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شيز

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of black wood used for making bowls and troughs. It also encompasses the objects made from this wood.

Derived headwords

الشِّيزnoun
  1. 1.
    black wood from which bowls are madeboth

    black wood from which bowls are made

الشِّيزَىnoun
  1. 1.
    black wood from which bowls are madeboth

    black wood from which bowls are made

جَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    large bowlsboth

    Large bowls, often used for serving food.

Parallel reading

الشيز والشيزى: خشب أسود يتخذ منه قصاع.
Al-shīz and al-shīzī: black wood from which bowls are made.
وصبا غداة مقامة وزعتها * بجفان شيزى فوقهن سنام
And he set off one morning, distributing them * in bowls of shīzī wood, with humps of camel above them.