شحج
1 شَحَجَ,
aor. ـَ and شَحِجَ,
inf. n. شَحِيجٌ (
S,
O,
K) and شُحَاجٌ (
As,
S,
O,
K) and شَحَجَانٌ (
O,
K) and تَشْحَاجٌ; (
O,
L;) and ↓ تشحّج; and ↓ استشحج; (
L,
TA;) He uttered his voice or cry; [brayed; croaked;] said of a mule, (
S,
O,
K, &c.,) and of an ass, (
ISd,
O,) and of a raven, or crow; (
S,
O,
K, &c.;) and sometimes, (
tropical:) of a man: (
L:) or شَحِيجٌ is used in relation to a mule; and شَحَجَانٌ, in relation to a raven, or crow: (
T,
TA:) or the former of these two signifies the reiterating of the voice or cry of the raven, or crow; and when it stretches forth its head [and croaks], you say نَعَبَ: and
accord. to the
L, the first and second
inf. ns., used in relation to an ass, signify the uttering certain of his voices or cries:
Th is thought by
ISd to have mentioned also شَحِجَ; but the latter doubts its correctness: and شُحَاجٌ is also
expl. as signifying the raising of the voice; but as used more especially in relation to the mule and the ass. (
TA.) شَحَجَ is also said of a raven, or crow, meaning He, being advanced in age, had a rough, or harsh, voice or cry: (
O,
K:) [he croaked roughly, or harshly, by reason of age:] it is said in the
M that شَحِيجٌ and شُحَاجٌ signify the crying of a raven, or crow, when advanced in age. (
TA.) 5 تَشَحَّجَ see the preceding paragraph.
10 استشحج [He desired a raven, or crow, to croak]. One says of ravens, or crows, اُسْتُشْحِجْنَ فَشَحَجْنَ [They were desired to croak, and they croaked]. (
O,
K.)
b2: See also 1.
شَحَّاجٌ, applied to a mule, an ass, and a raven or crow, that brays, or croaks, or raises its voice, much: and by Er-
Rá'ee it is applied to (
tropical:) a مُؤَذِّن. (
TA.)
b2: بَنَاتُ شَحَّاجٍ, (
S,
A,
O,
K,) and ↓ شَاحِجٍ, (
L,) Mules: (
S,
A,
O,
K:) and asses. (
A,
TA.)
b3: And شَحَّاجٌ and ↓ مِشْحَجٌ The wild ass: (
S,
O,
K:) in the
L said to be the wild pigeon: [but حمام is evidently there a mistranscription for حِمَار:] each an
epithet in which the quality of a
subst. predominates. (
TA.) بَنَاتُ شَاحِجٍ: see شَحَّاجٌ.
b2: شَوَاحِجُ [
pl. of شَاحِجَةٌ] Ravens, or crows: which are also called ↓ مُسْتَشْحَجَاتٌ and ↓ مُسْتَشْحِجَاتٌ, meaning desired to croak and croaking. (
O,
K.) Dhu-r-Rummeh uses the phrase بِالفِرَاقِ ↓ مُسْتَشْحِجَاتٌ [Ravens croaking by reason of separation]. (
O,
TA.) مِشْحَجٌ: see شَحَّاجٌ.
مُسْتَشْحَجَاتٌ: see the next but one of the preceding paragraphs, in three places.
