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1 شَحَّ ذ , (Msb,) sec. pers. شَحَحْتَ, aor. يَشُحُّ and يَشِحُّ, (S, O, Msb, K,) the latter of these aors. agreeable with analogy as the verb is intrans., and the former deviating therefrom; (MF;) and sec. pers. شَحِحْتَ, aor. يَشَحُّ; (S, O, Msb, K;) [the first of which, having for its aor. يَشُحُّ, is the most common;] inf. n. شُحٌّ (S, A, O, Msb, K) and شِحٌّ and شَحٌّ, (ISk, O, K,) of which three inf. ns. the first is the most approved; (TA;) He was, or became, niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious; syn. يَخِلَ: (Msb:) or بخل relates to single things, or particulars; and شحّ, to things in general: or بخل relates to wealth, or property; and شحّ, to wealth, or property, and to kindness, or beneficence: or شحّ, signifies he was, or became, niggardly, &c., as above, in the utmost degree: (TA:) or he was, or became, niggardly, &c., as above, (S, A, O, K,) and covetous, or vehemently or greedily or excessively or culpably desirous, (K,) or with covetousness, or vehement or greedy or excessive or culpable desire. (S, A, O.) You say, شَحَّ بِهِ and شَحَّ عَلَيْهِ; (T, M, K;) by the former meaning He was, or became, niggardly, &c., of it, i. e., of his property, or the like; and by the latter, he was, or became, niggardly, &c., to him, i. e., to an asker, or a beggar, or a seeker, or the like: (MF:) or [in some cases, as will be seen from phrases mentioned below, (see شَحِيحٌ,)] meaning by the latter the same as by the former. (L.) [Thus] one says, هُوَ يَشُحُّ بِمَالِهِ [He is niggardly, &c., of his property; and sometimes, in the same sense, يَشُحُّ عَلَى مَالِهِ]. (A.) And شَحَّ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ [Some of them were niggardly, &c., to some; meaning they were niggardly, &c., one to another]. (Msb, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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