شَوْشَآءُ
Root: شوش
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شَوْشَآءُ
and شَوْشَاةٌ, or the former is a mistake, the latter said by Az to be that which he heard from the Arabs, applied to a she-camel, Light, or agile: or, so applied, swift: and applied to a woman as an epithet of discommendation. A poet, cited by AA, applies the epithet
شَوَاشِئ , with hemz, by poetic license, to a نَاضِح [properly meaning a camel upon which water is drawn from a well]; originally from شَوْشَآءُ, or شَوْشَاةٌ, meaning “ Light, ” or “ agile, ” applied to a she-camel: so says AA.
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