شرر

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of evil, badness, and malice. It extends to related ideas like hostility, corruption, and negative qualities. Secondary meanings include spreading or scattering, and a specific type of insect.

Derived headwords

شَرّnoun

1.
the opposite of goodboth
the opposite of good
2.
the worst of peopleboth
the worst of people

شَرَّverb

1.
the opposite of goodboth
the opposite of good
2.
the worst of peopleboth
the worst of people

شررت يارجل وشررت، لغتان، شرا وشرارا وشرارة. — A man became evil, two dialects, with the verbal nouns shar and sharara.

شَرٌّnoun

1.
the opposite of goodboth
the opposite of good
2.
the worst of peopleboth
the worst of people

شَرارَةnoun

1.
a single sparkboth
a single spark
2.
what flies from the fireboth
what flies from the fire

شررت يارجل وشررت، لغتان، شرا وشرارا وشرارة. — A man became evil, two dialects, with the verbal nouns shar and sharara.

شِرِّيّadjective

1.
he sells it, selling and buying: if he sells itboth
he sells it, selling and buying: if he sells it
2.
and if he buys it alsoboth
and if he buys it also
3.
his skin from the category of sada from al-shara, which is an eruption for shoemakersboth
his skin from the category of sada from al-shara, which is an eruption for shoemakers

أَشَرّadjective

1.
insolent, wantonboth
insolent, wanton
2.
he sawed the wood with the sawboth
he sawed the wood with the saw
3.
the worst of peopleboth
the worst of people

شَرِّيْرadjective

1.
its singular is sharīrboth
its singular is sharīr
2.
very evilboth
very evil

وهو الرجل ذو الشر، مثل يتيم وأيتام. — And he is the man of evil, like yatim and atyam.

أَشْرَارnoun

1.
evil peopleboth
evil people

وقوم أشرار وأشراء. — And a people of evil and ashra'.

أَشْرِيَاءnoun

1.
evil peopleclassical
Plural of 'evil person'; a group of wicked individuals.

وقوم أشرار وأشراء. — And a people of evil and ashra'.

شَرٌّnoun

1.
the opposite of goodboth
the opposite of good
2.
the worst of peopleboth
the worst of people

شَرَّةnoun

1.
its eagerness and activityboth
its eagerness and activity
2.
the verbal noun of evilboth
the verbal noun of evil
3.
from the pattern of 'ṭarib'both
from the pattern of 'ṭarib'
4.
greedyboth
greedy

وشرة الشباب: حرصه ونشاطه. — And the sharra of youth: its eagerness and vigor.

والشرة أيضا: مصدر الشر. — And the sharra also: the source of evil.

شَرارةnoun

1.
a single sparkboth
a single spark
2.
what flies from the fireboth
what flies from the fire

والشرارة: واحدة الشرار، وهو ما يتطاير من النار، وكذلك الشرر، الواحدة شررة. — And the sharara: the singular of sharar, which is what flies off from fire, and likewise the sharar, the singular is sharara.

شَرارnoun

1.
sparksboth
Plural of 'spark'; particles thrown off from a fire.

شَرَرnoun

1.
pluralboth
plural

شَرَّانnoun

1.
gnat-like insectclassical
An insect similar to a mosquito that bothers the face but does not bite; sometimes called 'aza (harm).

والشران: شبيه بالبعوض يغشى وجه الإنسان ولا يعض، وربما سموه الأذى. — And the sharran: similar to mosquitoes that swarm the human face and do not bite, and they sometimes call it al-adha (harm).

شَرٌّnoun

1.
the opposite of goodboth
the opposite of good
2.
the worst of peopleboth
the worst of people

يقال: ما قلت ذلك لشرك، وإنما قلته لغير شرك، أي لغير عيبك. — It is said: I did not say that because of your flaw, but rather I said it because of something other than your flaw, meaning your defect.

مُشَارَّةnoun

1.
dispute, quarrelboth
dispute, quarrel

والمشارة: المخاصمة. — And al-musharra: disputing.

شَرَّرَverb

1.
pluralboth
plural

وشررت الثوب: بسطته في الشمس، وكذلك التشرير. — And I spread out the garment: I laid it out in the sun, and likewise al-tashrir.

وشررت الاقط أشره، إذا جعلته على خصفة ليجف. — And I spread out the dried cheese (aqt) to dry it, when I placed it on a mat to dry.

تَشْرِيرnoun

1.
spreading outboth
The act of spreading something out, especially a garment in the sun.

وشررت الثوب: بسطته في الشمس، وكذلك التشرير. — And I spread out the garment: I laid it out in the sun, and likewise al-tashrir.

