شيّخ
Root: شيخ
Form: 2
Full Definition
شيّخII
: see the preceding paragraph.
def.2 شيّخهُ, Verbal.Noun تَشْيِيخٌ, He called him by the appellation of شَيْخ, to pay him honour, or respect.
def.3 And شيّخ عَلَيْهِ He attributed or imputed to him, or charged him with, a vice, or fault; blamed, or reproached, him; cast a bad, an evil, a foul, or an excessively bad or evil or foul, imputation upon him. And شيّخ بِهِ [and so شيّخهُ accord. to an explanation of شَيَّخْتُ الرجل, as on the authority of AZ, in the TA, but this may be a mistranscription for شيّخت بِالرَّجُلِ,] He exposed his vices, faults, or evil actions; disgraced him; or put him to shame.
def.2 شيّخهُ, Verbal.Noun تَشْيِيخٌ, He called him by the appellation of شَيْخ, to pay him honour, or respect.
def.3 And شيّخ عَلَيْهِ He attributed or imputed to him, or charged him with, a vice, or fault; blamed, or reproached, him; cast a bad, an evil, a foul, or an excessively bad or evil or foul, imputation upon him. And شيّخ بِهِ [and so شيّخهُ accord. to an explanation of شَيَّخْتُ الرجل, as on the authority of AZ, in the TA, but this may be a mistranscription for شيّخت بِالرَّجُلِ,] He exposed his vices, faults, or evil actions; disgraced him; or put him to shame.
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