شجر

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Form 1شَجْرٌ8 senses · 3 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarشَجْرٌ

Core sense — it became intricate, or confused; he tied it; he averted him from itgenerated

1.1the affair became complicated, or confused, so as to be a subject of disagreement between them—شَجَرَ الأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُمْ

A maṣdar of شَجَرَ: the being, or becoming, intricate, complicated, confused, or intricately intermixed; also اِشْتِجَارٌ.

maṣdar شَجْرٌ and شُجُورٌ; synonym اِضْطَرَبَ.

it became an occasion of contention, or of disagreement, between them—شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ

[In which الأَمْرُ is understood.] Synonym اِخْتَلَفَ.

respecting that which has become complicated, or confused, between them—فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ

In the Qur'ān 4:68. Hence the word شَجَرٌ [trees, and shrubs], because of the intermixing of the branches; or the meaning is: respecting the disagreement that has happened between them.

Avoid the disagreement that has occurred among my companions—إِيَّاكُمْ وَمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِى

From a tradition.

Qur’ān 4:65 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur iv. 68”

Qur’ān 4:65 Lane quotes this verse

فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِّمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا

But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2he tied it, namely a thing—شَجَرَهُ

1.2.1he pierced him with the spear, so that it stuck fast in him—شَجَرَهُ بِالرُّمْحِ

1.2.2he, or it, turned him away from it, namely an affair—شَجَرَهُ عَنْهُ

. Also: he removed, or put away, him or it, from it; he withheld and repelled him from it.

what has turned you away from it?—مَا شَجَرَكَ عَنْهُ

1.2.3he propped up the بيت [or tent] with a pole—شَجَرَ البَيْتَ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above. In some copies of the K, بِعُودٍ is wrongly put for بِعَمُودٍ.

I propped it up with a pole or the like—شَجَرْتُهُ

he raised the hanging branches of the tree, or shrub, and of the plant—شَجَرَ الشَّجَرَةَ

Said of anything.

Also النَّبَاتَ, with the same maṣdar.

he raised the garment, it having gone down—شَجَرَ الثَّوْبَ

it was raised, or elevated—شُجِرَ

Said of anything, with the maṣdar as above.

1.2.4he opened his mouth with a stick, or a piece of wood—شَجَرَ فَاهُ

The stick is put into the part of the mouth called its شَجْر فَأَوْجَرَهُ [and then medicine, or water, and the like, is put into his mouth].

he made the beast open its mouth by jerking its bridle to curb it—شَجَرَ الدَّابَّةَ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above; or, according to one relation of the tradition in which it occurs, اِشْتَجَرَهَا بِلِجَامِهَا.

1.2.5he threw the thing upon the مِشْجَر [q. v.]—شَجَرَ الشَّىْءَ

That is, the مِشْجَب.

1.3same as كَثُرَ جَمْعُهُ [apparently: its aggregate became large in quantity, or it became much in the aggregate]—شَجِرَ

. But according to As it seems to mean: it became collected together, and then scattered by something; for he says that شَجِرٌ [its regular ism fāʿil] is applied to anything collected together and then scattered by something.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

