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شَيِّعٌ

Root: شيع

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شَيِّعٌ A sharer, or partner: pl. شُيَعَآءُ. One says, هُمْ شُيَعَآءُ فِيهَا [They are sharers, or partners, in it, i. e. a house (دَار) or land;] i. e. every one of them is a شَيِّع to his fellow [or fellows]. And هُمَا فِى دَارٍ, or أَرْضٍ; and , in the copies of the K, erroneously, مُتَشَاعَانِ; They two are sharers, or partners, in a house, or land.
2 And الدَّارُ شَيِّعَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ The house is undivided [i. e. shared] among them; syn. . (O, K. [See also شَائِعٌ.])
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