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ش ق د ف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of large, palanquin-like litter used for riding, particularly by pilgrims in the Hijaz region. It emphasizes its size and capacity compared to other similar conveyances.

Derived headwords

الشَّقْدَفnoun
  1. 1.
    Riding litterboth

    A large, well-known type of riding litter used in the Hijaz, especially by pilgrims traveling to the Kaaba. It is wider and larger in volume than the 'amari.

شَقَادِفnoun
  1. 1.
    Riding litters (pl.)both

    The plural form of 'al-shaqdaf', referring to multiple large riding litters.

الشَّقَنْدَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Riding litter (variant)classical

    A variant term for a riding litter, specifically noted as being of 'Suwadian' (Ethiopian) origin and considered by some to imply a larger or more substantial form than the 'shaqdaf'.

Parallel reading

الشقدف، كقنفذ: أهمله الجماعة، وهو مركب م معروف بالحجاز، يركبه الحجاج إلى بيت الله الحرام، وهو أوسع من العماري، وأعظم جرما، والجمع: شقادف.
Al-shaqdaf, like qunfudh: it was neglected by the group (of lexicographers), and it is a known type of riding conveyance in the Hijaz, which pilgrims ride to the Sacred House, and it is wider than the 'amari and greater in volume, and the plural is shaqadaf.
وهو أوسع من العماري، وأعظم جرما
and it is wider than the 'amari and greater in volume
والجمع: شقادف
and the plural is shaqadaf
وأما الشقنداف، بالكسر، فليس من كلامهم، بل هي لغة سوادية
As for al-shaqandaf, with kasra, it is not from their (classical Arabic) speech, rather it is a Suwadian (Ethiopian) language.
وسمعت بعض مشايشخي يقول: إنه مر رجل على عراقي، فقال له: ما تسمون هذا عندكم فقال: الشقنداف
And I heard some of my sheikhs say: A man passed by an Iraqi, and said to him: What do you call this among yourselves? He said: Al-shaqandaf.
فقال: أليس هو الشقدف قال: لا، ألا تدري أن زيادة البناء تدل على زيادة المعنى، وهذا أعظم من شقادفكم، وأوسعها جرما.
He said: Is it not al-shaqdaf? He said: No, do you not know that an increase in structure indicates an increase in meaning, and this is greater than your shaqadaf, and wider in volume.
ألا تدري أن زيادة البناء تدل على زيادة المعنى
Do you not know that an increase in structure indicates an increase in meaning
وهذا أعظم من شقادفكم، وأوسعها جرما
and this is greater than your shaqadaf, and wider in volume.