4:65

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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is an inf. n. of شَجَرَ , and signifies The being, or becoming, intricate, complicated, perplexed, confused, or intricately intermixed; as also اِشْتِجَارٌ . (TA.) You say, شَجَرَ الأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُمْ , (Msb, K,) aor. شَجُرَ , inf. n. شَجْرٌ (Msb, TA) and شُجُورٌ , (K, TA,) The affair, or case, was, or became, complicated, intricate, or confused, so as to be a subject of disagreement, or difference, between them; syn. اِضْطَرَبَ ; (Msb;) and so شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ [in which الأَمْرُ is understood]; syn. اِخْتَلَفَ : (S:) it was, or became, an occasion of contention, or dispute, or of disagreement, or difference, between them. (K, TA.) فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ , in the Kur iv. 68, means Respecting that which hath become complicated, or intricate, or confused, [so as to be a subject of disagreement, or difference,] between them: and hence the word شَجَرٌ , [“ trees, ” and “ shrubs, ”] because of the intermixing, or confusion, of the branches: (Bd:) or respecting the disagreement, or difference, that has happened between them. (Zj, Mgh.) And it is said in a trad., إِيَّاكُمْ وَمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِى Avoid ye the disagreement, or difference, that hath occurred among my companions. (TA.) شَجَرَهُ , (K,) aor. شَجُرَ , (TA,) inf. n. شَجْرٌ , He tied it; namely, a thing. (K.) شَجَرَهُ بِالرُّمْحِ He thrust, or pierced, him with the spear, (S, A, K, TA,) so that it stuck fast in him. (TA.) شَجَرَهُ عَنْهُ , (S, A, K,) aor. شَجُرَ , (TA,) inf. n. شَجْرٌ , (S,) He, or it, averted, or diverted, him, from it; (S, A, K;) namely, an affair: (K:) he removed, or put away, (TS, K,) him, (K,) or it, (TS,) from it: (TS, K:) he withheld, or debarred, and repelled, him from it. (K.) You say, مَا شَجَرَكَ عَنْهُ What has averted thee, or diverted thee, from it? (S, A.) شَجَرَ البَيْتَ , (S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He propped up the بيت [or tent] with a pole. (S, K, TA. [In some copies of the K, بِعُودٍ is erroneously put for بِعَمُودٍ .]) In like manner شَجَرْتُهُ is said of anything as meaning I propped it up with a pole or the like. (TA.) And شَجَرَ الشَّجَرَةَ , (T, K, TA,) and النَّبَاتَ , (T, TA,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He raised the hanging branches of the tree, or shrub, (T, K, TA,) and of the plant. (T, TA.) And شَجَرَ الثَّوْبَ He raised the garment, it having gone down. (T, TA.) And شُجِرَ , inf. n. as above, is said of anything as meaning It was raised, upraised, uplifted, or elevated. (TA.) شَجَرَ فَاهُ He opened his mouth (A, K, * TA) with a stick, or a piece of wood, (A, TA,) by inserting this into the part of the mouth called its شَجْر , (TA,) فَأَوْجَرَهُ [and then put, or poured, medicine, or water, &c., into his mouth]. (A, TA.) And شَجَرَ الدَّابَّةَ , (TS, K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above; or, accord. to one relation of a trad. in which it occurs, اِشْتَجَرَهَا بِلِجَامِهَا ; (TA;) He made the beast to open its mouth by jerking its bridle to curb it. (TS, K, TA.) And شَجَرَ الشَّىْءَ He threw the thing upon the مِشْجَر [q. v.], (S, K,) i. e. the مِشْجَب . (S.) شَجِرَ , aor. شَجَرَ , i. q. كَثُرَ جَمْعُهُ [app. meaning Its aggregate became large in quantity; or it became much in the aggregate]: (TS, K, TA:) but accord. to As, [it seems to signify it became collected together, and then scattered, or dispersed, by something: for he says that] شَجِرٌ [its reg. part. n.] is applied to anything collected together, and then scattered, or dispersed, by something (TA.)

Form 2تَشْجِيرُ النَّخْلِ1 sense

Core sense — the laying of palm racemes on the branches so they do not breakgenerated

2.1the laying of the racemes of the palm-trees upon the branches, so that they do not break—تَشْخِيرُهُ

So in the K under art. شخر. This is done when the fruit is much in quantity and the racemes are large, and one fears for the heart of the tree and for the base of the raceme.

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i. q. تَشْخِيرُهُ , (K,) The laying of the racemes of the palm-trees upon the branches, lest they should break: (K in art. شخر :) this is done when the fruit is much in quantity, and the racemes are large, and one fears for the heart of the tree, and for the base, or lower part, of the raceme. (TA in the present art.)

Form 3شاجر المَالُ2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarمُشَاجَرَةٌ

Core sense — it pastured on trees, or shrubs; he contended, or disputed, with himgenerated

3.1

The cattle pastured upon شَجَر [i. e. trees, or shrubs], having eaten up the herbs and leguminous plants.

