شَعَاعٌ
Root: شع
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شَعَاعٌ
[an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, and therefore as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl.;] Scattered, or dispersed; and disordered, or unsettled; syn. مُتَفَرِّقٌ; as also
شَعٌّ , [likewise an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet,] applied [like the former] to anything, such as blood, and an opinion, and a purpose, or an intention; and
شَعِيعٌ , which is wrongly expl. in the K as syn. with شَعٌّ in another sense, as stated above; and
شَعْشَاعٌ . One says, ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ شَعَاعًا
His blood went scattered, or dispersed: or شَعَاعٌ applied to blood signifies spirtling from a wound made with a spear or the like; as in a verse cited voce نَفَذٌ. (Az, TA. [See also شُعَاعٌ.]) And ذَهَبُوا شَعَاعًا
They went away scattered, or dispersed. And أُمَّةٌ شَعَاعٌ
A nation, or people, scattered, or dispersed. And تَطَايَرَتِ العَصَا شَعَاعًا
The staff, or stick, broke into scattered pieces; as when one has broken it by striking with it upon a wall: and in like manner, القَصَبَةُ
the reed, or cane. And رَأْىٌ شَعَاعٌ
A disordered, or an unsettled, opinion. And نَفْسٌ شَعَاعٌ
A mind of which the purposes, or intentions, (هِمَمُهَا, as in the S [and O], for which, in the K, هُمُومُهَا is erroneously substituted, TA,) and the opinions, are disordered, or unsettled, so that it is not directed to a decided affair. And طَارَ فُؤَادُهُ شَعَاعًا [His mind fled in a disordered, or an unsettled, state, as though dissipated; expl. as] meaning تَفَرَّقَتْ هُمُومُهُ [a mistranscription, as before: correctly تفرّقت هِمَمُهُ i. e. his purposes, or intentions, became disordered, or unsettled: see also Ham p. 44, and Har p. 366]. And a rájiz says,
2 Hence, app., Milk mixed with much water; syn. ضَيَاحٌ.
def.2 Also [as a subst.] The awn, or beard, of the ears of corn; and so and شِعَاعٌ and شَعٌّ : or the awn, or beard, when it has become dry, as long as it remains on the ears; as also .
meaning [Firm, or steady, in encounter, or conflict,] not disordered, or unsettled, in respect of purpose, or intention.صَدْقُ اللِّقَآءِ غَيْرُ الغَدَرْ
2 Hence, app., Milk mixed with much water; syn. ضَيَاحٌ.
def.2 Also [as a subst.] The awn, or beard, of the ears of corn; and so and شِعَاعٌ and شَعٌّ : or the awn, or beard, when it has become dry, as long as it remains on the ears; as also .
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