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شحزر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a state of being ready to curse or insult someone, or having just begun to mature or grow.

Derived headwords

المشحنزرadjective
  1. 1.
    Ready to curseclassical

    Describing someone who is prepared or inclined to insult or curse another person.

  2. 2.
    Slightly maturedclassical

    Describing someone who has just begun to mature or grow, reaching a certain stage of development.

شبverb
  1. 1.
    To matureboth

    To grow up, to reach maturity, to become an adult.

Parallel reading

المشحنزر، أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان، وقال الصاغاني هو المستعد لشتم إنسان
Al-mushhanzar, neglected by Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan, and Al-Saghani said it is one ready to curse a person.
أو الذي قد شب قليلا
Or one who has matured a little.
هاكذا بالشين المعجمة
Thus with the letter 'shīn' (ش) with dots.
ومثله للصغاني
And its like is for Al-Saghani.
ويوجد في بعض نسخ القاموس: سب بإهمال السين، وهو خطأ
And in some copies of Al-Qamus, it is found as 'sab' (سب) with the omission of the letter 'sīn' (س), which is an error.