شعلع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of tallness, dispersion, and branching, possibly with an emphasis on being spread out or not compact. It is discussed in relation to physical attributes of people and trees.

Derived headwords

الشَّعْلَعُnoun

1.
Tall personclassical
A tall individual, specifically mentioned as a characteristic that can be applied to men.

الشَّعْنَلَعُnoun

1.
Tall personclassical
A tall individual, noted as a variant with an added 'n' and attributed to Ibn 'Abbad.

شَعْلَعَةadjective

1.
Dispersed (tree)classical
Describing a tree with widely spread, non-compact branches.

Parallel reading

الشعلع، كهملع، والشعنلع، بزيادة النون بين العين واللام

Al-sha'la'u, like ha-mla'u, and al-sha'na'u, with the addition of the noon between the 'ayn and the lam.

وكتب المصنف هذا الحرف بالأحمر على أنه استدرك به على الجوهري، وليس كذلك

And the author wrote this letter in red as if he were correcting Al-Jauhari, but it is not so.

بل ذكره الجوهري في آخر تركيب شع ع وقال: هو بزيادة اللام: الطويل، قاله الفراء

Rather, Al-Jauhari mentioned it at the end of the root 'sh-'-''-' and said: It is with the addition of the lam: the tall, as narrated by Al-Farra'.

ولم يذكر الشعنلع وإنما ذكره ابن عباد

And he did not mention al-sha'na'u; rather, Ibn 'Abbad mentioned it.

وخصه بعضهم بالرجال

And some of them restricted it to men.

وشجرة شعلعة أيضا: متفرقة الأغصان، غير ملتفة

And a tree is also sha'la'ah: with dispersed branches, not clustered.

وهذا يؤيد قول الجوهري: إن أصل تركيبه شعع بمعنى التفرق

And this supports the statement of Al-Jauhari: that the origin of its composition is sh-'-' meaning dispersion.

وقال الأزهري: لا أدري أزيدت العين الأولى، أو الأخيرة مزيدة

And Al-Azhari said: I do not know if the first 'ayn was added, or the last is added.

فإن كانت الأخيرة مزيدة، فالأصل شعل

So if the last one is added, the root is sh-'-l.

وإن كانت الأولى هي المزيدة، فأصله شلع

And if the first one is the added one, then its root is sh-l-'-'.