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شُرْسُوفٌ ذ The غُضْرُوف [or cartilage] attached to each rib; (S, O, K;) like the غُضْرُوف of the scapula: (S, O:) or the extremity of the rib, projecting over the belly: (S, O, K:) or the head of the rib, next the belly: (IAar, O:) or a rib having a غُضْرُوف [or cartilage] at its extremity: (ISd, TA:) pl. شَرَاسِيفُ. (S, O.) -A2- A camel shackled. (IAar, O, K.) ― -b2- And A camel hocked, or hamstrung, in one of his legs. (IAar, O, K.) ― -b3- And A captive having his arms bound behind his back. (IAar, O.) -A3- Calamity, or misfortune: and the commencement of hardship. (K.) One says, أَصَابَتِ النَّاسَ الشَّرَاسِيفُ The commencements of hardships befell the people. (IF, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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