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شعث

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

The root شعث (sha'atha) primarily denotes dispersion, scattering, and disarray. This applies to physical states like messy hair or a disordered situation, as well as abstract concepts like the fragmentation of one's affairs or reputation. It can also imply a state of being neglected or unkempt.

Derived headwords

الشعثnoun
  1. 1.
    Disorder, disarrayboth

    Dispersion and disorder of affairs, or a state of disarray.

  2. 2.
    Messy hairboth

    Messy, unkempt hair, often due to dust or neglect.

شعثverb
  1. 1.
    To be scattered, disorderedboth

    To be dispersed, disordered, or disheveled, particularly referring to hair or affairs.

الأشعثadjective
  1. 1.
    Disheveled, unkemptboth

    Having messy, dusty, or unkempt hair; neglected.

  2. 2.
    Dispersed, scatteredclassical

    Referring to a situation or affairs that are scattered or disorganized.

شعثاnoun
  1. 1.
    Disorder, disarrayboth

    The state of being scattered or disordered, often used as a masdar for the verb.

شعوثةnoun
  1. 1.
    Disheveled stateclassical

    The state of being disheveled or unkempt, particularly referring to hair.

شعثانadjective
  1. 1.
    Disheveledclassical

    A state of being disheveled or unkempt.

التشعثnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattering, dispersionboth

    The act or state of scattering, dispersing, or becoming disheveled.

  2. 2.
    Taking a little foodclassical

    Eating a small amount of food.

  3. 3.
    Hair becoming mattedboth

    The state of hair becoming matted, tangled, or dusty.

تشعثverb
  1. 1.
    To become scattered, dispersedboth

    To become scattered, dispersed, or disordered, like the strands of a toothbrush or messy hair.

  2. 2.
    To become matted and dustyboth

    Referring to hair becoming matted and covered in dust.

تشعيثnoun
  1. 1.
    Dispersion, scatteringboth

    The act of scattering or dispersing something; causing disarray.

  2. 2.
    Taking a little foodclassical

    Eating a small amount of food.

  3. 3.
    Causing hair to matboth

    The act of causing hair to become matted or dusty.

  4. 4.
    Defending reputationclassical

    Defending someone's honor or reputation by refuting slander.

شعثهverb
  1. 1.
    To scatter, disperseboth

    To scatter or disperse something, causing it to become disordered.

  2. 2.
    To make hair mattedboth

    To cause hair to become matted, tangled, or dusty.

  3. 3.
    To slander, defameclassical

    To speak ill of someone, to disparage their reputation.

أشعثname
  1. 1.
    Name of a manboth

    A proper name for several individuals, notably Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays.

الأشعثadjective
  1. 1.
    Peg, stakeclassical

    A peg or stake, named so because its head becomes scattered or frayed from hammering.

الأشعث الوردname
  1. 1.
    Yellow dried grassclassical

    Refers to the yellow, dried stalks of the grass known as bahman.

الأشاعثةname
  1. 1.
    A group nameclassical

    A plural noun referring to people attributed to Al-Ash'ath.

شعثname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name, a mountain between Al-Suwariqiyyah and Ma'din Bani Sulaym.

الشعثname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name, referring to two small mountains between Al-Suwariqiyyah and the mine.

الشعيثيةname
  1. 1.
    A water sourceclassical

    A water source belonging to the Banu Numayr tribe in a valley called Al-Harem.

شعثان الرأسnoun
  1. 1.
    Messy hairboth

    The state of having messy or disheveled hair.

شعيثname
  1. 1.
    Name of a personboth

    A diminutive form used as a name for several individuals.

شعثاءname
  1. 1.
    Name of a womanboth

    A feminine proper name.

أبو الشعثاءname
  1. 1.
    Kunyah (patronymic)both

    A kunyah (patronymic or descriptive appellation) used for several individuals, including hadith narrators.

