شَفْشَفَهُ
Root: شف
Form: R. Q. 1
Full Definition
2 Also, accord. to IAar, Verbal.Noun شَفْشَفَةٌ, It dried it up; namely, a thing, such as herbage, &c. And accord. to AA, الشَّفْشَفَةُ signifies The hoar-frost's burning [meaning blasting] the herbage of the earth: or the burning of a medicament that is sprinkled upon a wound: or it has the former of these two meanings, and signifies also the sprinkling of a medicament upon a wound. (K. [But I think that, for وَذَرُّ الدَّوَآءِ in the K, we should read وَذَرِّ الدَّوَآءِ, and thus reconcile the K in this case with the O: see, however, what next follows; which may be regarded either as confirming the reading in the K, or as having misled its author, in this instance.])
def.2 الشَّفْشَفَةُ signifies also The sprinkling of urine and the like. You say, شَفْشَفَ بِبَوْلِهِ He sprinkled his urine.
def.3 Also The trembling, and the being confused (الاِخْتِلَاطُ), resulting from intense jealousy. (TA. [See مُشَفْشَفٌ.])
2 And شَفْشَفَ عَلَيْهِ He was solicitously affectionate, or pitiful or compassionate, towards him, [See, again, مُشَفْشَفٌ.])
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