شدخ

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root شدخ primarily relates to breaking, crushing, or shattering, especially of soft or hollow things. It extends to meanings of deviation, spreading, and also refers to specific types of plants, a horse's marking, and a young child. It is also used metaphorically for decisive judgment and as a name for a lion and a valley.

Derived headwords

شَدَخَverb

1.
to break, shatterboth
To break something, especially something soft or hollow, like a head or a plant.
2.
to deviate, swerveclassical
To deviate from the right path or intention.

الشَّدْخُnoun

1.
breaking, shatteringboth
The act of breaking or shattering, particularly of soft or hollow objects.
2.
deviationclassical
A deviation or swerving from the intended course or purpose.
3.
spreading of a forehead markingclassical
The spreading and downward flow of a horse's forehead marking (ghurra).
4.
tender plantclassical
A tender, moist plant.
5.
incomplete offspringclassical
An incomplete offspring, a miscarriage that is soft and not yet hardened.

تَشَدَّخَverb

1.
to be broken, shatteredboth
To be broken or shattered, passive form of شدخ.
2.
to spread (forehead marking)classical
Said of a horse's forehead marking when it spreads widely.

اِنْشَدَخَverb

1.
to be broken, shatteredboth
To be broken or shattered, another passive form of شدخ.

شَدْخًاnoun

1.
breaking, shatteringboth
The act or instance of breaking or shattering.
2.
deviationclassical
Deviation from the right course.
3.
spreading (forehead marking)classical
The spreading of a horse's forehead marking.

شَادِخٌadjective

1.
deviatingclassical
One who deviates from the right path or intention.
2.
spreading (forehead marking)classical
Describing a horse's forehead marking that is wide and spreading.
3.
young, tenderclassical
A young boy who is tender and not yet fully developed.
4.
famous, notoriousclassical
A famous or notorious deed, often a bad one.

شَدْخَاءadjective

1.
spreading (forehead marking)classical
A horse with a wide and spreading forehead marking.

أَشْدَخُadjective

1.
having a spreading forehead markingclassical
Describing a horse that has a wide and spreading forehead marking.
2.
lionclassical
A name for a lion.

المِشْدَخُnoun

1.
pressed datesclassical
Dates that are pressed until they break and then dried in winter.
2.
neck jointclassical
The joint of the neck.

الشَّدَّاخُname

1.
title of a judgeclassical
A title given to a judge or arbitrator, particularly one who made decisive judgments.

أَشْدَاخnoun

1.
valley nameclassical
A name of a valley located in the region of Aqeek near Medina.

شُدُوخًاnoun

1.
deviationclassical
The act of deviating or swerving.
2.
spreading (forehead marking)classical
The spreading of a horse's forehead marking.

شُدُوخًاnoun

1.
deviationclassical
The act of deviating or swerving.
2.
spreading (forehead marking)classical
The spreading of a horse's forehead marking.

شَدْخَةnoun

1.
tender plantclassical
A tender, moist plant.
2.
incomplete offspringclassical
A miscarriage that is soft and not yet hardened.

شَدْخnoun

1.
incomplete offspringclassical
An incomplete offspring, a miscarriage that is soft and not yet hardened.

شَادِخَةadjective

1.
spreading (forehead marking)classical
A horse's forehead marking that is wide and spreading.
2.
famous, notorious deedclassical
A famous or notorious deed, often a bad one.

Parallel reading

الشدخ، كالمنع: الكسر في كل شيء رطب

The shadkh, like al-man', is the breaking of everything soft.

وقيل هو التهشيم، يعنى به كسر يابس

And it is said to be shattering, meaning the breaking of something dry.

شدخه يشدخه شدخا

He broke it, breaking it a breaking.

فتشدخ وانشدخ

So it was broken and it broke.

وشدخت الرؤوس، شدد للكثرة

And the heads were broken, intensified for abundance.

والشدخ: الميل عن القصد

And the shadkh: deviation from the intended course.

وقد شدخ يشدخ شدخا، وهو شادخ

And he deviated, deviating a deviation, and he is a deviator.

الشدخ: انتشار الغرة وسيلانها سفلا

The shadkh: the spreading of the forehead marking and its flowing downwards.

وهي أي الغرة الشادخة

And it, the forehead marking, is the spreading one.

وقد شدخت تشدخ شدوخا وشدخا

And it spread, spreading a spreading and a spreading.

غرتنا بالمجد شادخة للناظرين كأنها بدر

Our forehead marking shone with glory to the beholders, like a moon.

وهو أشدخ وهي شدخاء: ذو شادخة

And he is ash-shadkh and she is shadkha': possessing a spreading forehead marking.

والمشدخ، كمعظم: بسر يغمز حتى ينشدخ

And al-mashdakh, like mu'dham: dates that are pressed until they break.

ثم ييبس في الشتاء

Then they are dried in the winter.

والمشدخ: منقطع العنق

And al-mashdakh: the joint of the neck.

شدخه إذا أصاب مشدخه

He struck him, if he hit his neck joint.

والشدخة من النبات: الرخصة الرطبة

And the shadkha from plants: the tender, moist one.

ويعمر بن عوف الكناني جد بني دأب الذين أخذ عنهم كثير من علم الأخبار والأنساب، ولقبه الشداخ كطوال

And Ya'mar bin 'Awf al-Kinani, the ancestor of Banu Da'b from whom much knowledge of news and genealogies was taken, his title was ash-Shaddakh, like tuwal.

فشدخ دماء قضاعة تحت قدمه وأبطلها

So he crushed the blood of Quda'ah under his foot and nullified it.

فقضى البيت لقصي

And he decreed the Ka'bah to Qusayy.

ومننه قيل لقصي الشداخ، لإبطاله دماء خزاعة

And from this, Qusayy was called ash-Shaddakh, for his nullification of the blood of Khaza'ah.

والأشدخ: الأسد

And al-ashdakh: the lion.

والأشداخ: واد بعقيق المدينة

And al-Ashdakh: a valley in Aqeek of Medina.

ألم تسله الربع الجديد التكلما بمدفع أشداخ فبرقة أظلما

Did the new dwelling not make you speak at the mouth of al-Ashdakh and the dark hill?

والشادخ: الصغير إذا كان رطبا

And ash-shadikh: the young one when it is tender.

غلام شادخ: شاب

A shadikh boy: a youth.

إذا كان شدخا أو مضغة فادفنه في بيتك

If it is a shadkh or a morsel, then bury it in your house.

وطفل شدخ: رخص

And a shadikh child: tender.

وأمر شاذخ: مائل عن القصد

And a shadikh matter: deviating from the intention.

وقد شدخ شدوخا

And he deviated, deviating a deviation.

مقتدر النفس على تسخيرها بأمره الشادخ عن أمورها

Able to control the soul by his command, deviating from its affairs.

شادخة تشدخ عن أذلالها

Deviating, deviating from its humiliations.

أي تعدل عن طريقها

Meaning it deviates from its path.

وركب الشادخة المحجله بنو الشداخ بطن

And the Shaddakh, a clan, rode the marked one.