صِيصِيَةٌ
Root: صيص
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صِيصِيَةٌ
, or
صِيصَةٌ , thus in all the copies of the K, but it is a mistake, or a contracted form, The weaver's [implement called] شَوْكَة, with which he makes the warp and the woof even: but IB says that its last radical letter is ى, not ص; so that it should be mentioned among the class of infirm words: pl. صَيَاصٍ.
2 Hence, The spur of the cock.
3 [Hence also,] The horn of the bull or cow, and of the gazelle: pl. as above, signifying the horns of bulls or cows; which were sometimes fixed upon spears, instead of the iron heads: and to such horns, called by this name, conflict and faction, or sedition, (فِتْنَة,) is likened in a trad., because of its grievousness: some say that the sing. is صِيصَةٌ, [as in the K,] contracted.
4 And hence, A wooden pin, or peg, with which dates are plucked out [when they are compacted in a mass, closely adhering together, in the receptacle of woven palm-leaves, or the like, in which they are packed]: likened to the horn of a bull or cow: in this sense, the word is written صِيصَةٌ: and a certain poet changes it to صِيصَجّ.
5 [Hence also,] Anything with which one defends himself: pl. as above, [in the CK erroneously written صَيَاصِى, as though it had the article ال prefixed to it, or were itself prefixed to another noun, for otherwise it is written and pronounced] with the [final] ى elided.
6 [Hence also,] A fortress: pl. in this sense as above.
7 [Hence also,] A pastor who manages [and protects] well his herds or flocks: in this sense also written صِيصَةٌ.
2 Hence, The spur of the cock.
3 [Hence also,] The horn of the bull or cow, and of the gazelle: pl. as above, signifying the horns of bulls or cows; which were sometimes fixed upon spears, instead of the iron heads: and to such horns, called by this name, conflict and faction, or sedition, (فِتْنَة,) is likened in a trad., because of its grievousness: some say that the sing. is صِيصَةٌ, [as in the K,] contracted.
4 And hence, A wooden pin, or peg, with which dates are plucked out [when they are compacted in a mass, closely adhering together, in the receptacle of woven palm-leaves, or the like, in which they are packed]: likened to the horn of a bull or cow: in this sense, the word is written صِيصَةٌ: and a certain poet changes it to صِيصَجّ.
5 [Hence also,] Anything with which one defends himself: pl. as above, [in the CK erroneously written صَيَاصِى, as though it had the article ال prefixed to it, or were itself prefixed to another noun, for otherwise it is written and pronounced] with the [final] ى elided.
6 [Hence also,] A fortress: pl. in this sense as above.
7 [Hence also,] A pastor who manages [and protects] well his herds or flocks: in this sense also written صِيصَةٌ.
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