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1 شَنَّ المَآءَ ذ , (S, Mgh, K,) aor. شَنُ3َ , inf. n. شَنٌّ, (Mgh, TA,) He scattered the water; (S, K;) or poured it scatteringly; (Mgh;) or poured it and scattered it; or, as some say, poured it in a manner like that which is termed نَضْحٌ [i. e. sprinkling]; (TA;) عَلَى الشَّرَابِ [upon the wine, or beverage]: (S, K:) سَنَّهُ signifies “ he poured it gently. ” (TA.) And شَنَّتِ العَيْنُ دَمْعَهَا The eye poured forth its tears; (TA;) or sent forth [or shed] its tears; like شَلَّت, (Lh, TA in art. شل,) which is asserted by Yaakoob to be formed by substitution [of ل for ن]. (TA in that art.) ― -b2- And, from the former, شَنَّ الغَارَةَ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Msb,) (tropical:) He scattered, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) or poured, (K, TA,) the horsemen making a raid, or sudden attack, and engaging in conflict, or the horsemen urging their horses, الغَارَةَ meaning الخَيْلَ المُغِيرَةَ, (Mgh, Msb,) from every direction, عَلَيْهِمْ [upon them]; (S, K;) as also ↓ اشنّها ; (S, Msb, K;) the latter mentioned in the Mj, (Msb,) by IF, but disapproved by the people of chaste speech. (TA.) ― -b3- And شَنَّ بِسَلْحِهِ (AA, S, * TA) He cast forth his excrement, or dung, in a thin [and scattered] state: and one says of the حُبَارَى [or bustard] تَشُنُّ بِذَرْقِهَا [It casts forth its dung in a thin and scattered state]. (AA, TA.) ― -b4- And شَنَّ عَلَيِْهِ دِرْعَهُ He put (lit. poured) on him his coat of mail. (TA.) -A2- شَنَّ الجَمَلُ مِنَ العَطَشِ, [aor. accord. to general rule شَنِ3َ ,] The camel became dried up [like a شَنّ, q. v.,] from thirst. (TA.) And شَنَّتِ الخِرْقَةُ The rag became dried up. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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