← Back to Taj al-Arus

شحو

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of opening the mouth wide. It describes the state of the mouth being open and can be used both transitively and intransitively.

Derived headwords

شَحَاverb
  1. 1.
    to open mouth wideboth

    To open one's mouth widely.

يَشْحُوverb
  1. 1.
    opens mouth wideboth

    He opens his mouth widely. This is the imperfect form of the verb 'شَحَا'.

شَحْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    opening mouth wideboth

    The act or state of opening the mouth widely. It is the masdar (verbal noun) of the verb 'شَحَا'.

أَشْحَىverb
  1. 1.
    to open mouth wideclassical

    To cause one's mouth to open widely. This is a causative form of the root.

Parallel reading

شَحَا فلانٌ فَاهُ
So-and-so opened his mouth wide.
فلانٌ يَشْحُو شَحْوًا
So-and-so opens his mouth widely.
شَحَا فاهُ شَحْوًا: فتحه
He opened his mouth widely: he opened it.
شَحَا فوهُ يَشْحُو: انفتح
His mouth opened, it opens: it became open.
كأَشْحَى
Like 'ashḥā'.