Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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4. ⇒ اشعواشعى

اشعى القَوْمُ الغَارَةَ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. إِشْعَآءٌ, (Ṣ,) The people, or party, spread, or dispersed, themselves, or their horsemen, in the hostile, or predatory, incursion; syn. أَشْعَلُوهَا. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: شعو - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

And اشعى بِهِ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He was, or became, grieved, or disquieted, by it; syn. اِهْتَمَّ. (Ibn-Ḥabeeb, Ṣgh, Ḳ.)


شَعْوَآءُ

غَارَةٌ شَعْوَآءُ A raid, or hostile or predatory incursion, spreading widely and dispersedly. (Ṣ, Ḳ.*) [See an ex. in the last of the verses cited voce رُبَّ.]

Root: شعو - Entry: شَعْوَآءُ Signification: A2

And شَجَرَةٌ شَعْوَآءُ A tree having spreading branches. (ISd, Ḳ.)


شَوَاعِىَ

جَآءَتِ الخَيْلُ شَوَاعِىَ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and شَوَائِعَ, from which شواعى is [said to be] formed by transposition, (Ṣ,) The horsemen came scattered, or dispersed, or in a state of dispersion. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


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