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شرس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a harsh, difficult, or ill-tempered disposition in people and animals. It can also refer to rough or uncultivated terrain and thorny mountain vegetation.

Derived headwords

شَرِسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning, ill-temperedboth

    meaning, ill-tempered

شَرَسَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    ill-temper, bad dispositionboth

    The quality of being ill-tempered or having a difficult disposition.

  2. 2.
    fierceness, savageryboth

    The quality of being fierce or savage.

أَشْرَسُadjective
  1. 1.
    more ill-tempered, fiercerboth

    A comparative form indicating a greater degree of ill-temper or fierceness.

تَشَارَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to become enemies, to quarrelboth

    When a group of people become hostile towards each other or engage in disputes.

تَشَارُسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    enmity, quarrelingboth

    The state of being enemies or engaging in quarrels.

شَرِسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning, ill-temperedboth

    meaning, ill-tempered

شَرِسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    meaning, ill-temperedboth

    meaning, ill-tempered

مُشَرَّسُونَadjective
  1. 1.
    grazing on thorny plantsclassical

    Describing people whose camels graze on the thorny mountain plants (الشرس).

مُشَرَّسَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant in thorny plantsclassical

    Describing land that has a plentiful growth of thorny mountain plants.

Parallel reading

رجل شرس، أي سيئ الخلق
A man is sharis, meaning ill-tempered.
بين الشرس والشراسة
between ill-temper and bad disposition.
وهو شرس وأشرس
He is sharis and ashars.
أي عسير شديد الخلاف
meaning difficult and extremely contentious.
وتشارس القوم، أي تعادوا
And the people became enemies, meaning they became hostile to each other.
ومكان شرس، أي غليظ
And a place is sharis, meaning rough or rugged.
إذا أنيخت بمكان شرس
If you make a camel kneel in a rough place
خرت على مستويات خمس
it collapses onto five levels
كركرة وثفنات ملس
chest and smooth hocks.
والشرس بالكسر: عضاه الجبل
And al-shirs (with kasra) refers to the thorny plants of the mountain.
وهو ما صغر من شجر الشوك كالشبرم والحاج
And it is what is small of thorny trees, like al-shabram and al-hajj.
وبنو فلان مشرسون
And so-and-so's people are musharrasoona.
أي ترعى إبلهم الشرس
meaning their camels graze on al-shirs.
وأرض مشرسة: كثيرة الشرس
And a land is musharrasa: abundant in al-shirs.
عن يعقوب
according to Ya'qub.