شرجب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes tallness and stature, particularly in men and horses. It also extends to describe a specific plant and its fruit, used in tanning.

Derived headwords

اِشْرَجَبَverb

1.
to be tallclassical
Used to describe a man who is tall and well-built.

شَرْجَبadjective

1.
tallclassical
Describing a man of great height.
2.
tall-limbedclassical
Describing a horse with long legs and lean bones.

شِرْجَبnoun

1.
noble horseclassical
A term for a fine, noble horse.

سِرْجَبadjective

1.
excellent (horse)classical
An adjective used to describe a swift and excellent horse.

الشَّرْجَبَيْنnoun

1.
plant fruitclassical
The fruit of a plant, described as bitter and inedible, resembling a colocynth.

شَرْجَبَةnoun

1.
plantclassical
A shrub-like plant, possibly the same as the شرجبين, with white fruit.

شَرْجَبَانَةnoun

1.
thorny shrubclassical
A tall, thorny shrub that exudes a viscous, resinous substance, with branches and leaves.

Parallel reading

اِشْرَجَبَ من الرجال: الطويل

Ishrjaba of men: the tall one.

فعارضنا رجل شرجب

And a tall man confronted us.

وقيل: هو الطويل القوائم العاري أعالي العظام

And it was said: he is tall of limbs and lean in the upper bones.

والسرجب: نعت الفرس الجواد

And as-sirjab: is an attribute of the excellent horse.

وقيل: الشرجب: الفرس الكريم

And it was said: ash-sharjab: the noble horse.

والشرجبن بالفتح عن أبي حنيفة

And ash-sharjabayn, with fatha, according to Abu Hanifa.

قال ابن دريد: ثمر نبت شبيه بالحنظل مر لا يؤكل

Ibn Duraid said: the fruit of a plant resembling a bitter, inedible colocynth.

وقال غيره: شجرة

And others said: a tree.

وقال أبو حنيفة: شجيرة كالباذنجان نبتة

And Abu Hanifa said: a shrub like the eggplant plant.

وثمرة غير أنه أبيض ولا يؤكل

And a fruit, however it is white and not eaten.

يدبغ بها

It is used for tanning.

وربما خلطت بالغلقة فدبغ بها

And sometimes it is mixed with al-ghalaqah and used for tanning.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: الشرجبانة: شجرة مشعانة طويلة يتحلب منها كالسم، ولها أغصان

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: ash-sharjabana: a tall, spreading tree from which a substance like poison flows, and it has branches.

قال الدينوري: هو كثير الشوك ورقه قضبانه

Al-Dinawari said: it is very thorny, its leaves are like twigs.