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ش ر ذ ل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of being scattered, dispersed, or insignificant. It also seems to be used to describe a tall man and a specific historical figure.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْذَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    tall manclassical

    A man who is tall in stature.

حُمَيْضَةُ بْنُ الشَّرْذَلِname
  1. 1.
    Humaydah ibn al-Sharadhilboth

    A narrator of hadith, mentioned in historical texts.

Parallel reading

الشرذل، كجعفر، أهمله الجماعة
Al-Sharadhil, like Ja'far, was neglected by the group.
وقال ابن أبي خيثمة: هو الرجل الطويل
And Ibn Abi Khaythama said: He is the tall man.
وحميضة بن الشرذل: محدث
And Humaydah ibn al-Sharadhil: a narrator of hadith.
روى عنه قيس بن الحارث الأسدي
Qais ibn al-Harith al-Asadi narrated from him.
هكذا هو في الاستيعاب لابن عبد البر الحافظ
This is how it is in Al-Istīʻāb by Ibn Abd al-Barr the حافظ.
ووجدته هكذا في هامش نسخة اللسان
And I found it thus in the margin of the Lisan copy.