Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تشظّى

Root: شظى

Form: 5

Full Definition

تشظّىV , said of a stick, or branch, or piece of wood, or of a thing, It split, or became split, in pieces, or in several or many places: or it became scattered, or dispersed, in splinters, or pieces split off: and it [i. e. anything, nothing in particular being specified,] became separated into several, or many, portions or divisions; or dispersed, or scattered. One says also, تشظّى اللُّؤْلُؤُ عَنِ الصَّدَفِ [The pearls became separated, or scattered, from the oyster-shells]. See also 1, in two places.


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