3.1.1such a one contended, disputed, or litigated, with such a one—شاجر فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا

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The cattle pastured upon شَجَر [i. e. trees, or shrubs], (ISk, S, A, K,) having consumed the herbs and leguminous plants. (ISk, S, A. *) شاجر فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا , (K,) inf. n. مُشَاجَرَةٌ (S,) Such a one contended, disputed, or litigated, with such a one. (S, * K, TA.)

Form 4اشجرت الأَرْضُ1 sense

Core sense — the land produced trees, or shrubsgenerated

4.1

The land produced شَجَر [i. e. trees, or shrubs].

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The land produced شَجَر [i. e. trees, or shrubs]. (K.)

Form 6تَشَاْجَرَ1 sense

Core sense — they became entangled together; they contended with one anothergenerated

6.1

See form 8, in three places.

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see 8, in three places.

Form 7إِنْشَجَرَ1 sense

Core sense — it became intricately intermixed, it became entangledgenerated

7.1

See form 8, in two places, and see form 7 in art. سجر.

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see 8, in two places, and see 7 in art. سجر .

Form 8اشتجر6 senses · 3 main

Core sense — it became knit together, or commingled; they contended together; he outstrippedgenerated

8.1they become knit together in it, like the knitting together of the interjoining bones of the head, one entering into another—يَشْتَجِرُونَ فِيهَا ٱشْتِجَارَ أَطْبَاقِ الرَّأْسِ

It became knit, or connected, together, one part with another; also اِشْتَبَكَ: it became commingled, one part within another; and so تشاجر: it became intricate, complicated, or intricately intermixed. See form 1, first sentence.

From a tradition relating to conflict and faction. Or the meaning is: they disagree, or differ, one with another.

they became knit together, or commingled, one with another, [in conflict,] with their spears—اشتجروا بِرِمَاحِهِمْ

Also تشاجروا بِهَا. Or: they thrust, or pierced, one another with their spears.

they became commingled, or embroiled, disagreeing, or differing—اشتجروا

Also تشاجروا. Or: they contended, or disputed, together; or they disagreed, or differed.

8.1.1

Also: he preceded, went ahead, or outstripped; and so انشجر.

8.1.2

Said of sleep: it withdrew, or kept aloof, from one; also انشجر.

8.2

Also said of a man: he put his hand beneath his شَجْر against the part beneath his chin; or he put his hand beneath his chin and leaned upon his elbow, not laying his side upon the bed.

8.2.1

[And, said of a horse, he was bridled, reined, or curbed: or perhaps the verb in this sense is in the passive form.]

8.3

See form 1, third sentence from the end.

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It was, or became, knit, or connected, together, one part with another; as also اِشْتَبَكَ : it was, or became, commingled, one part amid, or within, another; (TA;) and so تشاجر : (Ham p. 161:) it was, or became, intricate, complicated, perplexed, confused, or intricately intermixed. (TA: see 1, first sentence.) It is said in a trad., relating to conflict and faction ( فِتْنَة ), يَشْتَجِرُونَ فِيهَا ٱشْتِجَارَ أَطْبَاقِ الرَّأْسِ They become knit together therein, like the knitting together of the bones of the head that interjoin, one with another, one entering into another: or the meaning is, they disagree, or differ, one with another. (TA.) You say, اشتجروا بِرِمَاحِهِمْ (TA) and تشاجروا بِهَا (S, A, Msb, TA) They became knit together, or commingled, one with another, [in conflict,] with their spears: (TA:) or they thrust, or pierced, one another with their spears. (S, A, Mgh, Msb, TA.) And اشتجروا (Zj, S, A, Msb, K) and تشاجروا (Zj, S, A, Mgh, K) They became commingled, or confused, or embroiled, disagreeing, or differing: (Zj, TA:) they contended, or disputed, together; (S, A, Mgh, Msb;) or disagreed, or differed. (S, * A, * Mgh, Msb, * K.) Also He preceded, outwent, or outstripped; (K, * TA;) and so انشجر . (K.) And, said of sleep, It withdrew, or kept aloof, from one; (K, * TA;) as also انشجر . (K.) Also (S, K) said of a man, (S,) He put his hand beneath his شَجْر , against the part beneath his chin: (S:) or he put his hand beneath his chin and leaned upon his elbow, (K, TA,) not laying his side upon the bed. (TA.) [And, said of a horse, He was bridled, reined, or curbed: (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees:) or perhaps the verb in this sense is in the passive form:] see 1, last sentence but two.

