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شع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

R. Q. 2 تَشَعْشَعَ ذ , said of a man, is from ↓ شَعْشَاعٌ applied to a man as meaning حُلْوٌ خَفِيفٌ [i. e. “ such as is excited to briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, and esteemed pleasing in the eye, and is light, or active; ” so that the verb may be rendered He was, or became, such as is excited to briskness, &c.: or he was, or became, such as is termed شَعْشَاعٌ, q. v.]. (Ham, p. 246.) ― -b2- Said of the month It nearly came to an end; little remained of it: (K, TA:) occurring in a trad.: but accord. to one relation thereof, it is تَشَعْسَعَ; from الشُّسُوعُ “ the being distant, or remote: ” and accord. to another, تَشَعْسَعَ, with two سs. (TA.)

Derived headwords

تَشَعْشَعَ
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حُلْوٌ خَفِيفٌ