تَشَعْشَعَ

Root: شع

Form: R. Q. 2

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تَشَعْشَعَ

R. Q. 2 said of a man, is from شَعْشَاعٌ applied to a man as meaning حُلْوٌ خَفِيفٌ [i. e. “ such as is excited to briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, and esteemed pleasing in the eye, and is light, or active; ” so that the verb may be rendered He was, or became, such as is excited to briskness, &c.: or he was, or became, such as is termed شَعْشَاعٌ, q. v.].
2 Said of the month It nearly came to an end; little remained of it: occurring in a trad.: but accord. to one relation thereof, it is تَشَعْسَعَ; from الشُّسُوعُ “ the being distant, or remote: ” and accord. to another, تَشَعْسَعَ, with two سs.

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