شُجَاعٌ
Root: شجع
Full Definition
شُجَاعٌ
and
شِجَاعٌ and
شَجَاعٌ , which is of the dial, of Benoo- 'Okeyl, being made by them to accord with its contr., which is جَبَانٌ, and
شَجِيعٌ and
أَشْجَعُ and
شَجِعٌ and
شِجَعٌ , or
شِجَعَةٌ , [of all which forms the first is the most common,] Courageous, brave, valiant, bold, daring, or strong-hearted on the occasion of war, or fight, making light of wars, by reason of boldness: fem. [of the 1st and 2nd and 3rd respectively] شُجَاعَةٌ and شِجَاعَةٌ and شَجَاعَةٌ and شجاع also [without ة] and [of the 4th]
and [of the 5th]
and [of the 6th]
: pl. masc. شِجْعَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and [of the first three, and perhaps of the 4th also,] شَجَعَةٌ and شِجْعَانٌ and شُجْعَانٌ [or, accord. to IDrd, شجعان is a mistake, as is said in the TA, but the word is there written without any syll. signs,] and
and [of the 4th, and perhaps of others also,] شِجَاعٌ, and also, شَجْعَةٌ and
شُجْعَةٌ and
شَجَعَآءُ [app. a mistake for شِجَعَآءُ or شَجْعَآءُ]: pl. fem. [all of شَجِيعَةٌ, or the last of شَجْعَآءُ or of شَجِعَةٌ,] شَجَائِعُ and شِجَاعٌ and شُجُعٌ: or شُجَاعٌ is [an epithet] peculiar to men: AZ says, “ I have heard the Kilábees say, رَجُلٌ شُجَاعٌ, but they do not apply this epithet to a woman: ”
and
, however, are applied to a woman, and signify bold, longtongued, and vehemently clamorous, towards men; audacious in her speech, and in her length of tongue, and vehement clamorousness.
2 شُجَاعٌ and شِجَاعٌ also signify
3 Also
2 شُجَاعٌ and شِجَاعٌ also signify
3 Also
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