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شعع

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to spreading, radiating, and dispersing, often associated with light, liquids, and abstract concepts like intentions or focus. It also extends to descriptions of things that are scattered or not dense, and metaphorically to being tall or dispersed.

Derived headwords

شُعَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    ray of lightboth

    What is seen of the sun's light when it rises, appearing like rods. The plural is أشعة and شعع.

  2. 2.
    dispersion, scatteringboth

    The spreading and diffusion of blood or other substances. It can also refer to scattered thoughts or intentions.

شعاع الشمس: ما يرى من ضوئها عند ذرورها كالقضبان — The sun's ray: what is seen of its light when it rises like rods.
أَشِعَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    raysboth

    The plural of شعاع, referring to rays of light.

والجمع أشعة وشعع — And the plural is أشعة and شعع.
شَعَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single rayboth

    a single ray

الواحدة شعاعة — The singular is شعاعة.
أَشَعتverb
  1. 1.
    the sun spread its raysboth

    the sun spread its rays

وقد أشعت الشمس: نشرت شعاعها — And the sun has spread its rays: it disseminated its light.
وقد أشع الزرع: أخرج شعاعه — And the crop has emitted its rays: it produced its shoots.
وأشع البعير بوله، أي فرقه — And the camel scattered its urine, meaning it dispersed it.
لا شُعَاعَ لَهَاphrase
  1. 1.
    without radianceclassical

    A description of the sun rising without any visible rays, often associated with specific religious contexts.

إن الشمس تطلع من غد يومها لا شعاع لها — Indeed, the sun rises the next day without any radiance.
شُعَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered viewclassical

    A scattered or dispersed sight or opinion.

رأي شعاع، أي متفرق — A scattered opinion, meaning dispersed.
لها نفذ لولا الشعاع أضاءها — It had penetration, were it not for the scattered light that illuminated it.
نَفْسٌ شُعَاعphrase
  1. 1.
    dispersed intentionsclassical

    A soul whose intentions or focus have become scattered and unfocused.

ونفس شعاع: تفرقت هممها — And a scattered soul: its ambitions have dispersed.
فقدتك من نفس شعاع ألم أكن — I lost you from a scattered soul, did I not...
شُعَاعُ السُّنْبُلnoun
  1. 1.
    sprout of wheatclassical

    The shoots or early growth of a wheat stalk.

وشعاع السنبل أيضا: سفاه — And the sprout of wheat is also: foolishness.
شَعَّverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter urineclassical

    The verb form for scattering urine, used for animals.

وكذلك شع بوله يشعه — And likewise he scattered his urine, it scatters.
شَعْشَعَverb
  1. 1.
    he mixed the drinkboth

    he mixed the drink

وشعشعت الشراب: مزجته بالماء — And I diluted the drink: I mixed it with water.
ظِلٌّ شَعْشَعadjective
  1. 1.
    not denseclassical

    Describing a shadow or shade that is not thick or dense.

وظل شعشع: ليس بكثيف — And a not dense shade: it is not thick.
مُشَعْشَعadjective
  1. 1.
    not denseclassical

    Similar to شعشع, describing something that is not dense or is scattered.

ومشعشع أيضا — And also not dense.
شَعْشَاعadjective
  1. 1.
    scatteredclassical

    Describing something that is dispersed or scattered.

  2. 2.
    tall and handsomeclassical

    Describing a man who is tall and handsome.

صدق اللقاء غير شعشاع الغدر — The meeting was true, not a scattered betrayal.
ورجل شعشاع، أي طويل حسن — And a شعشاع man, meaning tall and handsome.
شَعْشَعَانnoun
  1. 1.
    tall and handsomeclassical

    A noun referring to a man who is tall and handsome.

وكذلك الشعشعان — And likewise the tall and handsome.
نَاقَةٌ شَعْشَعَانَةadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and slenderclassical

    Describing a female camel that is tall and slender.

وناقة شعشعانة — And a tall, slender female camel.
شَعْلَعadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    A description of someone or something as tall, with an added 'lam' letter.

والشععلع: الطويل، بزيادة اللام — And the شععلع: the tall, with the addition of the letter lam.

Parallel reading

شعاع الشمس: ما يرى من ضوئها عند ذرورها كالقضبان
The sun's ray: what is seen of its light when it rises like rods.
وقد أشعت الشمس: نشرت شعاعها
And the sun has spread its rays: it disseminated its light.
إن الشمس تطلع من غد يومها لا شعاع لها
Indeed, the sun rises the next day without any radiance.
الواحدة شعاعة
The singular is شعاعة.
والجمع أشعة وشعع
And the plural is أشعة and شعع.
الشعاع بالفتح: تفرق الدم وغيره وانتشاره
The ray (with fathah): the dispersion and diffusion of blood and other things.
لها نفذ لولا الشعاع أضاءها
It had penetration, were it not for the scattered light that illuminated it.
رأي شعاع، أي متفرق
A scattered opinion, meaning dispersed.
ونفس شعاع: تفرقت هممها
And a scattered soul: its ambitions have dispersed.
فقدتك من نفس شعاع ألم أكن
I lost you from a scattered soul, did I not...
وقد أشع الزرع: أخرج شعاعه
And the crop has emitted its rays: it produced its shoots.
وأشع البعير بوله، أي فرقه
And the camel scattered its urine, meaning it dispersed it.
وكذلك شع بوله يشعه
And likewise he scattered his urine, it scatters.
وظل شعشع: ليس بكثيف
And a not dense shade: it is not thick.
ومشعشع أيضا
And also not dense.
وشعشعت الشراب: مزجته بالماء
And I diluted the drink: I mixed it with water.
صدق اللقاء غير شعشاع الغدر
The meeting was true, not a scattered betrayal.
يقول: هو جميع الهمة غير متفرقها
He says: it is the entirety of focus, not its dispersion.
ورجل شعشاع، أي طويل حسن
And a شعشاع man, meaning tall and handsome.
وكذلك الشعشعان
And likewise the tall and handsome.
وناقة شعشعانة
And a tall, slender female camel.
والشععلع: الطويل، بزيادة اللام
And the شععلع: the tall, with the addition of the letter lam.