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شخخ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sound and action of urination, particularly involuntary urination or the sound associated with it. It also extends to related sounds like snoring and the sounds of objects.

Derived headwords

الشَّخّnoun
  1. 1.
    Urineclassical

    Refers to urine.

  2. 2.
    Sound of milkingclassical

    The sound made when milk exits the udder.

شَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    To snoreboth

    To make a snoring sound while sleeping.

  2. 2.
    To urinate involuntarilyclassical

    To be unable to hold one's urine, causing it to flow out.

وشخ في نومه — and he snored in his sleep
شخ ببوله — he urinated involuntarily
شَخِيخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Involuntary urinationclassical

    The act of being unable to retain urine.

شَخًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    Involuntary urinationclassical

    The act of being unable to retain urine.

شَخْشَخَverb
  1. 1.
    To extend like a rodclassical

    To stretch out like a rod, or to be stretched out.

  2. 2.
    To make a rattling soundclassical

    To make a sound, often associated with movement or liquid.

شخشخ ببوله — he urinated, extending like a rod
شخشخ ببوله — he urinated with a sound
شَخْشَاخadjective
  1. 1.
    One who urinates involuntarilyclassical

    Describing someone who cannot hold their urine.

لشخشاخ بالبول — he is one who urinates involuntarily
الشَّخْشَخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of weaponsclassical

    The noise made by weapons.

  2. 2.
    Sound of a quiverclassical

    The noise made by a quiver.

  3. 3.
    Sound of rustlingclassical

    The sound of movement from paper or new cloth, similar to rustling.

  4. 4.
    Camel's postureclassical

    A camel raising its chest and then kneeling.

الشخشخة: صوت السلاح — The shakhshakha: the sound of weapons
الشخشخة: صوت حركة القرطاس والثوب الجديد — The shakhshakha: the sound of the movement of paper and new cloth

Parallel reading

الشخ: البول، وصوت الشخب إذا خرج من الضرع.
The shakhkh: urine, and the sound of milking when it exits the udder.
وشخ في نومه، إذا غط وصوت.
And he snored in his sleep, meaning he made a snoring sound.
شخ ببوله يشخ شخيخا وشخا: لم يقدر أن يحبسه فغلبه، عن ابن الأعرابي، وعم به كراع فقال: شخ ببوله شخا، إذا لم يقدر على حبسه.
He urinated involuntarily, he snored a shakhshakha and a shakhkha: he could not hold it in and it overcame him, according to Ibn al-A'rabi. Kurra' generalized it and said: he urinated involuntarily, meaning he could not hold it in.
شخ ببوله وشخشخ: امتد كالقضيب، أو مد به وصوت.
He urinated involuntarily and made a sound: it extended like a rod, or it was extended and made a sound.
وإنه لشخشاخ بالبول، من ذالك.
And indeed he is one who urinates involuntarily, from that.
والشخشخة: صوت السلاح والينبوت.
And the shakhshakha: the sound of weapons and the quiver.
الشخشخة: صوت حركة القرطاس والثوب الجديد، كالخشخشة في الكل، وهي لغة ضعيفة.
The shakhshakha: the sound of the movement of paper and new cloth, like rustling in general, and it is a weak dialect.
الشخشخة: رفع الناقة صدرها وباركة.
The shakhshakha: the camel raising its chest and then kneeling.
وقد شخشخت.
And she (the camel) performed the shakhshakha.