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شجذ

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns aspects of rain, specifically its intensity and cessation. It also extends to the idea of something being difficult or painful, and metaphorically to the abatement of fever.

Derived headwords

الشَّجَذَةnoun
  1. 1.
    weak rainclassical

    A light rain, described as being less intense than a 'bagsha' (heavy rain).

المِشْجَاذnoun
  1. 1.
    slingclassical

    A device used for throwing stones, likely a sling or catapult.

شَجَاذnoun
  1. 1.
    cessation of rainclassical

    A term used to describe the stopping or abatement of rain, derived from the root's meaning of cessation.

أَشْجَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to cease raining

    The rain stopped or became weak after a period of heavy downpour.

  2. 2.
    to become distantclassical

    Used to describe the rain becoming distant or moving away.

  3. 3.
    to abate

    Said of the sky when its rain weakens or stops.

  4. 4.
    to ceaseclassical

    Said of a fever when it stops or abates.

Parallel reading

الشجذة: المطرة الضعيفة
The shajadha: the weak rain.
وهي فوق البغشة
And it is above the bagsha (heavy rain).
والمشجاذ: المقلاع
And the mishjadh: the sling.
كمش التوالي ريث النفاذ درات لا خال ولا مشجاذ
Like the throwing of the succession, until the drops pass, neither a protector nor a sling.
وشجاذ، كقطام، معدول منه
And shajadh, like qatām, is derived from it.
تدر بعد الوبلى شجاذ منها هماذي إلى هماذي
It flows after the downpour, a cessation from it, from one place to another.
وأشجذه الشيء: اشتد عليه وآذاه
And something 'ashjadhahu': it became severe upon him and harmed him.
أشحذ المطر: أنجم بعد الإثجام
The rain 'ashjahdha': it ceased after the heavy downpour.
أشجذ المطر منذ حين، أي نأى وبعد وأقلع بعد إثجامه
The rain has been 'ashjadh' for a while, meaning it moved away, became distant, and stopped after its heavy downpour.
أشجذت السماء: ضعف مطرها وسكن
The sky 'ashjadhdat': its rain weakened and subsided.
تخرج الود إذا ما أشجذت وتواريه إذا ما تشتكر
It reveals the flood when this downpour ceases, and hides it when it returns.
أشجذت الحمى، إذا أقلعت
The fever 'ashjadhdat', if it ceased.
أشجذ المطر إذا أقلع، وأيضا: دام، وهو من الأضداد
The rain 'ashjadhdha' if it ceased, and also: it lasted, and it is one of the contraries.