وهما شرخان، أي مثلان.
And they are two sharakhān, meaning two equivalents.
والجمع شروخ، وهم الأتراب.
And the plural is shurūkh, and they are peers.