شجر

8 اشتجر ذ It was, or became, knit, or connected, together, one part with another; as also اِشْتَبَكَ: it was, or became, commingled, one part amid, or within, another; (TA;) and so ↓ تشاجر: (Ham p. 161:) it was, or became, intricate, complicated, perplexed, confused, or intricately intermixed. (TA: see 1, first sentence.) It is said in a trad., relating to conflict and faction (فِتْنَة), يَشْتَجِرُونَ فِيهَا ا@شْتِجَارَ أَطْبَاقِ الرَّأْسِ They become knit together therein, like the knitting together of the bones of the head that interjoin, one with another, one entering into another: or the meaning is, they disagree, or differ, one with another. (TA.) You say, اشتجروا بِرِمَاحِهِمْ (TA) and بِهَا ↓ تشاجروا (S, A, Msb, TA) They became knit together, or commingled, one with another, [ in conflict, ] with their spears: (TA:) or they thrust, or pierced, one another with their spears. (S, A, Mgh, Msb, TA.) And اشتجروا (Zj, S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ تشاجروا (Zj, S, A, Mgh, K) They became commingled, or confused, or embroiled, disagreeing, or differing: (Zj, TA:) they contended, or disputed, together; (S, A, Mgh, Msb;) or disagreed, or differed. (S, * A, * Mgh, Msb, * K.) ― -b2- Also He preceded, outwent, or outstripped; (K, * TA;) and so ↓ انشجر. (K.) ― -b3- And, said of sleep, It withdrew, or kept aloof, from one; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ انشجر. (K.) -A2- Also (S, K) said of a man, (S,) He put his hand beneath his شَجْر, against the part beneath his chin: (S:) or he put his hand beneath his chin and leaned upon his elbow, (K, TA,) not laying his side upon the bed. (TA.) ― -b2- [And, said of a horse, He was bridled, reined, or curbed: (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees:) or perhaps the verb in this sense is in the passive form:] -A3- see 1, last sentence but two.