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شعا

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to spreading out, scattering, and dispersion, often in a chaotic or widespread manner. It can describe military raids, dispersed forces, or scattered objects.

Derived headwords

شَعْواءadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning widespread and scatteredboth

    meaning widespread and scattered

أَشْعَلَverb
  1. 1.
    he lit the fire in the wood, he kindled itboth

    he lit the fire in the wood, he kindled it

إِشْعاءًnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to spreadclassical

    The act of causing something to spread out or become dispersed, particularly in the context of initiating a widespread raid.

شَواعىnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered onesclassical

    A plural form referring to things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

شَوائِعnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered onesclassical

    A plural form, likely intended in the text, referring to things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

Parallel reading

غارة شعواء، أي فاشية متفرقة.
A widespread raid, meaning dispersed and scattered.
كيف نومي على الفراش ولما * تشمل الشأم غارة شعواء
How can I sleep on the bed when a widespread raid has not yet encompassed Syria?
وأشعى القوم الغارة إشعاء، إذا أشعلوها.
And the people caused the raid to spread out, if they initiated it.
جاءت الخيل شواعى وشوائع، أي متفرقة.
The horses came scattered and dispersed, meaning separated.
وكأن صرعيها كعاب مقامر * ضربت على شزن فهن شواعى
And as if their fallen ones were dice of gamblers * thrown on a rocky ground, so they are scattered.
أراد شوائع فقلبه.
He intended 'shawā'i' (scattered ones) but inverted it.