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شسف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of extreme dryness, emaciation, and hardness, often applied to animals suffering from hunger or thirst, or to meat that has become desiccated.

Derived headwords

الشَّاسِفadjective
  1. 1.
    dry and emaciatedboth

    Describes something, particularly an animal, that is dry and withered due to hunger and emaciation.

الشَّاسِبadjective
  1. 1.
    dry and emaciatedclassical

    Synonymous with الشاسف, referring to a state of dryness and emaciation.

شَسَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to become dry and emaciatedboth

    The verb form indicating the process of becoming dry, withered, or emaciated, typically due to hunger or thirst.

شُسُوفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciationboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) for the state of becoming dry and emaciated.

شَسِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    dried outboth

    Describes meat that has become nearly dry and hard.

Parallel reading

اليابس من الضمر والهزال
The dry from emaciation and leanness.
مثل الشاسب
Like the dry and emaciated.
وقد شسف البعير يشسف شسوفا
And the camel became dry and emaciated, becoming dry and emaciated, a state of dryness and emaciation.
إذا اضطغنت سلاحي عند مغرضها ومرفق كرئاس السيف إذ شسفا
When I carried my weapons at its resting place, and a joint like the hilt of a sword when it became dry.
ولحم شسيف
And dried-out meat.
كاد ييبس
It was almost dried out.