Derived nouns 21

Nounشَجْرٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a confused affair; the chin, or opening of the mouth; part of a saddlegenerated

A discordant, complicated, or confused affair, or case.

Also the part of a رَحْل [or camel's saddle] that is between the كَرَّانِ.

This word is wrongly written in the CK with ز.

These are the قَادِمَة and the آخِرَة [i. e. the شَرْخَانِ], the كَرّ being what joins the ظَلِفَتَانِ [in the fore part of the saddle, and likewise in the hinder part].

The part between the كَرَّانِ is also called the شَخْر.

It is said there that this part is also called the شَرْخ as well as the شَخْر, but this is a mistake.

2.1

And the chin; or the place of opening (مَفْرَج [as in the K under شِينٌ]; in the K here wrongly written مَخْرَج, the meaning being مَفْتَح) of the mouth.

Or the part between the two lower jaws; or the hinder part of the mouth; or the side of the mouth, where the upper and lower lips meet.

Or what has opened of the part where the mouth closes [when medicine or the like is put into it]; explained by مَا ٱنْفَتَحَ مِنْ مُنْطَبَقِ الفَمِ; or the meeting-place of the لِهْزِمَتَانِ [q. v., a word variously explained].

Or the part where the two sides of the lower jaw meet, beneath the hair that grows between the lower lip and the chin; and, in a horse, the part between the upper, main portions of the two sides of the lower jaw.

Plural [of paucity] أَشْجَارٌ, and [of multitude] شُجُورٌ and شِجَارٌ.

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A discordant, or complicated, or confused, affair, or case. (O, K.) Also The part, of a رَحْل [or camel's saddle], that is between the كَرَّانِ , (K, TA, [this word erroneously written in the CK with ز ,]) which are the قَادِمَة and the آخِرَة , (TA in art. شخر ,) [i. e. the شَرْخَانِ ,] the كَرّ being what conjoins the ظَلِفَتَانِ [in the fore part of the saddle and in like manner in the hinder part]: the part between the كَرَّانِ is also called the شَخْر . (TA in the present art. [It is there said that this part is also called the شَرْخ as well as the شَخْر : but this is a mistake.]) And The chin: (As, O, K:) or (TA, in the K “ and, ”) the place of opening ( مَفْرَج , [as in the K voce شِينٌ ,] in the K here erroneously written مَخْرَج , the meaning being مَفْتَح ,) of the mouth: (K, * TA:) or the part between the two lower jaws: (AA, S, K:) or the hinder part of the mouth: or the side of the mouth, where the upper and lower lips unite: or what has opened of the part where the mouth closes [when medicine or the like is put into it]; expl. by مَا ٱنْفَتَحَ مِنْ مُنْطَبَقِ الفَمِ : or the place of meeting of the لِهْزِمَتَانِ [q. v., a word variously explained]: (K:) or the part where the two sides of the lower jaw unite, beneath the hair that grows between the lower lip and the chin: and, in a horse, the part between the upper, main, portions of the two sides of the lower jaw: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَشْجَارٌ and [of mult.] شُجُورٌ and شِجَارٌ . (K.)

Nounشَجَرٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — trees; shrubs, or bushes; the stock, or origin, of a mangenerated

Also شِجَرٌ and شِيَرٌ; in the last the ج is changed into ى, as the ى is changed into ج in غَنِجٌّ, originally غَنِىٌّ.

Or, according to IJ, the ى in شِيَرٌ is not changed from ج, because it stays ى in the diminutive, in which, if it had been so changed, it should be changed back into ج, whereas the diminutive of شِيَرَةٌ is said to be شُيَيْرَةٌ and شِيَيْرَةٌ; and because it has kesr instead of fet-h to the ش [from which it appears that IJ did not know شِجَرٌ].

[As collective generic nouns: trees; and shrubs, or bushes, which are also called, for distinction, دِقُّ الشَّجَرِ; sometimes applied to plants in general; and, as a general noun, sometimes meaning the tree.]