المشعثother
  1. 1.
    Metrical foot defectclassical

    In prosody, a defect in a metrical foot where one of the vowels of the 'watad' (syllable) is dropped, specifically from the 'fa'ilatin' foot in light meters.

شعثةname
  1. 1.
    Name of a personclassical

    A name for a pre-Islamic figure, son of Zuhayr.

الشعثةnoun
  1. 1.
    Place of messy hairclassical

    The area or location where hair is messy or disheveled.

خيل شعثadjective
  1. 1.
    Unorganized horsesclassical

    Horses that are not arranged in formation or are scattered.

شعيث بن أبي الأشعثname
  1. 1.
    Name of a personboth

    A name of a person, with some debate on the exact spelling.

شعيث بن الأحوصname
  1. 1.
    Name of a personboth

    A name of a person, with some debate on the exact spelling.

الشعيثيname
  1. 1.
    Nisbah (attribution)both

    An attribution indicating a connection to someone named Shu'ayth or a place.

Parallel reading

لم إلإلاه به شعثا ورم به أمور أمته والأمر منتشر
God did not make him scattered with disarray, but rather entrusted him with the affairs of his nation, and the matter was dispersed.
فهو شعث وأشعث وشعثان
So he is sha'th, ash'ath, and sha'than.
كما يتشعث رأس المسواك، وهو مجاز
As the head of the miswak becomes frayed, and this is metaphorical.
وتشعيث الشيء: تفريقه
And ta'shith of a thing: its dispersion.
أنه كان يجهيز أن يشعث سنى الحرم ما لم يقلع من أصله
That he would permit taking from the sacred trees as long as it was not uprooted from its origin.
حين شعث الناس في الطعن عليه
When people began to attack him with criticism.
لم الله شعثه
May God gather what is scattered of him.
أسألك رحمة تلم بها شعثي
I ask You for mercy that gathers my scattered state.
شعثت من الطعام، أي أكلت قليلا
I ate a little from the food, meaning I ate a small amount.
رب أشعث أغبر ذي طمرين لا يؤبه به، لو أقسم على الله لأبره
Perhaps a disheveled, dusty man, wearing two worn garments, who is not paid attention to, if he swore by God, He would fulfill his oath.
وأشعث في الدار ذي لمة يطيل الحفوف ولا يقمل
And a peg in the house with long hair, who prolongs the striking and does not get lice.
ما ظل مذ أوجفت في كل ظاهرة بالأشعث الورد إلا وهو مهموم
He was not shaded since you urged on every visible thing by the yellow dried grass except that he was worried.
إن أبا سفيان شعث مني عند قيصر، فرد عليه علقمة، وكذب أبا سفيان
Abu Sufyan slandered me before Caesar, so Alqamah responded to him and lied to Abu Sufyan.
لعمرك ما أدري وإن كنت داريا شعيث ابن سهم أو شعيث ابن منقر
By your life, I do not know, even if you are aware, Shu'ayth son of Sahm or Shu'ayth son of Munqir.
ألا طرقت شعثاء والليل دونها أحم علافيا وأبيض ماضيا
Did Shu'athaa visit, while the night was between her and us, with dark skin and a sharp white sword?
محمد بن عبد الله وعبد الرحمن بن حماد الشعيثيان: محدثان
Muhammad bin Abdullah and Abd al-Rahman bin Hammad Al-Shu'aythiyan: two hadith narrators.
كانشعاب الأنهار، والأغصان
Like the branching of rivers and branches.
ما سقط أحد متحركي وتده الذي هو علا من فاعلاتن
What is dropped is one of the two moving letters of its 'watad', which is 'ala' from 'fa'ilatin'.
وهو ابن جدع بن حرام بن سعد بن عدي بن فزارة
And he is the son of Jada' bin Haram bin Sa'd bin Adi bin Fazarah.
وخيل شعث: غير مفرجنة
And scattered horses: not arranged in formation.
وتشعث رأس المسواك والوتد: تفرق أجزائه
And the fraying of the miswak's head and the peg: its parts scattering.