شيح

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root شيح primarily relates to a specific aromatic desert plant, known for its bitter taste and pleasant scent, used for fodder and making brooms. It also extends to meanings of seriousness, caution, and haste, often in the context of actions or movement.

Derived headwords

الشِّيحُnoun

1.
wormwood plantboth
A desert plant, known for its pleasant scent and bitter taste, used for making brooms and as fodder for livestock. It grows in lowlands and meadows.
2.
Yemeni clothclassical
A type of Yemeni cloth.
3.
seriousnessclassical
In the language of the Hudhayl tribe, it means seriousness or gravity in matters.
4.
cautionclassical
Meaning caution or wariness.
5.
hasteclassical
Meaning haste or swiftness.

شِيحٌnoun

1.
droughtclassical
Drought or famine.
2.
smallpoxclassical
Smallpox.
3.
seriousnessclassical
Seriousness or intensity in any matter.

شِيحَةٌnoun

1.
water sourceclassical
A water source located east of Fayed.
2.
place nameclassical
A place name in Aleppo, associated with several scholars.

شَاحَverb

1.
to be seriousclassical
To be serious and cautious.
2.
to be cautiousclassical
To be cautious or wary.
3.
to be hastyclassical
To be hasty or swift.

أَشَاحَverb

1.
to be cautiousclassical
To be cautious or wary, especially regarding a need or danger.
2.
to turn awayclassical
To turn one's face away from something, to avert it.
3.
to be seriousclassical
To be serious or determined in an endeavor.
4.
to be hastyclassical
To be hasty or swift.

شَائَحٌadjective

1.
seriousclassical
Serious and determined in matters.
2.
cautiousclassical
Cautious and wary.
3.
hastyclassical
Hasty or swift.
4.
absentclassical
One who stays away or is absent, due to caution for his family.

شَايَحَverb

1.
to fightclassical
To fight or contend.
2.
to be cautiousclassical
To be cautious or wary.
3.
to be hastyclassical
To be hasty or swift.

مُشِيحٌadjective

1.
seriousclassical
Serious, determined, and firm in matters.
2.
hastyclassical
Hasty or swift.
3.
cautiousclassical
Cautious or wary.
4.
approachingclassical
Facing or approaching someone or something.
5.
defensiveclassical
Shielding what is behind, or preventing access.

شِيَاحٌnoun

1.
droughtclassical
Drought or famine.
2.
smallpoxclassical
Smallpox.
3.
seriousnessclassical
Seriousness or intensity in any matter.

شِيحَانٌnoun

1.
wormwood plantsboth
Plural of الشيح (wormwood plant).
2.
absenteeclassical
One who stays away or is absent, due to caution for his family.
3.
tall personclassical
A tall, well-proportioned person.
4.
swift horseclassical
A horse with great stamina and speed.
5.
swift camelclassical
A swift female camel.
6.
high mountainclassical
A high mountain near Jerusalem.

مُشَايَحَةٌnoun

1.
fightingclassical
The act of fighting or contending.
2.
cautionclassical
The act of being cautious or wary.
3.
hasteclassical
The act of being hasty or swift.

التَّشْيِيحُnoun

1.
warningclassical
Warning or cautioning someone.
2.
threatening lookclassical
Looking at an opponent in a confrontational or threatening manner.

المُشِيحَاءnoun

1.
place of wormwoodclassical
A place where wormwood grows abundantly.
2.
serious matterclassical
A matter that is undertaken with seriousness and determination.
3.
confusionclassical
A state of confusion or disorder.

المُشِيحَىnoun

1.
serious matterclassical
A matter that is undertaken with seriousness and determination.
2.
confusionclassical
A state of confusion or disorder.

ذو الشِّيحname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name in Al-Yamamah, possibly a misspelling of a name with 'seen'.
2.
place nameclassical
Another place name in Al-Jazirah.

ذات الشِّيحname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name in the lands of Banu Yarbu', in Al-Huzn.

أَشِيحname

1.
fortress nameclassical
A fortress located in Yemen.

المُشِيحُونname

1.
scholarsclassical
Scholars who are attributed to the place 'Shiha' in Aleppo.

Parallel reading

في زاهر الروض يغطي الشيحا

In the bloom of the meadow, the wormwood covers it.

جمعه شيحان

Its plural is 'shihān'.