The kind of plant that has a trunk, or stem; or the kind that has a hard trunk, or stem, like the نَخْل and the like; or such as produces seed and does not come to an end within its year; or such as rises, or rises high, of itself, whether slender or large, and whether it withstands the winter or lacks the strength to do so.

Called شَجَرٌ from شَجَرَ, because of the intermixing of the branches.

Ism waḥda with ة, that is, شَجَرَةٌ and شِجَرَةٌ and شِيَرَةٌ. The plural of شَجَرٌ is أَشْجَارٌ; of شَجَرَةٌ, شَجَرَاتٌ; and of شِيَرَةٌ, شِيَرَاتٌ.

شَجْرَآءُ also means the same as شَجَرٌ; or it is a plural [or rather an ism jamʿ] of شَجَرَةٌ, a formation of which there are few other instances: قَصْبَآءُ of قَصَبَةٌ, طَرْفَآءُ of طَرَفَةٌ, and حَلْفَآءُ of حَلَفَةٌ.

According to As, the singular [or ism waḥda] of حلفآءُ is حَلِفَةٌ; and according to Sb, شَجْرَآءُ is both singular and plural, and so are قَصْبَآءُ and طَرْفَآءُ and حَلْفَآءُ. Or شَجْرَآءُ means tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, شَجَر, or a collection of شَجَر.

Lane cites “Bd in iv. 68” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

1.1

شَجَرَةُ البَقِّ and the like: see arts. بق and the like.

1.2

In the saying in a tradition that the شَجَرَة and the صَخْرَة are of, or from, Paradise, the first is said to mean the grape-vine, or the tree beneath which allegiance was sworn to the Prophet, which is said to have been a شَمُرَة [or gum-acacia tree]; and the second, the صخرة [or rock] of Jerusalem. See art. صخر.

1.3

By الشَّجَرَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ, mentioned in the Qur'ān 14:29, is said to be meant the palm-tree, or a certain tree in Paradise; and by الشَّجَرَةُ الخَبِيثَةُ, in the next verse but one, the colocynth and the كَشُوث [see art. خبث]; or each may have a more general application.

And الشَّجَرَةُ المَلْعُونَةُ, mentioned in the Qur'ān 17:62, means the tree called الزَّقُّوم; some explain it as meaning the Devil, or Abū Jahl, or El-Ḥakam Ibn-Abi-l-ʿĀṣ.

Qur’ān 17:60 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xvii. 62”

Lane cites “Bd in xiv. 31” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Qur’ān 17:60 Lane quotes this verse

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَـٰنًا كَبِيرًا

Behold! We told thee that thy Lord doth encompass mankind round about: We granted the vision which We showed thee, but as a trial for men,- as also the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'an: We put terror (and warning) into them, but it only increases their inordinate transgression!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred[He is of a good stock, or origin]—هُوَ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ

شَجَرَةٌ also means the stock, or origin, of a man.

[of the prophetic stock, meaning of the stock of the Prophet]—مِنْ شَجَرَةِ النُّبُوَّةِ

on this sense [And a genealogical tree; a pedigree.]

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, or شَجْرَةٌ: a small speck, or speckle, on the chin of a boy; on the authority of IAar.

1.6figurative · مجازhow goodly are the shape, or the size, and the appearance, of her udder!—مَا أَحْسَنَ شَجَرَةَ ضَرْعِهَا

Or: how goodly are its veins and skin and flesh! Said of a she-camel.

Thus in one copy of the A, and according to the CK; or شَجْرَةَ ضرعها, as in the O and in the text of the K as given in the TA. [But Z, in the A, marked the phrase as figurative, so it seems he held the first reading to be the right one.]

Qur’ānic occurrences شَجَر 5 shown of 7

16:10

هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً ۖ لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ

It is He who sends down rain from the sky: from it ye drink, and out of it (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle.

16:68

وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ

And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) habitations;

36:80

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ

"The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! ye kindle therewith (your own fires)!

55:6

وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration.

56:52

لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ

"Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.

