Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَتَا

Root: شتو

Form: 1

Full Definition

شَتَاI , Present.T يَشْتُو, Verbal.Noun شتو [app. شُتُوٌّ, The winter commenced: like as one says, رَبَعَ الرَّبِيعُ, Verbal.Noun رُبُوعٌ].
2 And شَتَا اليَوْمُ, Present.T as above, The day was, or became, intensely cold.
3 And شَتَا بِهِ, and شَتَوْتُ بِهِ, and شَتَوْنَا بِهِ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun شَتْوٌ, He, and I, and we, remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, during the شِتَآء [or winter, &c.], or during a شِتَآء, in it, namely, a place, or a country or town; as also شتّى , Verbal.Noun تَشْتِيَةٌ; and , said by AZ to be from الشِّتَآءُ, like تَصَيَّفَ from الصَّيْفُ: [and all are also app. trans. in this sense without a prep.:] or, as some say, شَتَا الصَّيَّانَ means he re- mained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the صَمَّان [q. v., meaning a particular place and also a particular sort of place,] in the شِتَآء; and , he pastured [his cattle] therein in the شِتَآء.
4 And شَتَا القَوْمُ, Present.T as above, The people, or party, experienced drought, or barrenness, or dearth, in the شِتَآء; as also أَشْتَوْا .
5 See also 4.

def.2 شَتِىَ, like رَضِىَ [in measure], He was smitten by the شِتَآء.


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