شَرْشَرَةٌ

Root: شر

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شَرْشَرَةٌ , or شُرْشُرَةٌ , sing. of شَرَاشِرُ, which signifies The fringe-like extremities of a tail; and of wings.
2 Hence, metaphorically, [or synecdochically,] the pl. is used as signifying The whole: and hence the saying, أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ شَرَاشِرَهُ He betook himself altogether to it; as though, says As, by reason of his eagerness, he threw himself altogether upon it: accord. to EshShiháb, it means he betook himself [to it], openly or secretly: or شَرَاشِرُ signifies the whole body; and القى عليه شراشره and أَجْرَانَهُ and أَجْرَامَهُ, provs. mentioned by Meyd, all signify the same [app. he threw upon it the weight of his body: see Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 409 and 410: and see art. جرم]: or the first of these means he loved it so that he courted death, or destruction, (اِسْتَهْلَكَ,) in his love of it: or he loved it with a love that he would not give up, because of his necessity: or he desired it inordinately, or eagerly, and loved it. [See also أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ أَرْوَاقَهُ, voce رَوْقٌ. Accord. to different authorities,] شَرَاشِرُ also signifies Burdens, or weights; sing. شَرْشَرَةٌ: and it is so expl. as used in the saying mentioned above: or it there signifies weight, and whole person: or the reduplication implies intensiveness; as though this word originally signified weight of evil: but F, in his comments on the Preface of the Ksh, objects to this, as the word does not imply the contr. of خَيْرٌ, but dispersion. Also Self: and the saying mentioned above is expl. as meaning He threw himself upon it, through inordinate, or eager, desire, and love. And Love: or love of self.

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