شبع

شَبْعَانُ ذ Satiated, sated, or satisfied in stomach; (S, Msb, * K;) as also ↓ شَابِعٌ, but this is allowable only in poetry: (K:) fem. of the former شَبْعَى, (S, Msb, K,) and شَبْعَانَةٌ (Sgh, K) is sometimes used: (Sgh:) the pl. of شبعان and of شبعى is شِبَاعٌ and شَبَاعَى. (TA.) [Hence the saying,] قَوْمٌ اـِذَا جَاعُوا كَاعُوا وَتَرَاهُمْ سِبَاعًا اـِذَا كَانُوا شِبَاعًا [ A people who, when they are hungry, are fearful and cowardly, and thou seest them to be beasts of prey when they are satiated ]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- [And hence,] شَبْعَى الخَلْخَالِ (tropical:) A woman who fills up the anklet by reason of her fatness. (S, K, TA.) And شَبْعَى السِّوَارِ (tropical:) Who fills up the bracelet by reason of fatness. (K, TA.) And شَبْعَى الوِشَاحِ (tropical:) A woman large in the belly. (TA.) And شَبْعَى الدِّرْعِ (tropical:) A woman bulky in make: (A, O, L, TA:) in the K erroneously written شَبْعَى الذِّرَاعِ, and expl. as meaning bulky in the forearm. (TA.)