شِقْشِقَةٌ
Root: شق
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شِقْشِقَةٌ
[The bursa faucium, or faucial bag, which is placed behind the palate of the he-camel, and which, when excited, he inflates, and blows out from the side of his mouth;] a thing resembling the lungs, or lights, which the he-camel protrudes from his mouth when he is excited by lust; a skin in the fauces of the Arabian camel, which he inflates with wind, and in which he brays; whereupon it appears from the side of his mouth; so says En-Nadr; and he adds that it does not pertain to any but the Arabian camel, [as is said in the M, and] as Hr says; but this requires consideration; [also expl. as] the لَهَاة [q. v.] of the he-camel, which he protrudes from his mouth when he brays: pl. شَقَاشِقُ.
2 To this is likened the tongue of the chaste, or eloquent, and able speaker; himself being likened to the braying stallion-camel: and hence they say of an orator, or a preacher, that he is ذُو شِقْشِقَةٍ: one says likewise of an orator, or a preacher, that is loud in voice and skilful in speech, هُوَ أَهْرَتُ الشِقْشِقَةِ [lit. He is wide, or ample, in respect of the شقشقة]: and one says, هَدَرَتْ شِقْشِقَتُهُ
2 To this is likened the tongue of the chaste, or eloquent, and able speaker; himself being likened to the braying stallion-camel: and hence they say of an orator, or a preacher, that he is ذُو شِقْشِقَةٍ: one says likewise of an orator, or a preacher, that is loud in voice and skilful in speech, هُوَ أَهْرَتُ الشِقْشِقَةِ [lit. He is wide, or ample, in respect of the شقشقة]: and one says, هَدَرَتْ شِقْشِقَتُهُ
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