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1 شَحَجَ ذ , aor. شَحَجَ and شَحِجَ , inf. n. شَحِيجٌ (S, O, K) and شُحَاجٌ (As, S, O, K) and شَحَجَانٌ (O, K) and تَشْحَاجٌ; (O, L;) and ↓ تشحّج ; and ↓ استشحج ; (L, TA;) He uttered his voice or cry; [brayed; croaked;] said of a mule, (S, O, K, &c.,) and of an ass, (ISd, O,) and of a raven, or crow; (S, O, K, &c.;) and sometimes, (tropical:) of a man: (L:) or شَحِيجٌ is used in relation to a mule; and شَحَجَانٌ, in relation to a raven, or crow: (T, TA:) or the former of these two signifies the reiterating of the voice or cry of the raven, or crow; and when it stretches forth its head [and croaks], you say نَعَبَ: and accord. to the L, the first and second inf. ns., used in relation to an ass, signify the uttering certain of his voices or cries: Th is thought by ISd to have mentioned also شَحِجَ; but the latter doubts its correctness: and شُحَاجٌ is also expl. as signifying the raising of the voice; but as used more especially in relation to the mule and the ass. (TA.) شَحَجَ is also said of a raven, or crow, meaning He, being advanced in age, had a rough, or harsh, voice or cry: (O, K:) [he croaked roughly, or harshly, by reason of age:] it is said in the M that شَحِيجٌ and شُحَاجٌ signify the crying of a raven, or crow, when advanced in age. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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