شع

شَعَاعٌ ذ [an inf. n. (see 1) used as an epithet, and therefore as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl.;] Scattered, or dispersed; and disordered, or unsettled; syn. مُتَفَرِّقٌ; (S, K;) as also ↓ شَعٌّ, [likewise an inf. n. used as an epithet,] applied [like the former] to anything, (K, TA,) such as blood, and an opinion, and a purpose, or an intention; (TA;) and ↓ شَعِيعٌ, which is wrongly expl. in the K as syn. with شَعٌّ in another sense, as stated above; (TA;) and ↓ شَعْشَاعٌ. (S, K.) One says, ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ شَعَاعًا His blood went scattered, or dispersed: (TA:) or شَعَاعٌ applied to blood signifies spirtling from a wound made with a spear or the like; as in a verse cited voce نَفَذٌ. (Az, TA. [See also شُعَاعٌ.]) And ذَهَبُوا شَعَاعًا They went away scattered, or dispersed. (K.) And أُمَّةٌ شَعَاعٌ A nation, or people, scattered, or dispersed. (TA, from a trad.) And تَطَايَرَتِ العَصَا شَعَاعًا The staff, or stick, broke into scattered pieces; as when one has broken it by striking with it upon a wall: and in like manner, القَصَبَةُ the reed, or cane. (TA.) And رَأْىٌ شَعَاعٌ A disordered, or an unsettled, opinion. (S, K.) And نَفْسٌ شَعَاعٌ A mind of which the purposes, or intentions, (هِمَمُهَا, as in the S [and O], for which, in the K, هُمُومُهَا is erroneously substituted, TA,) and the opinions, (Z, TA,) are disordered, or unsettled, (S, K, TA,) so that it is not directed to a decided affair. (Z, TA.) And طَارَ فُؤَادُهُ شَعَاعًا [ His mind fled in a disordered, or an unsettled, state, as though dissipated; expl. as] meaning تَفَرَّقَتْ هُمُومُهُ [a mistranscription, as before: correctly تفرّقت هِمَمُهُ i. e. his purposes, or intentions, became disordered, or unsettled: see also Ham p. 44, and Har p. 366]. (K.) And a rájiz says, الغَدَرْ ↓ صَدْقُ اللِّقَاآءِ غَيْرُ شَعْشَاعِ meaning [ Firm, or steady, in encounter, or conflict, ] not disordered, or unsettled, in respect of purpose, or intention. (S.) ― -b2- Hence, app., (TA,) Milk mixed with much water; (ISh, O;) syn. ضَيَاحٌ. (ISh, O, K, TA.) -A2- Also [as a subst.] The awn, or beard, of the ears of corn; (S, O, K;) and so ↓ شُعَاعٌ and ↓ شِعَاعٌ (K) and ↓ شَعٌّ: (TA:) or the awn, or beard, when it has become dry, as long as it remains on the ears; as also ↓ شُعَاعٌ. (Lth, O.)