Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شِىٌّ

Root: شوى

Full Definition

شِىٌّ is originally شِوْىٌ. One says, جَآءَ بِالعِىِّ وَالشِّىِّ, using the latter noun as an imitative sequent to the former [for the purpose of corroboration: see art. عى].


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