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شق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

الخُطْبَةُ الشِّقْشِقِيَّةُ ذ an appellation applied to a certain خُطْبَة [i. e. oration, or harangue, or sermon,] of 'Alee, because of his saying to Ibn- 'Abbás, (O, K,) on his having cut short his speech, (O,) in reply to a remark of the latter person upon his not having continued his speech uninterruptedly, تِلْكَ شِقْشِقَةٌ هَدَرَتْ ثُمَّ قَرَّتْ [ That was a شقشقة that uttered a braying, then became still ]. (O, K.)

Derived headwords

الخُطْبَةُ الشِّقْشِقِيَّةُ
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تِلْكَ شِقْشِقَةٌ هَدَرَتْ ثُمَّ قَرَّتْ