شحذ

العربية

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شحذ

Where it comes from

From the root ش ح ذ (š ḥ ḏ). According to Vollers the meaning “to beg” (in Vulgar Arabic often with د (d) and ت (t) for the last consonant) is contaminated from Aramaic שְׁחַד / ܫܗܰܕ (šḥaḏ, “to gift, to bribe”), but Brockelmann deems such a connection impossible as beggars are not bribed and in turn it denotes what they do.

verb شَحَذَ · šaḥaḏa · يَشْحَذُ · شَحْذ · شَاحِذ

to hone, to grind, to sharpen
to beg on

verb شَحَّذَ · šaḥḥaḏa · يُشَحِّذُ · تَشْحِيذ · مُشَحِّذ

rare to hone, to grind, to sharpen

noun شَحْذ · šaḥḏ · الشَّحْذ · شَحْذٌ

noun from verb, rare verbal noun of شَحَذَ (šaḥaḏa) (form I)

In English

sharpen to make sharp
whet (transitive) to sharpen (something) by rubbing on an object; of an animal: to sh

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {شحذ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D8%AD%D8%B0},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}