shayyāḥa

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شَيّاحَة

Word

Noun · pattern فَعّالَة

Root

ش ي ح

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • شَاحَ Form I He was brave, or bold
    : see 4. ― -b2- [Also, accord. to Freytag, on the authority of the “ Kitáb el-Addád, ” He was brave, or bold: thus having two contr. significations. ― -b3- Another meaning assigned to it by him, in common with شَايَحَ and أَشَاحَ, as on the authority of the K, i. e. “ Diligens fuit, ” is a mistake.]
  • شيّحهُ Form II He cautioned him; or made him to fear, or be in fear
    , (O,) inf. n. تَشْيِيحٌ, (K,) He cautioned him; or made him to fear, or be in fear. (O, K. *) ― -b2- And He removed him, or it, far away. (O.) -A2- And شيّح, (O, TA,) inf. n. as above, (K,) He looked at his adversary, or antagonist, and straitened him, or treated him with hardness or harshness: (O, K, * TA:) from IAar. (TA.)
  • شَاْيَحَ Form III He fought
    see the next paragraph, in two places. ― -b2- Also He fought. (T, K.)
  • اشاح Form IV He was cautious, or in fear
    , (S, A, K,) inf. n. إِشَاحَةٌ, (IAar, TA,) He was cautious, or in fear, (S, A, K,) مِنْهُ [of it], (A, TA,) i. e. a thing, or an affair, (TA,) and عَلَى حَاجَتِهِ [for the thing that he wanted]; (K;) as also ↓ شايح, (S, A, K,) inf. مُشَايَحَةٌ and شِيَاحٌ; and ↓ شَاحَ: (K:) or he was cautious and in fear, endeavouring to repel death. (L.) ― -b2- But in the dial. of Hudheyl, (S,) He strove, laboured, toiled, or exerted himself, فِى أَمْرٍ [in an affair]; and so ↓ شايح. (S, A.) ― -b3- And He continued journeying, or going on. (O.) ― -b4- اشاح بِوَجْهِهِ He turned away his face, (S, A, TA,) from a [person or] thing, or from the heat of fire, or a hot odour, and from something hurtful: (TA:) or he exerted himself in aversion or turning away. (IAar, TA.) One says, كَلَّمْتُهُ فَأَشَاحَ بِوَجْهِهِ I spoke to him, and he turned away his face. (A.) ― -b5- اشاح also signifies He advanced, or came forward; syn. أَقْبَلَ. (Fr, O, TA.) [Thus it has two contr. meanings. See also the part. n., مُشِيحٌ.] ― -b6- And He defended what was behind his back. (IAth, TA.) [See, again, the part. n.] ― -b7- اشاح بِذَنَبِهِ, said of a horse, He let his tail hang down loosely. (Lth, S.) F, in the K, following Az and Sgh, says that this is a mistranscription of the verb, for اساح; but his assertion requires proof. (MF.) [See the latter verb, in art. سيح.] -A2- اشاحت الأَرْضُ The land produced the plant called شِيح. (AHn, O, K.)
  • شِيحٌ Cautious, or fearing
    Cautious, or fearing; (A, K;) as also ↓ شَايأِحٌ, (A, TA,) and ↓ مُشِيحٌ: (As, O:) or this last, cautious, or fearing, and at the same time striving, labouring, toiling, or exerting himself: (Az, TA:) or all signify prudent; discreet; or having, or using, precaution, or good judgment; (Ham p. 281;) and so ↓ شَيْحَانُ. (Id. p. 43.) ― -b2- In the dial. of Hudheyl, (S, O,) Striving, labouring, toiling, or exerting himself, (S, A, O, K,) in affairs; (S, O, K;) and so ↓ شَايأِحٌ, (A, K,) and ↓ مُشِيحٌ: (As, O, K:) pl. of the first [and app. of the second also] شِيَاحٌ: (S, O.) -A2- Also [The artemisia Judaïca; and absinthium Ponticum; species of wormwood;] a certain plant, (AHn, S, A, O, K,) well known, (AHn, O, K,) of several species, (AHn, O,) of some [species] whereof brooms are made, (L,) [and which is also used for fumigation,] the leaves of which are [of the kind called] هَدَب; (AHn, O, L;) it has a sweet odour, but its taste is bitter; is pasture for horses and camels; and the places of its growth are the plains and the meadows: (AHn, O, L:) pl. شِيحَانٌ. (Fr, O, L.) -A3- Accord. to the K, [probably on the authority of Lth,] it signifies also A [garment of the kind called] بُرْد, of El-Yemen: but Az says that there is no kind of garment so called: the correct word is سَيْحٌ, with [the unpointed] س [and with fet-h]. (TA.)
  • شَيْحَانُ Very jealous
    [and probably with tenween also]: see شِيحٌ. ― -b2- Also Very jealous; (S, O, K;) because such is cautious for his wives, or women under covert, or household or family; (S, O;) and so ↓ شَايأِحٌ. (K.) ― -b3- Also, (O, K,) and ↓ شِيحَانٌ, (As, O, K,) Tall: (O, K:) or goodly in tallness. (L.) ― -b4- And the former, That makes, or utters, a low sound in running; [so I render يَتَهَمَّسُ عَدْوًا in the K and TA; in the O and in my MS. copy of the K, يَتَهَمَّشُ; but the former I think the right reading; app. by reason of quickness, or swiftness; for it is added,] quickness, or swiftness, is meant thereby: (O, TA: *) mentioned by Az, on the authority of Khálid Ibn-Jembeh. (TA.) [In this sense it seems to be with tenween: for] شَيْحَانَةٌ [is its fem. and] means A quick, or swift, she-camel. (S, O.) ― -b5- Also A horse strong in spirit; syn. شَدِيدُ النَّفْسِ; (O, K, TA; in the CK, النَّفَسِ [i. e. in breath];) and so ↓ شِيحَانٌ: thus expl. by Skr. (O.)
  • شِيحَانٌ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.
  • شِيَاحٌ Mutual caution or fear
    Mutual caution or fear. (And The act of striving, labouring, toiling, or exerting oneself, in anything. (K.) [But in both of these senses it seems to be an inf. n. of 3, q. v.] -A2- Also (K) Drought, dearth, scarcity. (O, K.)
  • شَايأِحٌ Open entry
    : see شِيحٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and see also شَيْحَانُ.
  • مُشِيحٌ Striving, labouring, toiling, or exerting himself, and persevering in his work
    : see شِيحٌ, in two places. It is also expl. as meaning Striving, labouring, toiling, or exerting himself, and persevering in his work: (A:) and striving &c., and hastening, or going quickly. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Advancing, or coming forward, to one. (Fr, O, K.) ― -b3- And Defending what is behind one's back. (Fr, O, K.)
  • مُشَيَّحٌ Striped
    is expl. as meaning Striped; applied to a garment: but Az says that there is no such word, so applied: the correct word is مُسَيَّحٌ, with [the unpointed] س. (TA.)
  • مَشِيحَى Open entry
    : see the following paragraph.

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