أَشْجَعُ
Root: شجع
Full Definition
2 Applied to a man, accord. to some, it signifies, or it signifies also, In whom is lightness, or unsteadiness, like what is termed هَوَجٌ, by reason of his strength. See also شَجِعٌ.
3 Mad; or possessed by a devil: Lth says that, applied to a man, it signifies one who is as though there were in him madness, or diabolical possession; but Az says that this is a mistake; for, were this its meaning, the poets would not have used it in praise.
4 Tall: and so the fem. applied to a woman.
5 Bulky; big-bodied; or stout: or, as some say, youthful; or in a state of youthful vigour.
6 The lion.
7 It is said in the K that الأَشْجَعُ also signifies الدَّهْرُ [i. e. Time; or fortune; &c.]; and J says that this is what the poet means by the expression, أَشْجَعُ أَخَّاذٌ: but this cannot be the correct meaning, for the poet, namely El-Aashà, says,
by الاشجع meaning himself, or some other thing.بِأَشْجَعَ أَخَّاذٍ عَلَى الدَّهْرِ حُكْمُهُ
def.2 Also, and إِشْجَعٌ, or the latter accord. to some, but this was not known to Abu-l-Ghowth, sing. of أَشَاجِعُ, [in some copies of the S written أَشَاجِيعُ, but the former, which, as is mentioned in the TA, is found in the
def.3 أَشْجَعُ مِنْ دِيكٍ [More courageous than a cock] is one of the proverbs of the Arabs.
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