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4 اشقح النَّخْلُ ذ ; (S, A, Mgh, O, K;) as also ↓ شقّح , (S, * A, Mgh, O,) inf. n. تَشْقِيحٌ; (S;) i. q. أَزْهَى [meaning The palm-trees showed redness, or yellowness, in their fruit]: (S, A, O, K:) or their dates became altered from greenness to yellowness: (Mgh:) the former is said by As to be of the dial. of El-Hijáz: and ↓ the latter verb is also said of the [kind of tree called] أَرَاك, meaning it became coloured in its fruit. (TA.) And اشقح التَّمْرُ, (O,) or البُسْرُ, (K,) inf. n. إِِشْقَاحٌ; (TA;) and ↓ شقّح , (O, K,) inf. n. as above; (TA;) The dates, or the unripe dates, became coloured, (O, K,) red, or yellow: (O, TA:) or, as some say, became sweet. (TA.) The Prophet forbade the selling of dates before their becoming in this state. (S, * A, * O, TA.) -A2- اشقحهُ He removed him far away. (O, K. *) -A3- أَقْبِحْ بِهِ وَأَشْقِحْ [app. How foul, or ugly, or the like, is he! as seems to be shown by what here follows]: IDrd cites, “ أَقْبِحْ بِهِ مِنْ وَلَدٍ وَأَشْقِحْ
مِثْلُ جُرَىِّ الكَلْبِ لَا بَلْ أَقْبَحْ
” [How foul is he, as offspring, and how ugly! like the little whelp of the dog; nay, rather, more foul!]. (O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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