Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَعْوَآءُ

Root: شعو

Full Definition

شَعْوَآءُ A raid, or hostile or predatory incursion, spreading widely and dispersedly. [See an ex. in the last of the verses cited voce رُبَّ.]
2 And شَجَرَةٌ شَعْوَآءُ A tree having spreading branches.


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