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شَجِىَ

Root: شجو

Form: 1

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شَجِىَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَجًا, He was choked; or his throat, or fauces, became obstructed; بِهِ by it; i. e. a bone or the like. One says, عَلَيْكَ بِالكَظْمِ وَلَوْ شَجِيتَ بِالعَظْمِ [Keep thou to self-restraint though thou be choked by the bone].
2 And, [hence, by a metaphor, ] Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He grieved, mourned, or lamented; or was sorrowful, sad, or unhappy: and he was, or became, anxious, or disquieted in mind.
3 Also, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, said of a creditor (غَرِيم), He went away, عَنْهُ [from him].

def.2 شَجَا بَيْنَهُمْ It was, or became, an occasion of contention, or dispute, or of disagreement, or difference, between them.

def.3 شَجَاهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun شَجْوٌ, [app. originally syn. with أَشْجَاهُ in the first of the senses assigned to the latter in the next paragraph:
2 and hence,] It grieved him; or caused him to mourn or lament, or to be sorrowful or sad or unhappy; as also اشجاهُ . And, said of wealth (الغِنَى), Verbal.Noun شَجْوٌ, It excited his griefs, mournings, &c., and his desire.
3 Also, and اشجاهُ , It caused him to be mirthful, and excited him. Thus each of these verbs has two contr. significations. But MF observes that طَرَّبَهُ, the explanation here given in the K, is said by the author of the K [in art. طرب] to denote a lightness arising from joy or grief. [Generally, however, it means as rendered above.]
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