شُكْلَةٌ
Root: شكل
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شُكْلَةٌ
: see شَكْلٌ, first signification.
2 One says also, فِيهِ شُكْلَةٌ مِنْ سُمْرَةٍ [In him, or it, is an admixture of a tawny, or brownish, colour], and شُكْلَةٌ مِنْ سَوَادٍ [an admixture of blackness]: [or] شُكْلَةٌ signifies redness mixed with whiteness: in camels, and in sheep or goats, blackness mixed with redness, or with dust-colour: in the hyena, accord. to IAar, a colour in which are blackness and an ugly yellowness: in the eye, a redness in the white: or, in the eye, i. q. شُهْلَةٌ [q. v.]: or, accord. to AO, the like of a redness in the white of the eye; and such was in the eyes of the Prophet; but if in the black of the eye, it is termed شُهْلَةٌ: and the like is in the eyes of the [hawks, or falcons, termed] صُقُور and بُزَاة: accord. to some, it is yellowness mixing with the white of the eye, around the black, as in the eye of the hawk (الصَّقْر); but he [i. e. AO] says, I have not heard it used except in relation to redness, not in relation to yellowness. فِيهِ شُكْلَةٌ مِنْ دَمٍ means In him, or it, is a little [or a small admixture] of blood.
2 One says also, فِيهِ شُكْلَةٌ مِنْ سُمْرَةٍ [In him, or it, is an admixture of a tawny, or brownish, colour], and شُكْلَةٌ مِنْ سَوَادٍ [an admixture of blackness]: [or] شُكْلَةٌ signifies redness mixed with whiteness: in camels, and in sheep or goats, blackness mixed with redness, or with dust-colour: in the hyena, accord. to IAar, a colour in which are blackness and an ugly yellowness: in the eye, a redness in the white: or, in the eye, i. q. شُهْلَةٌ [q. v.]: or, accord. to AO, the like of a redness in the white of the eye; and such was in the eyes of the Prophet; but if in the black of the eye, it is termed شُهْلَةٌ: and the like is in the eyes of the [hawks, or falcons, termed] صُقُور and بُزَاة: accord. to some, it is yellowness mixing with the white of the eye, around the black, as in the eye of the hawk (الصَّقْر); but he [i. e. AO] says, I have not heard it used except in relation to redness, not in relation to yellowness. فِيهِ شُكْلَةٌ مِنْ دَمٍ means In him, or it, is a little [or a small admixture] of blood.
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