Arabic - English Dictionary شظُفَ يَشظُف، شَظَفًا وشَظافةً، فهو شَظِف وشَظيف
Root: ش ظ فSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
شظُف العيشُ
ضاق واشتدّ.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Became straitened and hard (To be hard/Straitened).
شظُف الخُلُقُ
ساء.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Worsened (To worsen/Become bad).
شظُف الشّجرُ
يبِس لقلَّة الرَّيّ
🇬🇧 Translation:
Dried up due to lack of irrigation (To dry up/Wither).
Example / Citation:
- " شحَّ ماءُ العيون فشظُف شجرُ الواحة
- عودٌ شظِف : يابس متكسِّر "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " shahha ma'u al-'uyuni fashazhufa shajaru al-wahati
- 'udun shazhifun : yabisun mutakassirun (The water of the springs became scarce, so the trees of the oasis dried up
- A shazhif branch: dry and brittle) "