شين

1 شَانَهُ ذ , aor. يَشِينُهُ, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. شَيْنٌ, (S, * Msb, TA,) He, or it, disgraced him, or dishonoured him; rendered him ugly or unseemly, disfigured him, or blemished him; (MA, PS;) i. q. عَابَهُ; (Msb, TA;) contr. of زَانَهُ; (S, * K;) [and ↓ شيّنهُ, inf. n. تَشْيِينٌ, signifies the same, (the verb alone rendered by Freytag, on the authority of Meyd, “ dehonestavit, ”) like as the contr. زيّنهُ signifies the same as زَانَهُ.] ― -b2- The saying of Lebeed, يَشِينُ صَحَاحَ البِيدِ كُلَّ عَشِيَّةٍ بِعُوجِ السَّرَاآءِ عِنْدَ بَابٍ مُحَجَّبِ [ They deface what is unmarred of the deserts, every evening, with the crooked things (i. e. the bows) of the wood of the tree called سَرَاآء, at a veiled door, (referring to a company of men, and therefore the verb is sing.,)] means that they vie, one with another, in glorying, or boasting, and make marks, or lines, with their bows, upon the ground, as though they disfigured it (شَانُوهَا) with those marks, or lines. (S.)