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شغا

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to things that are excessive, protruding, or outstanding. It is used to describe extra teeth, a bird of prey with a prominent beak, and by extension, a person with a distinctive or prominent characteristic.

Derived headwords

شَاغِيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    supernumeraryboth

    Referring to a tooth that is extra, exceeding the normal number.

أَشْغَىadjective
  1. 1.
    prominentclassical

    A man who is prominent or has a distinctive characteristic, possibly related to the root's sense of protrusion or excess.

شَغْوَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    prominent beakclassical

    Used to describe a bird of prey, specifically an eagle (عقاب), whose upper beak extends beyond the lower one.

  2. 2.
    prominentclassical

    A woman who is prominent or has a distinctive characteristic.

شَغْوَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    eagleclassical

    A specific term for an eagle, characterized by its prominent beak.

شَغْوnoun
  1. 1.
    prominent onesclassical

    The plural form of 'shaghwā'', referring to prominent or outstanding individuals or things.

شَغِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be prominentclassical

    To be outstanding, prominent, or to have a distinctive feature.

شَغَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be prominentclassical

    A shortened, possibly poetic or dialectal, form of the verb, meaning to be prominent or outstanding.

شَغًىnoun
  1. 1.
    prominenceclassical

    The state of being prominent or outstanding; a distinctive feature.

Parallel reading

السن الشاغية: هي الزائدة على الأسنان، وهي التي تخالف نبتتها نبتة غيرها من الأسنان.
The supernumerary tooth: it is the one exceeding the teeth, and it is the one whose growth differs from the growth of other teeth.
يقال رجل أشغى وامرأة شغواء، والجمع شغو
It is said a man is 'ashghā' and a woman is 'shaghwā'', and the plural is 'shaghw'.
وقد شغي يشغى شغى مقصور.
And he may be described as 'shaghī' (he is prominent), he is prominent ('yashghā'), prominence ('shaghy' - short form).
ويقال للعقاب: شغواء، لفضل منقارها الأعلى على الأسفل.
And the eagle is called 'shaghwā'', due to its upper beak's superiority over the lower one.
شغواء توطن بين الشيق والنيق
'Shaghwā'' (the eagle) inhabits between the mountain peak and the high ground.