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(S, A, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.) and شِجَرٌ and شِيَرٌ , (K,) in which last the ج is changed into ى , like as the ى is changed into ج , as in غَنِجٌّ , originally غَنِىٌّ , or, accord. to IJ, the ى in شِيَرٌ is not changed from ج because it remains ى in the dim., in which, where it so changed, it should be changed back into ج , whereas the dim. of شِيَرَةٌ is said to be شُيَيْرَةٌ and شِيَيْرَةٌ , and because it has kesr instead of fet-h to the ش , [whence it appears that IJ knew not شِجَرٌ ,] (TA,) [as coll. gen. ns., Trees; and shrubs, or bushes; which latter are also called, for distinction, دِقُّ الشَّجَرِ ; and sometimes applied to plants in general; and, as a gen. n., sometimes meaning the tree, &c.;] the kind of plant that has a trunk, or stem: (S, A, K:) or the kind that has a hard trunk, or stem, (Mgh, Msb,) like the نَخْل &c.: (Msb:) or such as produces seed, and does not come to an end in its year: (Mgh:) or such as rises, or rises high, of itself, whether slender or large, and whether it withstand the winter or lack strength to do so: (K:) called شَجَرٌ from شَجَرَ , because of the intermixing, or confusion, of the branches: (Bd in iv. 68, and TA: *) n. un. with ة , (Msb, K,) i. e. شَجَرَةٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, TA) and شِجَرَةٌ and شِيَرَةٌ : (TA:) the pl. [of شَجَرٌ ] is أَشْجَارٌ (S, Msb) and [of شَجَرَةٌ ] شَجَرَاتٌ (Msb, TA) and [of شِيَرَةٌ ] شِيَرَاتٌ : (TA:) شَجْرَآءُ also signifies the same as شَجَرٌ : (K:) or it is a pl. [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] of شَجَرَةٌ ; a pl. [or quasi-pl. n.] of which there are few other instances; قَصْبَآءُ of قَصَبَةٌ , and طَرْفَآءُ of طَرَفَةٌ , and حَلْفَآءُ of حَلَفَةٌ ; or, accord. to As, the sing. [or n. un.] of حلفآءُ is حَلِفَةٌ : and accord. to Sb, شَجْرَآءُ is sing. and pl., and so are قَصْبَآءُ and طَرْفَآءُ and حَلْفَآءُ : (S:) or شَجْرَآءُ signifies tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, شَجَر : (A:) or a collection of شَجَر . (TA.) شَجَرَةُ البَقِّ &c.: see in arts. بق &c. In the saying in a trad., that the شَجَرَة and the صَخْرَة are of, or from, Paradise, by the former is said to be meant The grape-vine: or the tree beneath which allegiance was sworn to the Prophet; and which, it is said, was a شَمُرَة [or gum-acacia-tree]: (TA:) and by the latter, the صخرة [or rock] of Jerusalem. (TA in art. صخر , q. v.) By الشَّجَرَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ , mentioned in the Kur in xiv. 29, is said to be meant The palm-tree: or a certain tree in Paradise: and by الشَّجَرَةُ الخَبِيثَةُ , in the next verse but one, the colocynth, and the كَشُوث : [see art. خبث :] or each may have a more general application. (Bd in xiv. 31.) And الشَّجَرَةُ المَلْعُونَةُ , mentioned in the Kur xvii. 62, means The tree called الزَّقُّوم : and some explain it as meaning the Devil: and Aboo-Jahl: and El-Hakam Ibn-Abi-l-'As. (Bd.) شَجَرَةٌ also signifies The stock, or origin, of a man: (O, TA:) [hence,] one says, هُوَ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ [He is of a good stock or origin]; and مِنْ شَجَرَةِ النُّبُوَّةِ [of the prophetic stock, meaning of the stock of the Prophet]. (A.) [And A genealogical tree; a pedigree.] Also, (CK,) or شَجْرَةٌ , (O, and K accord. to the TA, [but probably thus in the TA only because found to be so in the O,]) A small speck, or speckle, on the chin of a boy: (O, K:) on the authority of IAar. (TA.) And one says, مَا أَحْسَنَ شَجَرَةَ ضَرْعِهَا , (so in my copy of the A, and accord. to the CK,) or شَجْرَةَ ضرعها , (O, and so accord. to the text of the K as given in the TA, [but Z has, in the A, distinguished the phrase as tropical, and hence it seems that he held the former reading to be the right,]) How goodly are the shape, (A,) or the size, (O, K,) and the appearance, of her udder! (A, O, K:) or the veins and skin and flesh thereof! referring to a she-camel. (O, K.)

