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شحذ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sharpening, honing, or making something keen. It extends to the idea of being hungry or famished, possibly metaphorically linked to a sharpened need.

Derived headwords

شَحَذَverb
  1. 1.
    he sharpened itboth

    he sharpened it

أَشْحَذُverb
  1. 1.
    to sharpen (I)both

    The first-person singular imperfect form of the verb شَحَذَ, meaning 'I sharpen'.

شَحْذًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sharpeningboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of شَحَذَ, referring to the act or process of sharpening.

مِشْحَذnoun
  1. 1.
    whetstoneboth

    A stone used for sharpening knives and other tools; a grinding stone.

شَحَذَانnoun
  1. 1.
    hungerclassical

    A state of extreme hunger or starvation; being famished.

Parallel reading

شحذت السكين أشحذه شحذا
I sharpened the knife, I sharpen it with sharpening.
أي حددته
Meaning, I made it sharp.
والمشحذ: المسن
And the whetstone (al-mishdhadh) is the sharpener.
والشحذان، بالتحريك: الجائع
And al-shahadhan, with vowelization of the first letter, means the hungry one.