أَشَقُّ
Root: شق
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أَشَقُّ
, fem. شَقَّآءُ, and pl. شُقٌّ, applied to a horse, Wide between the hind legs: and the fem. signifies wide in the
أَرْفَاغ [or groins, or similar parts]; and is applied to a mare: and wide in the vulva; applied in this sense to a woman. And أَشَقُّ المَنْخِرَيْنِ, applied to a horse, Wide in the nostrils.
2 Also, Tall, or long; applied to a horse; thus expl. by As; and so too applied to a man: and the fem., as above, applied to a mare.
3 And, applied to a horse, That goes to the right and left in his running, (JK, * O, K, TA, [in the CK, يَسْبِقُ is erroneously put for يَشْتَقُّ, and in like manner in my MS. copy of the K, with the additional mistranscription of من عَدْوِهِ for فِى عَدْوِهِ,]) as though leaning upon one of his sides: so says Lth; and he cites as an ex.,
2 Also, Tall, or long; applied to a horse; thus expl. by As; and so too applied to a man: and the fem., as above, applied to a mare.
3 And, applied to a horse, That goes to the right and left in his running, (JK, * O, K, TA, [in the CK, يَسْبِقُ is erroneously put for يَشْتَقُّ, and in like manner in my MS. copy of the K, with the additional mistranscription of من عَدْوِهِ for فِى عَدْوِهِ,]) as though leaning upon one of his sides: so says Lth; and he cites as an ex.,
[as though meaning And I moved my posteriors in walking, like as goes the horse that inclines to the right and left in his running: but this may be rendered and I stepped wide, like as does the tall, or long-bodied, horse].وَتَبَازَيْتُ كَمَا يَمْشِى الأَشَقُّ
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