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شظى

1 شَظِىَ ذ , [aor. and inf. n. as in the next sentence,] said of a stick, or branch, or piece of wood, [&c.,] It was, or became, split. (AHn, TA.) ― -b2- Said of a horse, (As, S, Mgh, K,) aor. شَظَىَ , inf. n. شَظًى, (K,) His شظى, (As, S, Mgh, K,) i. e. the small bone called الشَّظَى, (As, S, Mgh, *) moved from its place, (As, S, Mgh,) or became displaced, syn. زُوِىَ, (A, TA,) or became unsteady, or wabbling: (K:) and so ↓ تشظّى , (K, TA,) this latter on the authority of ISd: (TA:) or [the inf. n.] شَظًى, accord. to some, signifies the sinews' becoming split, or slit: (As, S, Mgh:) or شَظًى has this meaning also; (K;) and so ↓ تَشَظّ . (ISd, K, TA.) -A2- Accord. to the K, شَظِىَ, said of a corpse, is syn. with شَصِىَ: but correctly, the former verb is شَظَى, aor. شَظِىَ , inf. n. شُظِىٌّ, and the latter verb is شَصَا [q. v.], as they are said to be by Az: and in like manner, شَظِى, aor. شَظِىَ , is said of a سِقَآء [or skin for water or milk], meaning It being filled, its legs became raised, or raised high. (TA.) 2 شظّى ذ , (TA,) inf. n. تَشْظِيَةٌ, (K, TA,) He separated into several, or many, portions or divisions; or dispersed, or scattered; (K, * TA;) [a thing; or] (tropical:) a company of men. (TA.) ― -b2- And He made [a horse] to be such that his شظى (شَظَاهُ) became unsteady, or wabbling. (TA.) 4 اشظاهُ ذ He, or it, hit, or hurt, his شظى (شَظَاهُ): (K:) Sgh says, by rule it should be شَظَاهُ [i. e. the verb should be thus, being derived from الشَّظَى, like قَفَاهُ from القَفَا]. (TA.) 5 تشظّى ذ , said of a stick, or branch, or piece of wood, (A, Msb, K, TA,) or of a thing, (S, TA,) It split, or became split, in pieces, or in several or many places: (A, Msb, TA:) or it became scattered, or dispersed, in splinters, or pieces split off: (S, K:) and it [i. e. anything, nothing in particular being specified,] became separated into several, or many, portions or divisions; or dispersed, or scattered. (TA.) One says also, تشظّى اللُّؤْلُؤُ عَنِ الصَّدَفِ (tropical:) [The pearls became separated, or scattered, from the oyster-shells]. (A, TA.) See also 1, in two places. 7 انشظى ذ It broke, or became broken. (TA.) One says, انشظت الرَّبَاعِيَةُ The [tooth called the] رباعية broke, or became broken. (TA.) شَظًى ذ , of a staff, or stick, The like of a لِيطَة [i. e. a piece, or sharp piece, of the exterior portion], that enters into the hand, and wounds it. (Ham p. 474. [But شَظِيَّةٌ is more commonly used in this and similar senses.]) ― -b2- A small bone, (عُظَيْمٌ, K, TA, [in the CK عَظْمٌ, i. e. a bone, and so in my copy of the Mgh,]) or a slender small bone, (As, S,) adhering to the ذِرَاع [here app. meaning the arm-bone of a horse], (As, S, K,) or to the bone of the ذِرَاع, (Mgh,) which sometimes moves from its place; (As, S, Mgh; [see شَظِيَّةٌ;]) or to the knee; (K;) thus in the M; (TA;) or to the وَظِيف [app. here meaning the fore shank of a horse]; (K;) thus in the A: (TA:) or certain small sinews (عَصَب) therein; (K;) i. e. in the وظيف; thus in the T. (TA.) AO says that تَحَرُّكُ الشَّظَى [i. e. The motion of the شظى from its place (see 1)] is like what is termed اِنْتِشَارُ العَصَبِ, except that the horse has more power of endurance of the latter than of the former. (T, TA.) ― -b3- And Portions of a thing that are separated, or dispersed, or scattered. (Har p. 160.) It is said by ISd to be a pl. [or rather it is a coll. gen. n.] of which the sing. [or n. un.] is شَظَاةٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- Also A portion of fur upon the mark left by a gall, or sore, on the back [of a camel], such as reaches the utmost extent thereof: (K, accord. to the TA: [الشَّظَى being there expl. by the words الوبرة على اثر الدبرة حتى تبلغ اقصاها: in the CK, and in my MS. copy of the K, الدَّبَرَةُ على أَثَرِ الدَّبَرَةِ فى المَزْرَعَةِ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ أَقْصَاهَا; which Freytag renders “ sulcus ad latus alterius in arvo ductus, ut ejus extremum attingeret; ” but which, I think, evidently presents a mistranscription and an interpolation:]) the pl. is أَشْظِيَةٌ: and sometimes there are ten [?] portions of fur [of this description, app. meaning, upon one camel: the word that I here render “ ten ” is more like عشه than عشر; but the final letter, as is often the case in the MS. of the TA, is written in a form differing little from a common form of ر]: mentioned by ISh, from Et-Táïfee; as is said in the T. (TA.) ― -b5- Also (assumed tropical:) The followers, and incorporated confederates, of a people, or party; (S, K;) contr. of the صَمِيم thereof: (S:) or the freedmen and followers. (M, TA.) شَظِىٌّ ذ and شِظِىٌّ: see the next paragraph. شِظِيَّةٌ ذ A splinter, or piece split off, (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) of a staff, or stick, and the like, (S,) or of wood, (T, Mgh, Msb,) and the like, (Msb,) or of a reed, or cane, (T, Mgh,) or of silver, (T, TA,) or of bone, (T, Mgh,) or of anything: (M, K:) pl. شَظَايَا (S, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ شَظِىٌّ , (K,) [or rather this is a coll. gen. n.,] like as رَكِىٌّ is of رَكِيَّةٌ, (TA,) or a quasi-pl. n., like عَبِيدٌ, improperly said by IAar to be pl. of شَظًى, (ISd, TA,) and ↓ شِظِىٌّ , (K, TA, [in the latter as omitted in the K, with kesr to the ش on account of the same vowel-sound following,]) mentioned by Sgh, from Ks. (TA.) AO terms the إِِبْرَة [q. v.] at the head of the elbow [of the horse] a شَظِيَّة adhering to the ذِرَاع, but not [forming a portion] of it. (TA. [See شَظًى.]) ― -b2- Also A bow: (K:) because its wood is split: on the authority of AHn. (TA.) ― -b3- And The shankbone. (K.) ― -b4- And A great mass of rock wrenched from the side of a mountain; (K, TA;) as though it were a piece split off, broken [off] but not parted so as to form an interstice, or a gap: and also a piece cut from a mountain, like a house or a tent: and it is said in the copies of the K that شِظْيَةٌ, with kesr, signifies the same; but the word is correctly ↓ شِنْظِيَةٌ , with an augmentative ن as in the T, and mentioned also by Hr in the “ Ghareebeyn: ” pl. of the former شَظَايَا. (TA.) ― -b5- See also شَنْظَاةٌ. شَاظٍ ذ part. n. of شَظِىَ [q. v.] said of a horse. (TA.) شَنْظَاةٌ ذ The head, or top, of a mountain, (K, TA,) [and so ↓ شَظِيَّةٌ , (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees,)] resembling the شُرْفَة [q. v.] of a mosque: pl. شَنَاظٍ: and الجِبَالِ ↓ شَوَاظِى [likewise] signifies the heads, or tops, of the mountains. (TA.) شِنْظِيَةٌ ذ : see شَظِيَّةٌ, near the end. شَوَاظِى الجِبَالِ ذ : see شَنْظَاةٌ. [ مَشْظًى ذ , pl. مَشَاظِى, A fragment of wood: (Freytag, from the Deewán of Jereer:) but the pl., when indeterminate, is correctly مَشَاظٍ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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