Nounشَجِرٌ2 senses

Core sense — collected together, and then scattered; abounding with treesgenerated

See form 1, last sentence.

And its feminine, with ة: see شَجِيرٌ.

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: see 1, last sentence: and its fem., with ة , see voce شَجِيرٌ .

Nounشِجَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — trees; shrubs, or bushesgenerated

And its ism waḥda, with ة: see شَجَرٌ.

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; and its n. un., with ة : see شَجَرٌ .

Nounشَجْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small speck on the chin of a boygenerated

See شَجَرٌ, last two sentences.

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: see شَجَرٌ , last two sentences.

Nounشَجْرَآءُ2 senses

Core sense — trees collectively; land abounding with treesgenerated

As an ism jamʿ: see شَجَرٌ.

Also the feminine of أَشْجَرُ in the sense of شَجِيرٌ.

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, as a quasi-pl. n.: see شَجَرٌ . Also fem. of أَشْجَرُ as syn. with شَجِيرٌ .

Nounالحُرُوفُ الشَّجْرِيَّةُ1 sense

Core sense — letters whose place of utterance is the side of the mouthgenerated

[The letters of which the شَجْر is the place of utterance; in the CK, الشَّجَرِيَّةُ.]

The letters ج and ش and ض.

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[The letters of which the شَجْر is the place of utterance; (in the CK, الشَّجَرِيَّةُ ;)] the letters ج and ش and ض . (K.)

Nounشَجَارٌ1 sense

Core sense — a piece of wood, such as a bar put behind a doorgenerated

See مِشْجَرٌ, in two places.

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: see مِشْجَرٌ , in two places.

Nounشِجَارٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a piece of wood put behind a door; the wood of a well; a camel-brandgenerated

See مِشْجَرٌ, in four places.

1.1

Also the wood of a well, by means of which the bucket is drawn up from it: plural شُجُرٌ.

According to J this plural occurs in a verse, but the right reading there is سُجُل, as the rhyme of the poem shows.

1.2

Also [a wooden bar of a door;] a piece of wood which is put behind a door; called in Persian مَتَرْس, written by Az مَتَّرْس.

1.3

And a piece of wood with which a couch-frame is repaired, by being fixed beneath it as a ضَبَّة [q. v.].

1.4

And a piece of wood which is put in the mouth of a kid, to keep it from sucking.

1.5

And a certain brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon camels.

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: see مِشْجَرٌ , in four places. Also The wood of a well, (S, K, KL,) by means of which the bucket is drawn out therefrom: (KL:) pl. شُجُرٌ : (S:) this pl. occurs in a verse, accord. to J; but the right reading in that instance is سُجُل , as is shown by the rhyme of the poem. (Sgh, TA.) Also [A wooden bar of a door;] a piece of wood which is put behind a door; called in Pers. مَتَرْس , (S, K, TA,) written by Az مَتَّرْس . (TA.) And A piece of wood with which a couch-frame ( سَرِير ) is repaired, by its being affixed as a ضَبَّة [q. v.], (S, K,) beneath it. (S.) And A piece of wood which is put in the mouth of a kid, to prevent its sucking. (TS, K.) And A certain brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon camels. (S, K.)

Nounوَادٍ شَجِيرٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — abounding with trees, said of a valley or land; strange; a companiongenerated

Also أَشْجَرُ, or the first of the two but not the second, and مُشْجِرٌ and أَرْضٌ شَجِيرَةٌ and شَجِرَةٌ and شَجْرَآءُ and مَشْجَرَةٌ: a valley, and a land, abounding with شَجَر or أَشْجَار [i. e. trees, or shrubs].

1.1

شَجِيرٌ also means strange, or a stranger; applied to a man and to a camel.

