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1 شَحَبَ ذ , aor. شَحُبَ (S, A, O, K, &c.) and شَحَبَ , (A, O, K, &c.,) but the former more commonly obtains, (TA,) inf. n. شُحُوبٌ; (S, O, K;) and شَحُبَ, (Fr, S, A, O, K, &c.,) inf. n. شُحُوبَةٌ, (Fr, S, O, K,) but this form of the verb is disapproved by AZ and 'Iyád; (TA; [in which, however, nine authorities for it are mentioned;]) said of one's body; (Fr, S, O;) or of one's colour, or complexion, (A, K,) and so شُحِبَ, (A, O, K,) inf. n. شُحُوبٌ; (A;) [It was, or became, altered [for the worse, wan, or haggard], (Fr, S, A, O, K, &c.,) in consequence of emaciation, (K,) or hunger, (A, K,) or sleeplessness, and the like, (A,) or travel, (K,) or work, or disease, or impatience, or distress or fatigue: or, accord. to the author of the “ Wá'ee, ” شُحُوبٌ signifies emaciation itself: (TA:) in this sense, it is of the dial. of Benoo-Kiláb. (A, TA.) -A2- شَحَبَ الأَرْضَ, (IDrd, O, K,) aor. شَحَبَ , inf. n. شَحْبٌ, (IDrd, O,) He pared the ground, or scraped off its superficial part, with a shovel, (IDrd, O, K,) or some other thing: of the dial. of El-Yemen. (IDrd, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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