الشِّقْشِقِيَّةُ
Root: شق
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الشِّقْشِقِيَّةُ
an appellation applied to a certain خُطْبَة [i. e. oration, or harangue, or sermon,] of 'Alee, because of his saying to Ibn- 'Abbás, on his having cut short his speech, in reply to a remark of the latter person upon his not having continued his speech uninterruptedly, تِلْكَ شِقْشِقَةٌ هَدَرَتْ ثُمَّ قَرَّتْ [That was a
شقشقة
that uttered a braying, then became still].
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