شعر

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See also: سعر and ش ع ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ع ر (š ʕ r)
20 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

شَعَرَ (šaʕara) I (non-past يَشْعُرُ (yašʕuru), verbal noun شُعُور (šuʕūr))

  1. to know, to have knowledge, to be cognizant
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:11-12:
      وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ ۝ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِنْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
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  2. to realize, to notice, to come to know
  3. to perceive, to feel, to sense
  4. to be conscious, to be aware
Conjugation

Verb

شَعَرَ (šaʕara) I (non-past يَشْعُرُ (yašʕuru), verbal noun شِعْر (šiʕr))

  1. to make or compose poetry
  2. to poetize, to versify
Conjugation

Verb

شَعُرَ (šaʕura) I (non-past يَشْعُرُ (yašʕuru), verbal noun شِعْر (šiʕr))

  1. to become a poet
    خَالَطَ الشُّعَرَاءَ فَشَعُرَ
    ḵālaṭa š-šuʕarāʔa fašaʕura
    He mingled with the poets and became a poet
  2. to perceive, to feel, to sense
  3. to become aware
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *śaʕr- (hair).

Cognate with Hebrew שיער (se'ár).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ʕar/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

شَعْر or شَعَر (šaʕr or šaʕarm (plural أَشْعَار (ʔašʕār) or شُعُور (šuʕūr))

  1. hair
    لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَزْرَعُ شَعْرَ جَسْدِي مُنْذُ بُضِعِ سَنَوَاتٍ حَتَّى الْآنَ.
    laqad kuntu ʔazraʕu šaʕra jasdī munḏu buḍiʕi sanawātin ḥattā l-ʔāna.
    I've been growing my hair for a few years now.
  2. bristles
  3. fur, pelt
  4. cracks, hairline cracks (in a vase)
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: شعر (šaʕar)
  • Maltese: xagħar
  • Moroccan Arabic: شعر (šʕar), شعرة (šaʕra)

Verb

شَعِرَ (šaʕira) I (non-past يَشْعَرُ (yašʕaru), verbal noun شَعَر (šaʕar))

  1. to have thick and long hair, to be hirsute
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Root
ش ع ر (š ʕ r)
20 terms

Compare Hebrew שיר (shir) and Hebrew שירה (shirá).

Pronunciation

Noun

شِعْر (šiʕrm (plural أَشْعَار (ʔašʕār))

  1. knowing, knowledge
    لَيْتَ شِعْرِيlayta šiʕrīI wish I knew
  2. noticing, perception, sensation
  3. poetry, poem, verses
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

شُعُر (šuʕurm pl

  1. plural of شِعَار (šiʕār)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شعر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 426–427
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “شعر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 1236–1238
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شعر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 544
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شعر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَعْر (šaʕr).

Pronunciation

Noun

شعر (šaʕarm (collective, singulative شَعْرة f (šaʕra), plural شُعور (šuʕūr))

  1. hair
  2. bristles
  3. fur

Etymology 2

From Arabic شِعْر (šiʕr).

Pronunciation

Noun

شعر (šiʕirm (plural أشعار (ʔašʕār))

  1. poetry
  2. poem
    Synonym: قَصِيدة (gaṣīda)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَعْر (šaʕr).

Pronunciation

Noun

شعر (šʕarm (collective, singulative شعرة f (šaʕra), plural شعور (šʕūr) or شعورات (šʕūrāt))

  1. hair
  2. bristles
  3. fur

Etymology 2

From Arabic شِعْر (šiʕr).

Pronunciation

Noun

شعر (šiʕrm (plural أشعار (ʔašʕār))

  1. poetry

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِعْر (šiʕr)

Noun

شعر (şi’r)

  1. poetry, poem, verse
    Synonyms: منظومه (manzume), نظم (nazm)

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِعْر (šiʕr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ši'r
Dari reading? še'r
Iranian reading? še'r
Tajik reading? šeʾr

Noun

Dari شعر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шеър

شعر (še'r) (plural شعرها (še'r-hâ) or اشعار (aš'âr))

  1. poem
  2. poetry

Synonyms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ع ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَعْر (šaʕr).

Pronunciation

Noun

شعر (šaʕrm

  1. hair

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِعْر (šiʕr).

Pronunciation

Noun

شعر (śerm (formal plural اَشْعار (aś'ār), Hindi spelling शेर)

  1. couplet (of Urdu poetry)

Declension

(Colloquial)

    Declension of شعر
singular plural
direct شعر (śer) شعر (śer)
oblique شعر (śer) شعروں (śerõ)
vocative شعر (śer) شعرو (śero)

(Standard)

    Declension of شعر
singular plural
direct شعر (śer) اشعار (aśār)
oblique شعر (śer) اشعار (aśār)
vocative شعر (śer) اشعار (aśār)