شزن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root شزن (sh-z-n) primarily relates to hardship, difficulty, and ruggedness. It extends to concepts of exhaustion, roughness in character or terrain, and also to aspects of proximity, side, or even a specific type of game piece.

Derived headwords

الشَّزَنُnoun

1.
exhaustion from walkingclassical
Severe exhaustion caused by walking barefoot.
2.
hardness, roughnessboth
Hardness and roughness, often referring to terrain or character.
3.
rugged landclassical
Rough and uneven ground.
4.
hardship of lifeclassical
A difficult and austere way of life.
5.
side, directionboth
A side, direction, or aspect.
6.
distance, obliquenessclassical
Distance, deviation, or obliqueness.
7.
knuckleboneclassical
A knucklebone used in games.
8.
characterclassical
A person's difficult or rough disposition.

الشُّزْنَةُnoun

1.
side, directionboth
The side or direction of something.
2.
stingy personclassical
A stingy and difficult-to-deal-with person.

الشُّزُونَةُnoun

1.
hardness, roughnessclassical
The state of being hard and rough.

شَزَنَتْverb

1.
to be exhaustedclassical
To become severely exhausted, especially from walking barefoot.
2.
to be hardclassical
To become hard or rough (referring to land).

شَزِنَverb

1.
to be nimbleclassical
To be agile or energetic.

تَشَزَّنَverb

1.
to become difficultclassical
To become difficult or complicated (referring to a matter).
2.
to prepare oneselfclassical
To prepare oneself or brace for something, like a dispute or a question.
3.
to throw downclassical
To throw someone down, especially in wrestling, by placing them on the hip.
4.
to lay downclassical
To lay an animal down, such as a sheep, for slaughter.
5.
to prepare for prostrationclassical
To get ready for prostration (in prayer).
6.
to move sidewaysclassical
To move in a sideways or unsteady manner.

تَشَزُّنٌnoun

1.
preparationclassical
The act of preparing or getting ready.

تَشْزِينٌnoun

1.
throwing downclassical
The act of throwing someone down, particularly in wrestling.

شَزِنٌadjective

1.
difficult-temperedclassical
A person of difficult or harsh disposition.
2.
clumsy from exhaustionclassical
Awkward or slow due to exhaustion, especially from walking.

شَزْنَةٌadjective

1.
stingyclassical
A stingy woman.

Parallel reading

الشزن: شدة الإعياء من الحفا

Al-shazan: severe exhaustion from walking barefoot.

وقد شزنت الإبل قاله الليث.

And the camels became exhausted, said Al-Layth.

والشزن: الشدة والغلظة، كالشزونة.

And al-shazan: hardness and roughness, like al-shuzunah.

والغلظ من الأرض ؛ عن الجوهري؛ قال الأعشى: تيممت قيسا وكم دونهمن الأرض من مهمة ذي شزن

And the roughness of the land; from Al-Jauhari; Al-A'sha said: I headed for Qays, and how many difficult, rugged lands lay between him and me.

والشزن: الرجل العسر الخلق ؛ وقد شزن شزونة.

And al-shazan: a man of difficult character; and he became difficult in character.

والشزن من العيش: شظفه ؛ نقله الزمخشري.

And al-shazan of life: its austerity; narrated by Al-Zamakhshari.

والشزن: الناحية والجانب، كالشزن بضمتين، وبهما روي حديث لقمان بن عاد: (وولاهم شزنة)، أي جانبه، أو شدته وبأسه، أي: إذا دهمهم أمر ولاهم جانبه فحاطهم بنفسه.

And al-shazan: the side and the direction, like al-shuzun bi-ḍammatayn. And in this way was narrated the hadith of Luqman of 'Ad: (And He appointed them to his shaznah), meaning his side, or His severity and might, meaning: if an affair befell them, He appointed His side to them and protected them with Himself.

فقال: (حتى أتشزن) أي أستعد للجواب وأتحسن له.

So he said: (Until I prepare myself), meaning I get ready for the answer and brace myself for it.

تشزن الرجل صاحبه تشزنا، على القياس، وتشزينا، على غير قياس، ونظيره: وتبتل إليه تبتيلا، (صرعه).

A man throws down his companion, tashazzunan, according to analogy, and tashzeenan, not according to analogy, and its parallel is: and he submitted to Him, tabteelan, (he threw him down).

وقيل: التشزن في الصراع: أن يضعه على وركه فيصرعه، وهو التورك.

And it was said: Al-tashazzun in wrestling is to place him on his hip and throw him down, and this is Al-tawarrruk.

وتشزن الشاة: أضجعها ليذبحها.

And to lay the sheep down: to lay it down for slaughter.

وشزن، كفرح، شزنا: نشط.

And shazana, like faraha, shazanan: to be nimble.

والشزنة، بالفتح: البخيلة المتعسرة الخلق.

And al-shaznah, with fatha: the stingy, difficult-tempered one.

والشزن، بالتحريك: الغلظ من الأرض، والجمع شزن وشزون؛ وقد شزنت، ككرم، شزونة.

And al-shazan, with harakah: the roughness of the land, and the plural is shazan and shuzun; and it became rough, like karuma, shuzunatan.

والشزن، بالضم: الجانب. يقال: ما أبالي على أي قطريه وعلى أي شزينه وقع، بمعنى واحد، وبه روي أيضا حديث لقمان بن عاد.

And al-shazan, with damma: the side. It is said: I do not care on which of its two sides or on which of its shazinah it falls, meaning the same thing, and by this was also narrated the hadith of Luqman of 'Ad.

وتشزن له: توسع. وقيل: تحرف.

And tashazzana for him: to make way. And it was said: to deviate.

وشزن الرجل للرمي إذا تحرف.

And a man shazana for throwing when he deviates.

والشزن، محركة: الناقة تمشي من نشاطها على جانب واحد، وبه فسر حديث سطيح. تجوب بي الأرض علنداة شزن.

And al-shazan, with harakah: the she-camel that walks on one side out of its liveliness, and by this was explained the hadith of Satih. It traverses the land with me, a lively, sideways-walking she-camel.