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Arabic root

ش-ع-ر

Shin-Ayn-Ra

3 words from this root family

About this root

Shin-Ayn-Ra (ش-ع-ر) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: shaʿara (to feel), shaʿr (hair), shiʿr (poetry).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 40 times in 40 verses, across 23 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:9. The form شِعْر (poetry) accounts for 2 of them.

Themes: Verbs, Emotions, Health, Body, Literature Arts

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
شَعَرَ
shaʿara
to feelverb, A1Action Verbs - Social Interactions
شَعْر
shaʿr
hairnoun, A2Staying Healthy
شِعْر
shiʿr
poetrynoun, B22×Poetry & Prose

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

يُخَـٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

They think to beguile Allah and those who believe, and they beguile none save themselves; but they perceive not.

Quran 2:9
۞ إِنَّ ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَآئِرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنْ حَجَّ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَوِ ٱعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ۚ وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Lo! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the indications of Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who is on pilgrimage to the House (of Allah) or visiteth it, to go around them (as the pagan custom is). And he who doeth good of his own accord, (for him) lo! Allah is Responsive, Aware.

Quran 2:158
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۢ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن جُلُودِ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ إِقَامَتِكُمْ ۙ وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِهَآ أَثَـٰثًا وَمَتَـٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

And Allah hath given you in your houses an abode, and hath given you (also), of the hides of cattle, houses which ye find light (to carry) on the day of migration and on the day of pitching camp; and of their wool and their fur and their hair, caparison and comfort for a while.

Quran 16:80

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1verb
شَعَرَ
shaʿara

to feel

Example
شعرتُ بالتعبِ بعدَ العملِ
shaʿartu bit-taʿabi baʿda al-ʿamali
I felt tired after work
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: sha'ara, Present: yash'uru. Takes bi- (بِ) for what is felt.

A2noun
شَعْر
shaʿr

hair

Example
شَعْرُها طَويل وَأَسْوَد.
shaʿruhā ṭawīl wa aswad.
Her hair is long and black.
B2noun
شِعْر
shiʿr

poetry

Example
يُعَدُّ الشِّعرُ العَرَبِيُّ مِن أَغنى الآدابِ العالَمِيَّة.
yuʿaddu sh-shiʿru l-ʿarabiyyu min aghnā l-ādābi l-ʿālamiyya.
Arabic poetry is among the richest in world literature.

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