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شصي

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of swelling and distortion, particularly in a deceased body, where limbs become raised. It also extends to describe inflated containers and the act of lifting a leg.

Derived headwords

شَصِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to swell and distortclassical

    Used to describe a deceased body whose limbs have become raised due to swelling.

يَشْصَىverb
  1. 1.
    to swell and distortclassical

    The present tense form describing a deceased body whose limbs have become raised due to swelling.

يَشْصُوverb
  1. 1.
    to swell and distortclassical

    The present tense form describing a deceased body whose limbs have become raised due to swelling. This is the more commonly known form.

شَصْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    swelling and distortionclassical

    The state of a deceased body swelling and its limbs becoming raised.

شَاصٍadjective
  1. 1.
    swollen and distortedclassical

    Describing a deceased person who has swollen, with raised hands and feet.

شَاصِيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    inflated and raisedclassical

    Describing a waterskin or a narrow alley that is full or inflated, causing its sides or legs to rise.

شَوَاصّnoun
  1. 1.
    inflated thingsclassical

    The plural of 'shasiyah', referring to inflated waterskins or similar objects with raised parts.

شَصَى بِرِجْلِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to lift one's leg

    To raise one's leg.

Parallel reading

شصي الميت، كرضي ودعا يشصى ويشصو شصيا، كصلي: انتفخ وارتفعت يداه ورجلاه
The deceased swelled, as in 'radhiya' and 'da'a', he swells and he swells, 'shasiya', as in 'saliya': he swelled and his hands and feet were raised.
والمعروف يشصو كما في المحكم.
And the known form is 'yashsu' as in Al-Muhkam.
يقال للميت إذا انتفخ فارتفعت يداه ورجلاه قد شصي يشصي شصيا، فهو شاص.
It is said of the deceased when he swells and his hands and feet are raised: he has 'shasiya', he swells, 'shasiyan', and he is 'shasin'.
ويقال للزقاق المملوءة الشائلة القوائم والقرب إذا كانت مملوءة أو نفخ فيها فارتفع قوائمها: شاصية، والجمع شواص
And it is said of a full waterskin with raised sides, or a waterskin if it is full or inflated so its sides rise: 'shasiyah', and the plural is 'shawass.
أناخوا فخروا شاصيات كأنها رجال من السودان لم يتسربلوااه.
They dismounted and lay down, 'shasiyat' (inflated), as if they were Sudanese men not wearing garments.
إذا ارجحن شاصيا فارفع يدا؛ أي إذا سقط ورفع رجليه فاكفف عنه.
If a 'shasin' (inflated thing) tilts, then raise your hand; meaning, if it falls and raises its legs, then leave it alone.
شصى برجله: رفعها.
He lifted his leg: he raised it.