يلوذ بشيحان القرى من مسفة شآمية أو نفح نكباء صرصر

The villages seek refuge in the wormwood from a northern wind or a strong, dry easterly breeze.

وقد أشاحت الأرض، إذا أنبتته

And the land has produced wormwood, if it has grown it.

وزعتهم حتى إذا ما تبددوا سراعا ولاحت أوجه وكشوح بدرت إلى أولاهم فسبقتهم وشايحت قبل اليوم إنك شيح

I drove them back until they scattered quickly, and their faces and throats appeared; I rushed to their vanguard and outpaced them, and I was swift before today, indeed you are swift.

وبروضة السلان منا مشهد والخيل شائحة وقد عظم الثبا

And in the meadow of Al-Sallān, there is a scene for us, and the horses are swift, and the endurance has become great.

وقد شاح وأشاح على حاجته

And he was serious and cautious about his need.

الإشاحة: الحذر

Al-ishāḥah: caution.

في حيث لا تنفع الإشاحة من أمر لمن قد يحاول البدعا

In a place where caution is of no avail for one who attempts innovation.

تشيح على الفلاة فتعتليها ببوع القدر إذ قلق الوضين

You traverse the desert, and the pot's base rises over it when the saddle girth loosens.

وإقدامهي على المكروه نفسي وضربي هامة البطل المشيح

And my rushing into what is disliked, my soul, and my striking the head of the determined warrior.

شايح مشايحة وشياحا

To fight, a fight, and fighting.

ورجل شائح: حذر

And a man who is shāʾiḥ: cautious.

شايحن منه أيما شياح

They were cautious of him, very cautious.

وإنه لمشيح: حازم حذر

And indeed he is mushīḥ: decisive and cautious.

أمر مشيحا معي فتحية فمن بين مؤد ومن حاسر

A decisive matter with me, so greetings, and some are fulfilling and some are defeated.

والشائح: الغبور، كالشيحان، بالفتح

And Al-shāʾiḥ: the one who stays away, like Al-shīḥān (with fathah).

لما استمر بها شيحان مبتجح بالبين عنك بها يرآك شنآنا

When Shihān continued with her, boasting of separation from you, seeing you with hatred.

مشيح فوق شيحان يدور كأنه كلب

A tall one above a tall one, circling like a dog.

الشيحان: الذي يتهمس عدوا

Al-shīḥān: one who stealthily approaches an enemy.

والشيحان أيضا: الفرس الشديد النفس

And Al-shīḥān also: the horse with great stamina.

وهي ناقة شيحانة، أي سريعة

And she is a shīḥānah camel, meaning swift.

والشياح، بالكسر: القحط، والجذار، والجد في كل شيء

And Al-shiyāḥ (with kasrah): drought, smallpox, and seriousness in everything.

ورجل شائح: حذر جاد

And a man who is shāʾiḥ: cautious and serious.

والشيحة: ماءة شرقي فيد

And Al-shīḥah: a water source east of Fayed.

والمشيوحاء: منبت الشيح

And Al-mushiyūḥāʾ: a place where wormwood grows.

هاذه! مشيوحاء

This is a place of abundant wormwood!

هم في مشيوحاء من أمرهم

They are in a serious matter.

هم في مشيحى من أمرهم

They are in a serious matter.

وشايحت قبل اليوم إنك شيح

And I was swift before today, indeed you are swift.

والمشيح: الجاد المسرع

And Al-mushīḥ: the serious and swift one.

على جمل مشيح

On a swift camel.

المشيح: المقبل عليك

Al-mushīḥ: facing you.

والمانع لما وراء ظهره

And preventing what is behind him.

ثم أعرض وأشاح

Then he turned away and averted his face.

أشاح بوجهه عن الشيء: نحاه

He turned his face away from the thing: he moved it aside.

والتشييح: التحذير والنظر إلى الخصم مضايقة

And Al-tashyīḥ: warning and looking at the opponent confrontationally.

شيح: إذا نظر إلى خصمه فضايقه

He shāḥ: if he looked at his opponent and confronted him.

وذو الشيح: ع باليمامة

And Dhū Al-shīḥ: a place in Al-Yamamah.

وذات الشيح: ع في ديار بني يربوع

And Dhāt Al-shīḥ: a place in the lands of Banu Yarbu'.

وأشاح الفرس بذنبه: إذا أرخاه

And the horse أشاح with its tail: if it let it hang loose.