شرسف
شَرْسَفَةٌ Badness of natural disposition; illnature. (Ibn-'Abbád,
O,
K.) شُرْسُوفٌ The غُضْرُوف [or cartilage] attached to each rib; (
S,
O,
K;) like the غُضْرُوف of the scapula: (
S, O:) or the extremity of the rib, projecting over the belly: (
S,
O,
K:) or the head of the rib, next the belly: (
IAar, O:) or a rib having a غُضْرُوف [or cartilage] at its extremity: (
ISd,
TA:)
pl. شَرَاسِيفُ. (
S, O.)
A2: A camel shackled. (
IAar,
O,
K.)
b2: And A camel hocked, or hamstrung, in one of his legs. (
IAar,
O,
K.)
b3: And A captive having his arms bound behind his back. (
IAar, O.)
A3: Calamity, or misfortune: and the commencement of hardship. (
K.) One says, أَصَابَتِ النَّاسَ الشَّرَاسِيفُ The commencements of hardships befell the people. (
IF, O.) شَاةٌ مُشَرْسَفَةٌ A sheep, or goat, having in its sides a whiteness covering the شَرَاسِيف [
pl. of شُرْسُوفٌ,
q. v.,] (
Lth,
O,
K) and the شَوَاكِل [
pl. of شَاكِلَةٌ,
q. v.]. (
Lth, O.)
