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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of food or sustenance, possibly a Persian loanword. It is described as a type of grain or foodstuff, sometimes considered inferior, and can be associated with a specific place like Basra.

Derived headwords

الشَّغُوشُnoun
  1. 1.
    Grain/foodstuffclassical

    A type of grain or foodstuff, described as being made of barley and having a poor quality. It is mentioned as being of Persian origin.

الشَّغُوشِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    Related to al-shaghooshclassical

    An adjective derived from 'al-shaghoosh', indicating something attributed to or related to this type of foodstuff.

Parallel reading

الشغوش، كصبور، أهمله الجوهري، وقال الأصمعي، هو بر ذو شيلم، رديء، كان يكون بالبصرة، قال: وهو فارسي معرب
Al-shaghoosh, like 'sabor', was neglected by Al-Jawhari. Al-Asma'i said it is a type of wheat with barley, of poor quality, which used to be in Basra. He said: it is a loanword from Persian.
كالشغوشي منسوبا
Like al-shaghooshi, attributed (to it).
وقد تضم الشين منه
And the 'shin' (letter) of it may be pronounced with damma.
قال رؤبة: قد كان يغنيهم عن الشغوش والخشل من تساقط القروش شحم ومحض ليس بالمغ
Ru'bah said: It was sufficient for them instead of al-shaghoosh and al-khashl from the falling of the coins, fat and pure milk, not the 'magh'.