شَعِيبٌ
Root: شعب
Full Definition
شَعِيبٌ
A [leathern water-bag such as is called] مَزَادَة [q. v.]; as also رَاوِيَةٌ and سَطِيحَةٌ: or one that has been repaired, or pieced: or one that is made of two hides: or one that is made of two hides facing each other, without
فِئَام
at their corners;
فئام in [the making of] مَزَايِد being the taking of the hide and folding it, and then adding at the sides what will widen it: or one that is pieced (تُفْأَمُ) with a third skin, between the two skins, that it may be rendered wider: or one that is made of two pieces joined together: or one that is sewed (مَخْرُوزَة, K and TA, in the CK مَحْزُوزَة,) on both sides: called thus because one part is joined to another: pl. شُعُبٌ.
2 Also An old, worn-out skin for water or milk: because it is pieced, or repaired: pl. as above.
3 And A camel's saddle; syn. رَحْلٌ: because it is joined, part to part: so in the saying of El-Marrár, describing a she-camel,
4 And رَجُلٌ شَعِيبٌ i. q. غَرِيبٌ [A man who is a stranger, &c.]. (AA, TA voce غَرِيبٌ.)
2 Also An old, worn-out skin for water or milk: because it is pieced, or repaired: pl. as above.
3 And A camel's saddle; syn. رَحْلٌ: because it is joined, part to part: so in the saying of El-Marrár, describing a she-camel,
[When she falls down, or fell down, there falls down, or fell down, from her right side a saddle by reason of which was her fevered and jaded state].إِذَا هِىَ خَرَّتْ خَرَّ مِنْ عَنْ يَمِينِهَا شَعِيبٌ بِهِ إِحْمَامُهَا وَلُغُوبُهَا
4 And رَجُلٌ شَعِيبٌ i. q. غَرِيبٌ [A man who is a stranger, &c.]. (AA, TA voce غَرِيبٌ.)
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