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شظف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 شَظُفَ الشَّجَرُ ذ , (S, O, K,) aor. شَظُفَ ; (K;) and شَظِفَ, (O, K,) aor. شَظَفَ ; (K;) inf. n. شَظَافَةٌ, (O, K,) of the former verb; (O;) The trees, not being sufficiently watered, became hard, without losing their moisture. (S, O, K.) ― -b2- And شَظِفَتْ يَدُهُ His hand became rough, or coarse. (Har p. 70.) ― -b3- And شَظِفَ العَيْشُ The means of subsistence became dry and hard. (K, * TA.) -A2- شَظِفٌ السَّهْمُ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. شَظَفَ , (K,) The arrow entered between the skin and the flesh. (S, Msb, K, Omitted in the TA.) -A3- شَظَفْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّىْءُ, (O, TA,) inf. n. شَظْفٌ, (O, K,) I withheld, restrained, or debarred, him from the thing. (O, K, * TA.) ― -b2- And شَظْفٌ signifies also The drawing forth the testicles of a ram: (O, K:) or the compressing them between two pieces of wood, or stick, and binding them with sinew (بِعَقَبٍ, in the CK [erroneously] بعَقِبٍ,) so that they wither. (K.)

Derived headwords

شَظُفَ الشَّجَرُverb
  1. 1.
شَظِفَ العَيْشُ
شَظَفْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّىْءُ