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شَجْبٌ ذ Want, or a want, syn. حَاجَةٌ: and anxiety: (A, O, K:) pl. شُجُوبٌ. (TA.) -A2- Also, as an epithet, applied to a skin for water or milk, as though a contraction of شَجِبٌ meaning “ perishing, ” Old, and worn out; (O, TA; *) as also ↓ شَاجِبٌ : (O:) or the latter, so applied, signifies dry. (TA.) ― -b2- And [as a subst., or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant,] A skin for water or milk of which half is cut off and the lower part made into a bucket: (O, K:) pl. شُجُبٌ. (TA.) And A dry skin for water or milk into which pebbles are put and then shaken for the purpose of frightening camels. (L, K. *) Az says, on the authority of an Arab of the desert, that it signifies An old, worn-out, skin for water or milk, of which, sometimes, the mouth is cut off, and fresh ripe dates are put in it. (TA.) Suh says, in the R, that A water-skin was thus called [app. meaning absolutely]. (MF, TA.) And it is said in a trad. that a man of the Ansár used to cool water for the Prophet فى اشجابة [app. a mistranscription for فِى أَشْجَابِهِ, meaning in his water-skins, or worn-out water-skins; and cited to show that أَشْجَابٌ is a pl. of شَجْبٌ, like as أَنْهَارٌ is pl. of نَهْرٌ]. (TA.) -A3- Also One of the poles of a tent: (A, K:) pl. شُجُوبٌ [agreeably with an explanation in the S]. (TA.) -A4- And [as an epithet,] Long, or tall. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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