شدد

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of strength, intensity, severity, and hardship. It extends to meanings of reinforcement, tightening, and extreme effort, often in the context of difficult times or physical exertion.

Derived headwords

أَشَدُّnoun

1.
primeboth
The prime of one's strength or maturity.
2.
strengthclassical
The peak of physical or mental power.

بقي أشده — his prime remained

شَدٌّnoun

1.
tighteningboth
The act of making something tight or firm.
2.
strengthboth
Intensity or severity.
3.
speedclassical
Swiftness or quickness in movement.

رب شد في الكرز — perhaps a swift one in the saddlebag

شَدَّverb

1.
to tightenboth
To make something firm, taut, or secure.
2.
to reinforceboth
To strengthen or make more robust.
3.
to intensifyboth
To increase in force, severity, or degree.
4.
to striveboth
To exert oneself or make a great effort.

شَدِيدٌadjective

1.
strongboth
Possessing great physical or mental power.
2.
intenseboth
Having great force, severity, or degree.
3.
potentboth
Having a strong effect, especially a pleasant one like a scent.
4.
vigilantclassical
Not easily overcome by sleep.

مسك شديد الرائحة — a musk of strong, pungent fragrance

رجل شديد العين — a man whose eyes are not overcome by sleep

شِدَّةٌnoun

1.
severityboth
The quality of being harsh, extreme, or difficult.
2.
hardshipboth
A condition of great suffering or difficulty.
3.
famineclassical
A severe shortage of food.
4.
difficulty of lifeclassical
The challenging circumstances of living.

الشدة: المجاعة — Hardship: famine

والشدة: صعوبة الزمن — And severity: the difficulty of the times

شَدَائِدُnoun

1.
hardshipsboth
Plural of hardship; difficult or trying circumstances.
2.
calamitiesclassical
Events causing great damage or distress.

والشدائد الهزاهز — And hardships are the tremors

اشْتَدَّverb

1.
to intensifyboth
To become stronger, more severe, or more extreme.
2.
to become difficultboth
To grow harder or more challenging.

وقد اشتد عليهم — and it had become severe upon them

شَدَّدَverb

1.
to reinforceboth
To make something stronger or more solid.
2.
to emphasizeboth
To stress or highlight a point.
3.
to tightenboth
To make something more secure or restrictive.

واشدد على قلوبهم — and strengthen (or seal) their hearts

شَدًّاnoun

1.
severityclassical
A state of intensity or harshness.

أصابتني شَدًى — I was afflicted with severity

شَدِّيnoun

1.
severityclassical
Intensity or harshness.

خفت شَدِيَّ فلان — I feared the severity of so-and-so

تَشَدَّدَverb

1.
to exert oneselfboth
To strain or exert oneself, especially vocally.
2.
to become severeclassical
To grow more intense or difficult.

وتشددت القينة — and the singing girl exerted herself

شَدَّ مَاparticle

1.
certainlyclassical
An emphatic particle indicating certainty or a strong assertion.
2.
how muchclassical
Used to express a strong degree or quantity.

شد ما أنك ذاهب — certainly you are going

بَنُو شَدَّادٍname

1.
Banu Shaddadclassical
A tribal name, referring to a lineage or clan.

بَنُو الأَشَدِّname

1.
Banu al-Ashaddclassical
A tribal name, referring to a lineage or clan.

الأَشِدَّاءُname

1.
Al-Ashidda'classical
A specific lineage or group within the family of Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Parallel reading

بقي أشده

his prime remained

تعالين نحتال بحيلة لهاذا الهر

Let us devise a stratagem for this cat

فاجتمع رأيهن على تعليق جلجل في رقبته

So they agreed on hanging a bell around its neck

فإذا رآهن سمعن صوت الجلجل، فهربن منه

So when they saw it, they would hear the sound of the bell and flee from it

فجئن بجلجل، وشددنه في خيط

So they brought a bell and tied it with a thread

فقال بعضهن: (بقي أشده)

Then some of them said: (his prime remained)

ألا امرؤ يعقد خيط الجلجل

Is there no one to tie the thread of the bell?

ويقال للرجل إذا كلف عملا: (ما أملك شدا ولا إرخاء)

And it is said to a man when he is tasked with a job: (I have no power to tighten nor to loosen)

أي لا أقدر على شيء

Meaning, I am not able to do anything

وقال أبو زيد: أصابتني! شدى. على فعلى، أي شدة.

And Abu Zayd said: I was afflicted with shada, in the pattern of 'af'alaa, meaning severity.

ومسك شديد الرائحة: قويها ذكيها.

And musk of strong fragrance: its potent, its pungent.

ورجل شديد العين: لا يغلبه النوم

And a man with strong eyes: sleep does not overcome him

بات يقاسي كل ناب ضرزة شديدة جفن العين ذات ضرائر

He spent the night enduring every sharp-toothed, fierce one, whose eyelid was heavy with afflictions

وقوله تعالى: { {واشدد على قلوبهم} (يونس: 88) أي اطبع على قلوبهم.

And His saying, the Almighty: { {And strengthen their hearts} (Jonah: 88) means, seal their hearts.

والشدة: المجاعة.

And severity: famine.

والشدائد الهزاهز.

And hardships are the tremors.

والشدة: صعوبة الزمن، وقد اشتد عليهم.

And severity: the difficulty of the times, and it had become severe upon them.

والشدة والشديدة: من مكاره الدهر وجمعها، شدائد

And al-shiddah and al-shaddidah are from the adversities of time, and their plural is shada'id

وشدة العيش: شظفه.

And the severity of life: its austerity.

وفي المثل: (رب شد في الكرز)

And in the proverb: (Perhaps a swift one in the saddlebag)

وهو الجوالق: فقال له إنسان: لم تحمله؟ ما تصنع به؟

Which is the saddlebag: So a person said to him: Why are you carrying it? What are you doing with it?

فقال: (رب شد في الكرز) يقول هو سريع الشد كأمه، يضرب للرجل يحتقر عندك، وله خبر قد علمته أنت.

So he said: (Perhaps a swift one in the saddlebag) meaning he is swift in his movement like his mother, used for a man who is underestimated by you, and he has a history that you know.

وقالوا: شد ما أنك ذاهب، كقولك: حقا أنك ذاهب.

And they said: 'Shadd ma' you are going, like your saying: 'Haqqan' you are going.

قال. وإن شئت جعلت شد بمنزلة نعم، كما تقول: نعم العمل أنك تقول الحق.

He said. And if you wish, you can make 'shadd' equivalent to 'na'am', as you say: 'Na'am al-'amal' (what a good deed) that you speak the truth.

وقال أبو زيد: خفت شَدَى فلان، أي شدته، وأنشد:

And Abu Zayd said: I feared the shada of so-and-so, meaning his severity, and he recited:

فإنى لا ألين لقول شدى ولو كانت أشد من الحديد

For I do not yield to the word of severity, even if it were stronger than iron

وفي حديث قيام شهر رمضان: (أحيا الليل وشد المئزر)

And in the hadith about standing for Ramadan: (He revived the night and tightened his belt)

هو كناية عن اجتناب النساء، أو عن الجد والاجتهاد في العمل، أو عنهما معا.

It is a metaphor for avoiding women, or for seriousness and diligence in work, or for both.

وتشددت القينة، إذا جهدت نفسها عند رفع الصوت بالغناء

And the singing girl exerted herself, when she strained herself while raising her voice in song

إذا نحن قلنا أسمعينا انبرت لنا على رسلها مطروقة لم تشدد

When we said, 'Make us hear,' she presented herself to us at her own pace, a striking one who did not strain herself