شح
1 شَحَّ, (
Msb,) sec.
Pers\. شَحَحْتَ,
aor. ـُ and يَشِحُّ, (
S,
O,
Msb,
K,) the latter of these aors. agreeable with
analogy as the verb is
intrans., and the former deviating therefrom; (
MF;) and sec.
Pers\. شَحِحْتَ,
aor. ـَ (
S,
O,
Msb,
K;) [the first of which, having for its
aor. ـُ is the most common;]
inf. n. شُحٌّ (
S,
A,
O,
Msb,
K) and شِحٌّ and شَحٌّ, (
ISk,
O,
K,) of which three
inf. ns. the first is the most approved; (
TA;) He was, or became, niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious;
syn. يَخِلَ: (
Msb:) or بخل relates to single things, or particulars; and شحّ, to things in general: or بخل relates to wealth, or property; and شحّ, to wealth, or property, and to kindness, or beneficence: or شحّ, signifies he was, or became, niggardly, &c., as above, in the utmost degree: (
TA:) or he was, or became, niggardly, &c., as above, (
S,
A,
O,
K,) and covetous, or vehemently or greedily or excessively or culpably desirous, (
K,) or with covetousness, or vehement or greedy or excessive or culpable desire. (
S,
A, O.) You say, شَحَّ بِهِ and شَحَّ عَلَيْهِ; (
T,
M,
K;) by the former meaning He was, or became, niggardly, &c., of it, i. e., of his property, or the like; and by the latter, he was, or became, niggardly, &c., to him, i. e., to an asker, or a beggar, or a seeker, or the like: (
MF:) or [in some cases, as will be seen from phrases mentioned below, (see شَحِيحٌ,)] meaning by the latter the same as by the former. (
L.) [Thus] one says, هُوَ يَشُحُّ بِمَالِهِ [He is niggardly, &c., of his property; and sometimes, in the same sense, يَشُحُّ عَلَى مَالِهِ]. (
A.) And شَحَّ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ [Some of them were niggardly, &c., to some; meaning they were niggardly, &c., one to another]. (
Msb,
K.) 3 هُوَ يُشَاحُّنِى بِكَذَا [He is niggardly, tenacious, &c., as above, with me, of such a thing]. (
A.) [The
inf. n.] مُشَاحَّةٌ [in the
CK erroneously written مَشاحَّة] is
syn. with ضِنَّةٌ: (
K,
TA:) hence the saying, لَا مُشَاحَّةَ فِى الاِصْطِلَاحِ [There shall be no acting in a niggardly manner, of one with another, in the making of peace, one with another]. (
TA.) And one says, فُلَانٌ يُشَاحُّ عَلَى
فُلَانٍ Such a one is tenacious of such a one;
syn. يَضَنُّ بِهِ. (
S,
L.) 6 تشاحّ القَوْمُ The people, or party, were niggardly, tenacious, &c., as above, [see 1,] one to another, (
Msb,
K,
TA,) فِى الأَمْرِ [in the affair], (
K,
TA,) and عَلَيْهِ [for it], (
TA,) and vied in hastening to it, (
TA,) fearing lest it should become unattainable. (
K,
TA.) And تَشَاحَّا عَلَى
الأَمْرِ لَا يُرِيدَانِ أَنْ يَفُوتَهُمَا (
S,
O,
K,
TA) They two (i. e. two men,
S, O) contended together for the thing, or affair, each of them being unwilling that it should become beyond his reach, or attainment. (
TA.) And تَشَاحَحَا المَآءَ [or تَشَاحَّاهُ]
i. q. تَجَاشَعَاهُ [i. e. They straitened each other in pressing to the water, and vied, each with the other, in endeavouring to satisfy their thirst]. (
TA in art. جشع.)
R.
Q. 1 شَحْشَحَةٌ [
inf. n. of شَحْشَحَ] The being cautious, wary, or vigilant; or fearing. (
O,
K.)
b2: The crying of the [bird called] صُرَد. (
K.) You say, شَحْشَحَ الصُّرَدُ The صرد uttered its cry. (
O,
TA.)
b3: The camel's reiterating of his voice, [or his being not clear, or his being sparing,] in his braying. (
K.) You say of the camel, شَحْشَحَ فِى هَدِيرِهِ [He reiterated his voice, or ] he was not clear, (
S,) or he was sparing, (
L,) in his braying. (
S,
L.)
b4: And The flying swiftly. (
S,
K.) نَفْسٌ شَحَّةٌ: see شَحِيحٌ.
أَوْصَى فِى صِحَّتِهِ وَشِحَّتِهِ means [He made his will during his state of soundness, or health, and] in his state of which he is tenacious [or the state which he is reluctant to quit] (فِى حَالِهِ الَّتِى يَشُحُّ عَلَيْهَا). (
O,
K.) شَحَاحٌ: see the next paragraph in four places.
