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شيه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of being afflicted by the evil eye, or potentially a place name. The primary meaning discussed is the act of striking someone with the evil eye.

Derived headwords

شَاهَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with evil eyeclassical

    To afflict someone with the evil eye, causing harm or misfortune.

يُشِيهُهُverb
  1. 1.
    strikes with evil eyeclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'to strike with the evil eye'.

شِيهًاnoun
  1. 1.
    striking with evil eyeclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of afflicting with the evil eye.

شِيوهُ عُيُونٍnoun
  1. 1.
    evil eye afflictionclassical

    A state or condition of being afflicted by the evil eye.

أَشْيَهُadjective
  1. 1.
    most afflicted by evil eyeclassical

    The superlative form, indicating someone who is most susceptible to or affected by the evil eye.

الشيهname
  1. 1.
    Al-Shihmodern

    A village in Egypt, located in the Monufia Governorate.

Parallel reading

شاهه (يشيهه) شيها: أهمله الجوهري.
Shahaha (yashihuhu) shihan: Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن بزرج: أي (عانه) ، أي أصابه بالعين.
And Ibn Buzraj said: Meaning 'aanahu, meaning it afflicted him with the eye.
قال: (وهو شيوه عيون من أشيه الناس).
He said: (And he is shiyuhu 'uyunin min ashya al-nas).
وذكره صاحب اللسان في ترجمة شوه استطرادا.
And the author of Al-Lisan mentioned it in the entry for 'shuwah' as a digression.
الشيه: قرية بمصر من المنوفية، بينها وبين سبك فرسخ، وقد مررت بها.
Al-Shih: A village in Egypt from Al-Monufia, a parasang between it and Shibk, and I have passed by it.