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شَاطِئٌ ذ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ شَطْءٌ (K) The bank, or side, (شَطّ, S, K, and جَانِب, S, Msb,) of a valley (S, Msb, K) and of a river: (K:) and some say that the former signifies the extremity, or edge, or side, (طَرَف,) of a river; and the shore of the sea: the pl. of the latter is شُطُوْءٌ; and of the former, شَوَاطِئُ and شُطْآنٌ; (K, TA;) or this last, as is said in the M, may be pl. of شَطْءٌ. (TA.) Accord. to the S, one says also شَاطِئُ الأَوْدِيَةِ [meaning The sides of the valleys]; not assigning to شاطئ any pl.: but the truth is that the pl. is as stated above. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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