Quranic root
شمز
sh · m · z
A semantic field of contraction and withdrawal in aversion, with associated shuddering, fright, and dislike.
The supplied lexical family links a soul shrinking from something disliked, facial contraction in anger, and the Form VIII reaction of contraction or shuddering; related nominal and adjectival forms preserve these branches.
- Lane · entry 39211
- Lane · entry 39212
- Lane · entry 39213
- Lane · entry 39214
- Lane · entry 39215
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
اِشْمَأَزَّ
āishmaʾazza
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form VIII
- Form
- VIII
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To shrink or become contracted with aversion.
In the Quranic construction, describes the contraction or withdrawal of hearts when God alone is mentioned.
- Lane · entry 39213
Selected Quran examples
Quran 39:45word 5
“shrink with aversion”
To quake or shudder.
An alternative Quranic interpretation of the same construction describing the hearts’ reaction when God alone is mentioned.
- Lane · entry 39213
Selected Quran examples
Quran 39:45word 5
“shrink with aversion”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 39:45ٱشْمَأَزَّتْshrink with aversion
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 6 Classical meanings
شَمَزَ
To shrink from something in dislike or hatred.
Form I usage, including the expression of a soul shrinking from a disliked object.
- Lane · entry 39211
تَشَمَّزَ
To become changed and contracted in the face from anger.
Form V usage describing a facial reaction.
- Lane · entry 39212
اِشْمَأَزَّ
To be frightened at a thing.
A broader Classical use of the Form VIII verb, distinct from the Quran-attested contraction and shuddering construction.
- Lane · entry 39213
اِشْمَأَزَّ
To dislike or hate a thing.
The thing may be expressed directly, without a preposition, in the reported Classical construction.
- Lane · entry 39213
شُمَأْزِيزَةٌ
A state of shrinking or contraction; also quaking or shuddering, fright, or dislike and hatred.
Substantive describing the condition or disposition associated with the lexical family.
- Lane · entry 39214
مُشْمَئِزٌّ
Shrinking with aversion; disliking or hating a thing; frightened or afraid.
Adjectival or active-participial use describing a person characterized by these reactions.
- Lane · entry 39215
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Lane passage uses a historical Quran citation rendered as “Kur xxxix 46”; it is not treated as a modern verse location. The example location 39:45:5 is used independently because it is supplied by QAC.
The Quranic shuddering sense is an alternative interpretation explicitly attached to the same Quranic construction, not a separate additional occurrence.