أشعث

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ش ع ث (š ʕ ṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaʃ.ʕaθ/

Adjective

أَشْعَث • (ʔašʕaṯ) (feminine شَعْثَاء (šaʕṯāʔ), common plural شُعْث (šuʕṯ), feminine plural شَعْثَاوَات (šaʕṯāwāt))

1. (of a person, their head, or their hair) shaggy; unkempt
   • 9th century CE, Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Naysābūrī, الجامع الصحيح [The Canonical Collection]:

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ طَيِّبٌ لَا يَقْبَلُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنْ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ وَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الرَّجُلَ يُطِيلُ السَّفَرَ أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ يَمُدُّ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ وَمَطْعَمُهُ حَرَامٌ وَمَشْرَبُهُ حَرَامٌ وَمَلْبَسُهُ حَرَامٌ وَغُذِيَ بِالْحَرَامِ فَأَنَّى يُسْتَجَابُ لِذَلِكَ

     qāla rasūlu l-lahi ṣallā l-lahu ʕalayhi wasallama ʔayyuhā n-nāsu ʔinna l-laha ṭayyibun lā yaqbalu ʔillā ṭayyiban waʔinna l-laha ʔamara l-muʔminīna bimā ʔamara bihi l-mursalīna faqāla yā ʔayyuhā r-rusulu kulū min aṭ-ṭayyibāti wāʕmalū ṣāliḥan ʔinnī bimā taʕmalūna ʕalīmun waqāla yā ʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum ṯumma ḏakara r-rajula yuṭīlu s-safara ʔašʕaṯa ʔaḡbara yamuddu yadayhi ʔilā s-samāʔi yā rabbi yā rabbi wamaṭʕamuhu ḥarāmun wamašrabuhu ḥarāmun wamalbasuhu ḥarāmun waḡuḏiya bi-l-ḥarāmi faʔannā yustajābu liḏalika

     The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grand him peace, said, "O people, God is good, and he accepts only good things. God has charged the believers with what he charged the messengers, for he said then, 'O messengers, eat good things and do good. I am well-informed of what you do', and he has said, 'O believers, eat from the good things that we have bestowed upon you.' Then he spoke of a man who would travel overmuch, a shaggy, dust-covered man who would stretch out his hands to the heavens: "My Lord! My Lord!" Yet, his food had been unlawful, his drink had been unlawful, his clothing had been unlawful, and he had been nourished with unlawfulness. "How would such a one ever be answered?"

Declension

Declension of adjective أَشْعَث (ʔašʕaṯ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَشْعَث ʔašʕaṯ	الْأَشْعَث al-ʔašʕaṯ	شَعْثَاء šaʕṯāʔ	الشَّعْثَاء aš-šaʕṯāʔ
Nominative	أَشْعَثُ ʔašʕaṯu	الْأَشْعَثُ al-ʔašʕaṯu	شَعْثَاءُ šaʕṯāʔu	الشَّعْثَاءُ aš-šaʕṯāʔu
Accusative	أَشْعَثَ ʔašʕaṯa	الْأَشْعَثَ al-ʔašʕaṯa	شَعْثَاءَ šaʕṯāʔa	الشَّعْثَاءَ aš-šaʕṯāʔa
Genitive	أَشْعَثَ ʔašʕaṯa	الْأَشْعَثِ al-ʔašʕaṯi	شَعْثَاءَ šaʕṯāʔa	الشَّعْثَاءِ aš-šaʕṯāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَشْعَثَيْن ʔašʕaṯayn	الْأَشْعَثَيْن al-ʔašʕaṯayn	شَعْثَاوَيْن šaʕṯāwayn	الشَّعْثَاوَيْن aš-šaʕṯāwayn
Nominative	أَشْعَثَانِ ʔašʕaṯāni	الْأَشْعَثَانِ al-ʔašʕaṯāni	شَعْثَاوَانِ šaʕṯāwāni	الشَّعْثَاوَانِ aš-šaʕṯāwāni
Accusative	أَشْعَثَيْنِ ʔašʕaṯayni	الْأَشْعَثَيْنِ al-ʔašʕaṯayni	شَعْثَاوَيْنِ šaʕṯāwayni	الشَّعْثَاوَيْنِ aš-šaʕṯāwayni
Genitive	أَشْعَثَيْنِ ʔašʕaṯayni	الْأَشْعَثَيْنِ al-ʔašʕaṯayni	شَعْثَاوَيْنِ šaʕṯāwayni	الشَّعْثَاوَيْنِ aš-šaʕṯāwayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شُعْث šuʕṯ	الشُّعْث aš-šuʕṯ	شَعْثَاوَات‎; شُعْث šaʕṯāwāt‎; šuʕṯ	الشَّعْثَاوَات‎; الشُّعْث aš-šaʕṯāwāt‎; aš-šuʕṯ
Nominative	شُعْثٌ šuʕṯun	الشُّعْثُ aš-šuʕṯu	شَعْثَاوَاتٌ‎; شُعْثٌ šaʕṯāwātun‎; šuʕṯun	الشَّعْثَاوَاتُ‎; الشُّعْثُ aš-šaʕṯāwātu‎; aš-šuʕṯu
Accusative	شُعْثًا šuʕṯan	الشُّعْثَ aš-šuʕṯa	شَعْثَاوَاتٍ‎; شُعْثًا šaʕṯāwātin‎; šuʕṯan	الشَّعْثَاوَاتِ‎; الشُّعْثَ aš-šaʕṯāwāti‎; aš-šuʕṯa
Genitive	شُعْثٍ šuʕṯin	الشُّعْثِ aš-šuʕṯi	شَعْثَاوَاتٍ‎; شُعْثٍ šaʕṯāwātin‎; šuʕṯin	الشَّعْثَاوَاتِ‎; الشُّعْثِ aš-šaʕṯāwāti‎; aš-šuʕṯi

See also

• جَعْد (jaʕd, “(of hair) kinky, curly, frizzy; bushy”)
• أَزَبّ (ʔazabb, “fuzzy”)
• أَزْغَب (ʔazḡab, “downy; fluffy”)