شَحِيحٌ (
S,
A,
Msb,
K) and ↓ شَحَاحٌ (
S,
A,
K) and ↓ شَحْشَحٌ and ↓ شَحْشَاحٌ and ↓ شَحْشَحَانٌ, (
K,) applied to a man, Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious: (
Msb:) or niggardly, &c., as above, in the utmost degree: (
TA:) or niggardly, &c., as above, (
S,
A,
K,) and covetous, or vehemently or greedily or excessively or culpably desirous, (
K,) or with covetousness, or vehement or greedy or excessive or culpable desire: (
S, A:) and ↓ نَفْسٌ شَحَّةٌ signifies the same as شَحِيحَةٌ [a soul that is niggardly, &c.]: (
IAar,
TA:) the
pl. (of شَحِيحٌ,
S,
Msb) is أَشِحَّةٌ [a
pl. of pauc.] (
S,
A,
Msb,
K) and شِحَاحٌ (
S,
A,
K) and أَشِحَّآءُ. (
Msb,
K.) You say, [هُوَ شَحِيحٌ بِشَىْءٍ and] شَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَىْءٍ He is niggardly, &c., of a thing. (
L in art. شد.) أَشِحَّةً عَلَى الخَيْرِ, in the
Kur [xxxiii. 19], means [They being niggardly, or vehemently desirous, of the good things, i. e.] of the wealth and spoils: (
TA:) and أَشِحَّةٌ عَلَيْكُمْ, in the same verse, means [They being niggardly] of aid [to you]. (
Jel.)
b2: [Hence,] إِبِلٌ شَحَائِحُ, [in which the latter word is
pl. of شَحِيحَةٌ,] (
O,
K,) or شِحَاحٌ, (
A,) (
tropical:) Camels that yield little milk. (
A,
O,
K,
TA.) And ↓ زَنْدٌ شَحَاحٌ (
tropical:) A piece of stick, or wood, for producing fire, that does not yield fire. (
S,
A,
K.) And مَآءٌ
↓ شَحَاحٌ (assumed
tropical:) Water little in quantity; not copious. (
K.) And ↓ أَرْضٌ شَحَاحٌ (assumed
tropical:) Land that will not flow with water unless in consequence of much rain; (
S,
O,
K;) as also ↓ شَحْشَحٌ: (
O,
K:) and also, (
ISk,
L,
TA,) or ↓ the latter word, (so
accord. to the
K,) (assumed
tropical:) Land that flows in consequence of the least rain; (
ISk,
K,
TA;) as though it were niggardly of itself to the water: (
TA;) like حَشَادٌ [in this, or in the former, sense]: (
ISk,
L:) thus having two
contr. meanings. (
K.) And
accord. to
AHn, شِحَاحٌ signifies (assumed
tropical:) [Small water-courses such as are termed] شِعَاب any one of which is made to flow if a skinful of water is poured into it. (
TA.) شَحْشَحٌ: see شَحِيحٌ, in three places.
b2: Also Evil in disposition; (
O,
K;) and so ↓ شَحْشَاحٌ. (
TA.)
b3: Very jealous; (
Fr,
S,
O,
K;) as also ↓ شَحْشَاحٌ and ↓ شَحْشَحَانٌ. (
Fr,
O,
K.)
b4: Courageous; (
S,
K;) and so ↓ شَحْشَاحٌ. (
TA.)
b5: Also, (
S,
O,
K,
TA,) applied alike to a male and to a female, (
TA,) and ↓ شَحْشَاحٌ, (
K,
TA,) or ↓ شَحْشَحَانٌ, (
S, *
O,) One who keeps, attends, or applies himself, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to a thing: (
S,
O,
K,
TA:) who strives, labours, or exerts himself, therein: (
TA:) or, as some say, (
S,
O,) penetrating, sharp, vigorous, or effective, therein: (
S,
O,
TA:) the first, (
S,
O,
K,
TA,) and ↓ second, (
TA,) applied to an orator, or a preacher, (
S,
O,
K,
TA,) in this last sense, (
S,
O,
TA,) or as meaning eloquent (
K,
TA) and powerful: (
TA:) and both, as epithets of general application, penetrating, sharp, vigorous, or effective, in speech, or in going or journeying: the first is also applied to an orator, or a preacher, as meaning skilful: (
TA:) and ↓ the last of these three epithets is applied by Dhu-r-Rummeh to a driver of camels, who urges them by singing to them. (
S,
O,
TA.)
b6: Also the first, applied to a raven, or crow, (غُرَاب,) That croaks much. (
O,
K.)
b7: and Light, or agile; applied to an ass; as also ↓ شُحْشُحٌ, (
O,
K,) as some say. (
O.)
b8: and Swift in flight; applied to a قَطَاة. (
S,
O,
K.)
b9: Also, and ↓ شَحْشَحَانٌ, Tall, or long, (
Fr,
O,
K,
TA,) and strong. (
TA.)
b10: And the former, applied to a [desert such as is termed] فَلَاة, Wide; (
O,
K,
TA;) in which the places of alighting are far apart, and in which is no herbage. (
TA.) شُحْشُحٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.
شَحْشَاحٌ: see شَحِيحٌ:
b2: and see also شَحْشَحٌ, in five places.
b3: Also, applied to a woman, Resembling a man in her strength, (
O,
K,) and her exertion, or energy. (
O.) شَحْشَحَانٌ: see شَحِيحٌ:
b2: and see also شَحْشَحٌ, in four places.
مُشَحْشَحٌ Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious; [like شَحِيحٌ;] (
TA;) possessing little, or no, good. (
O,
K,
TA.)