شَرَّرَverb

1.
pluralboth
plural

وكذلك شررت الملح واللحم وغيره. — And likewise I spread out salt, meat, and other things to dry.

إِشْرَارَةnoun

1.
mat for dryingboth
That upon which dried cheese (aqt) or other items are spread to dry.

والإشرارة: ما يبسط عليه الأقط وغيره، والجمع الاشارير. — And the isharara: that upon which dried cheese and other things are spread, and the plural is al-ashareer.

أَشَارِيرnoun

1.
dried meat piecesclassical
Pieces of dried meat; also refers to the mats used for drying food.

لها أشارير من لحم تتمره * من الثعالى ووخز من أرانيها — She has pieces of dried meat from foxes and pricks from her araneha.

أَشْرَرَverb

1.
to attribute evil toclassical
To attribute evil or wickedness to someone.

وأشررت الرجل: نسبته إلى الشر. وبعضهم ينكره. — And I attributed evil to the man: I ascribed evil to him. And some deny this.

أَشْرَرَverb

1.
to reveal, showboth
To make something apparent or manifest.

وأشررت الشئ: أظهرته. — And I revealed the thing: I made it apparent.

وحتى أشرت بالاكف المصاحف — Until the Qurans were raised by hands.

Parallel reading

الشر: نقيض الخير.

Evil: the opposite of good.

يقال: شررت يارجل وشررت، لغتان، شرا وشرارا وشرارة.

It is said: A man became evil, two dialects, with the verbal nouns shar and sharara.

وفلان شر الناس، ولا يقال أشر الناس إلا في لغة رديئة.

And so-and-so is the most evil of people, and one does not say 'ashar al-nas' except in a poor dialect.

أعيذك بالله من نفس حرى، وعين شرى " أي خبيثة، من الشر، أخرجته على فعلى، مثل أصغر وصغرى.

I seek refuge in God from a burning soul, and an evil eye" meaning malicious, derived from 'al-sharr', formed on the pattern 'af'al' and 'fu'la', like 'asghar' and 'sughra'.

وقوم أشرار وأشراء.

And a people of evil and ashra'.

وقال الاخفش: واحدها شرير، وهو الرجل ذو الشر، مثل يتيم وأيتام.

And Al-Akhfash said: Its singular is sharir, and he is the man of evil, like yatim and atyam.

ورجل شرير، مثال فسيق، أي كثير الشر.

And a wicked man, like fasiq, meaning full of evil.

وشرة الشباب: حرصه ونشاطه.

And the eagerness of youth: its eagerness and vigor.

والشرة أيضا: مصدر الشر.

And the eagerness also: the source of evil.

والشرارة: واحدة الشرار، وهو ما يتطاير من النار، وكذلك الشرر، الواحدة شررة.

And the spark: the singular of sparks, which is what flies off from fire, and likewise the sparks, the singular is a spark.

والشران: شبيه بالبعوض يغشى وجه الإنسان ولا يعض، وربما سموه الأذى.

And the sharran: similar to mosquitoes that swarm the human face and do not bite, and they sometimes call it harm.

والشر بالضم: العيب.

And al-sharr (with dammah): the flaw.

ما قلت ذلك لشرك، وإنما قلته لغير شرك، أي لغير عيبك.

I did not say that because of your flaw, but rather I said it because of something other than your flaw, meaning your defect.

والمشارة: المخاصمة.

And al-musharra: disputing.

وشررت الثوب: بسطته في الشمس، وكذلك التشرير.

And I spread out the garment: I laid it out in the sun, and likewise al-tashrir.

وشررت الاقط أشره، إذا جعلته على خصفة ليجف.

And I spread out the dried cheese (aqt) to dry it, when I placed it on a mat to dry.

وكذلك شررت الملح واللحم وغيره.

And likewise I spread out salt, meat, and other things to dry.

والإشرارة: ما يبسط عليه الأقط وغيره، والجمع الاشارير.

And the isharara: that upon which dried cheese and other things are spread, and the plural is al-ashareer.

لها أشارير من لحم تتمره * من الثعالى ووخز من أرانيها

She has pieces of dried meat from foxes and pricks from her araneha.

وأشررت الرجل: نسبته إلى الشر. وبعضهم ينكره.

And I attributed evil to the man: I ascribed evil to him. And some deny this.

فما زال شربي الراح حتى أشرني * صديقي وحتى ساءني بعض ذلك

My drinking of wine continued until my friend made me reveal it, and until some of that displeased me.

وأشررت الشئ: أظهرته.

And I revealed the thing: I made it apparent.

فما برحوا حتى رأى الله صبرهم * وحتى أشرت بالاكف المصاحف

They did not cease until God saw their patience, and until the Qurans were raised by hands.