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شَادِخَةٌ

Root: شدخ

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شَادِخَةٌ , [as a subst.,] or شَادِخَةٌ غُرَّةٌ, A blaze on a horse's forehead spreading [widely ] upon the face, or covering the face, from the forelock to the nose, without reaching to the eyes: or spreading, and extending downwards, filling the forehead, without reaching to the eyes: or covering the face from the root of the forelock to the nose: or such as is long; such as is round being called وَتِيرَةٌ.
2 [Hence,] A notorious, and a bad, or an evil, an abominable, or a foul, deed. A rájiz says, لَا هُمَّ إِنَّ الحَارِثَ بْنَ جَبَلَهْ زَنَّى عَلَى أَبِيهِ ثُمَّ قَتَلَهْ وَرَكِبَ الشَّادِخَةَ المُحَجَّلَهْ i. e. [O God, (لَاهُمَّ being for اَللّٰهُمَّ,) verily El- Hárith Ibn-Jebeleh straitened, or oppressed, his father, (زَنَّى being for زَنَّأَ,) then slew him,] and committed a bad and notorious deed in slaying him.
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