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شرض

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to descriptions of animals, specifically camels, and also to the description of land. The primary focus is on describing a camel as large and perhaps somewhat flabby or robust.

Derived headwords

شَرْواضadjective
  1. 1.
    flabby and large (camel)classical

    Describing a camel that is large and somewhat flabby or loose-limbed.

شُرواضadjective
  1. 1.
    flabby and large (camel)classical

    Describing a camel that is large and somewhat flabby or loose-limbed. This is a variant pronunciation of شرواض.

شَرَوضnoun
  1. 1.
    flabby and large camelsclassical

    The plural form of شرواض, referring to camels that are large and somewhat flabby.

شَرِضnoun
  1. 1.
    rough landclassical

    Describes land that is rough, coarse, or difficult to traverse.

Parallel reading

جمل شرواض، بالكسر، أي رخو ضخم
A camel sharwaaḍ, with kasra, meaning flabby and large.
فإن كان ضخما ذا قصرة غليظة وهو صلب، فهو جرواض
But if it is large with a thick hump and is solid, then it is jaarwaaḍ.
والجمع شراويض
And the plural is sharawaaḍ.
جمل شرواض مثل جرواض
A camel sharwaaḍ is like jaarwaaḍ.
الشرض، بالتحريك: الأرض الغليظة
Ash-sharaḍ, with haraka (vowelization), is rough land.
وكأنه لغة في شرز بالزاي
And it is as if it is a dialectal variant for sharaz with a zay.