شِسْعٌ

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شِسْعٌ and شِسِعٌ and شِسْعَنٌّ , so in some of the copies of the K, [thus in my MS. copy of the K, and also in the O,] with an augmentative ن, The قِبَال of the sandal; [i. e.] the appertenance of the sandal that is attacked, or tied, to its زِمَام; [meaning] one of the thongs, or straps, or strips of leather, of the sandal, being that which passes between two toes, of which the [lower] end enters the hole, or perforation, that is in the fore part of the sandal, and which is attacked [at its upper end] to the زِمَام [or, as it is also called, the شِرَاك, a thong, or strap, or strip of leather, extending towards the ankle, and having two arms, (its عَضُدَانِ,) which are attacked to the أُذُنَانِ , or pass through these and unite behind the foot]: a poet says, referring to camels, أَحْدُو بِهَا مُنْقَطِعًا [I urge them on by singing to them, with the interdigital thong of my sandal broken]: the pl. of شِسْعٌ is شُسُوعٌ and أَشْسَاعٌ: ISd and Z affirm that it has only the former pl.; but AHei contradicts this: the latter pl. [a pl. of pauc.] occurs in the saying of 'Obeyd Ibn-Eiyoob El- 'Amberee, يُدِيرُ نَعْلَيْهِ لِئَلَّا تُعْرَفَا يَجْعَلُ أَشْسَاعَهُمَا نَحْوَ القَفَا [He turns round his sandals, in order that they may not be known by their prints upon the ground; putting the interdigital thongs thereof in the direction of the back of the neck].
2 [Hence,] قِبَالُ الشِّسْعِ signifies The serpent; mentioned by IAar with قِبَالُ الشِّبْرِ.
3 And شِسْعٌ also signifies The extremity of a place. One says, حَلَلْنَا شِسْعَ الدَّهْنَآءِ [We alighted in the extremity of the sandy desert, or of the desert called Ed-Dahnà].
4 And A narrow tract of land.
5 And Somewhat remaining of property or cattle. And A small quantity or number of property or cattle. One says, لَهُ شِسْعُ مَالٍ He has a small quantity of property, or a small number of cattle; or a small collection of camels and of sheep or goats: and Fr adds مَالٍ [app. in the same sense: but see another explanation of شِسْعُ مَالٍ in what follows].
6 And The greater portion or number of property or cattle. Thus it has two contr. [?] significations. One says, ذَهَبَ شِسْعُ مَالِهِ The greater portion of his property, or the greater number of his cattle, went, or passed, away.
7 And فُلَانٌ شِسْعُ مَالٍ Such a one is a good manager of cattle or camels &c.; one who keeps assiduously to the tending, or pasturing, thereof: and Fr says, هُوَ مَالٍ, as syn. with شِسْعُ مَالٍ.

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