1.2

And an arrow used in the game called المَيْسِر, thrown in among arrows not of its own kind of wood; or one that is borrowed, and from whose winning on earlier occasions one augurs good.

1.3

Also bad, corrupt, or disapproved.

1.4

And a companion, or a friend: plural شُجَرَآءُ.

1.5

And a sword.

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, and أَشْجَرُ , (K,) or the former, (S, A,) but not the latter, (S,) and مُشْجِرٌ ; (K;) and أَرْضٌ شَجِيرَةٌ , (S, TA,) and شَجِرَةٌ , (A, K,) and شَجْرَآءُ , (S, Msb, K,) and مَشْجَرَةٌ ; (AHn, S, * K;) A valley, and a land, abounding with شَجَر or أَشْجَار [i. e. trees, or shrubs]. (S, A, Msb, K.) شَجِيرٌ also signifies Strange, or a stranger; applied to a man, (S, A, K,) and to a camel. (S, K.) And An arrow that is used in the game called المَيْسِر , thrown among arrows not from its kind of tree: (S, K:) or one that is borrowed, and from the winning of which [on former occasions] one augurs good. (TA.) Also Bad, corrupt, or disapproved. (Kr, K.) And A companion: (M, K:) or a friend: (A:) pl. شُجَرَآءُ . (M, TA.) And A sword. (K.)

Nounشَجَارَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a tree, or shrubgenerated

See مِشْجَرٌ.

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: see مِشْجَرٌ .

Nounشَوَاجِرُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — things that withhold, or divert, onegenerated

[Plural of شَاجِرَةٌ, feminine of شَاجِرٌ]: see مُشْتَجِرٌ.

1.1[Withholding, or debarring, or diverting, things kept me from it]—شَجَرَتْنِى عَنْهُ شَوَاجِرُ

Also: withholding, or debarring, and diverting, things.

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[pl. of شَاجِرَةٌ fem. of شَاجِرٌ ]: see مُشْتَجِرٌ . Also Withholding, or debarring, and diverting, things. (TA.) You say, شَجَرَتْنِى عَنْهُ شَوَاجِرُ [Withholding, or debarring, or diverting, things withheld, or debarred, or diverted, me from it]. (S.)

Nounأَشْجَرُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — containing more trees, or shrubsgenerated

And its feminine, شَجْرَآءُ: see شَجِيرٌ.

1.1[This land is one containing more trees than this]—هٰذِهِ الأَرْضُ أَشْجَرُ مِنْ هٰذِهِ

Also: containing more شَجَر [i. e. trees, or shrubs].

It has no known verb.

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; and its fem., شَجْرَآءُ : see شَجِيرٌ . Also (K) Containing more شَجَر [i. e. trees, or shrubs]: (S, K:) so in the saying, هٰذِهِ الأَرْضُ أَشْجَرُ مِنْ هٰذِهِ [This land is one containing more trees than this]. (S, K. *) It has no known verb. (TA.)

Nounمَشْجَرٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a place where trees grow; a place of disputinggenerated

[And] مَشْجَرَةٌ: a place where شَجَر or أَشْجَار [i. e. trees, or shrubs] grow; or, as some say, the first of the two words means many شَجَر.

1.1

The first also means a place of مُشَاجَرَة [i. e. contending, disputing, or litigating]: plural مَشَاجِرُ; and some say it is a maṣdar.

1.2

See also مِشْجَرٌ, in two places.

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(S, K, TA) [and] مَشْجَرَةٌ (Mgh, Msb) A place (S, Mgh, Msb, K) of growth (Mgh, K) of شَجَر or أَشْجَار [i. e. trees, or shrubs]: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or, as some say, the former signifies many شَجَر . (TA.) The former also signifies A place of مُشَاجَرَة [i. e. contending, disputing, or litigating]: pl. مَشَاجِرُ : and, some say, it is an inf. n. (Har p. 473.) See also مِشْجَرٌ , in two places.

Nounمُشْجِرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — giving growth to trees, or shrubs, said of landgenerated

See شَجِيرٌ.

1.1a land giving growth to شَجَر [i. e. trees, or shrubs]—أَرْضٌ مُشْجِرَةٌ