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شظى

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns fragmentation, splitting, and scattering. It also extends to describe specific anatomical parts, particularly in animals, and social divisions within a group.

Derived headwords

الشَّظِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    a splinter from a stick or similarboth

    a splinter from a stick or similar

تَشَظَّىverb
  1. 1.
    when it scattered into splintersboth

    when it scattered into splinters

تشظى الشئ، إذا تطاير شظايا — The thing shattered, if it scattered into splinters.
الشَّظَىnoun
  1. 1.
    bone of the forearmclassical

    A long, thin bone attached to the forearm. When it moves from its place, it is said that the horse has 'shazaa' (شظى). Some people consider it a tear in a sinew.

  2. 2.
    outsiders, affiliatesclassical

    Those who are not of the core or original group; affiliates and those who join by oath, in contrast to the 'samim' (صميم) who are the core members.

شَظَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be dislocated (horse's bone)classical

    Said of a horse when the bone (الشظى) moves from its place.

قد شظى الفرس بالكسر — The horse's bone has become dislocated.
سليم الشَّظَىadjective
  1. 1.
    sound of boneclassical

    Describing an animal, particularly a horse, with sound bones, specifically referring to the forearm bone.

سليم الشظى عبل الشوى شنج النسا — Sound of bone, stout of limb, sinewy of thigh.
شَظَى القَوْمnoun
  1. 1.
    affiliates, outsidersclassical

    The affiliates and outsiders of a group, as opposed to its core members (صميم).

Parallel reading

الشَّظِيَّة: الفلقة من العصا ونحوها، والجمع الشظايا.
The shaziyah: a fragment from a stick or the like, and the plural is al-shazaya.
يقال: تشظى الشئ، إذا تطاير شظايا.
It is said: the thing shattered, if it scattered into splinters.
كالدرتين تشظى عنهما الصدف
Like two pearls from which the shell shattered.
الشَّظَى: عظيم مستدق ملزق بالذراع، فإذا تحرك من موضعه قيل: قد شظى الفرس بالكسر.
Al-shazaa: a thin bone attached to the forearm, so if it moves from its place, it is said: the horse's bone has become dislocated.
الشَّظَى: انشقاق العصب.
Al-shazaa: a tear in a sinew.
سليم الشَّظَى عبل الشوى شنج النسا
Sound of bone, stout of limb, sinewy of thigh.
الشَّظَى: خلاف صميمهم، وهم الأتباع والدخلاء عليهم بالحلف.
Al-shazaa: the opposite of their core members; they are the followers and those who join them by oath.
بمصر عنا النعمان يوم تألبت * علينا تميم من شظى وصميم
In Egypt, Al-Nu'man turned away from us the day Tamim united against us, from affiliates and core members.