شبح

1 شَبُحَ, (S, K,) inf. n. شَبَاحَةٌ, (TK,) said of a man, (S,) He was, or became, broad in the fore arms: (S, K, TA:) or long therein. (TA.) A2: شَبَحَهُ, (A, O, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. شَبْحٌ, (TK,) He extended, stretched, or stretched out, it, or him; (A, O, Mgh, L, Msb, K;) namely, a thing; (IF, L, Msb;) a hide, or skin, (A, L, K,) or some other thing, (L,) between pegs, or stakes; (K;) and a man, (Mgh, L, Msb,) between two things, to be flogged, (L,) [i. e.,] between two stakes inserted and fixed in the ground, (Mgh, Msb,) which are called عُقَابَانِ, (Mgh,) when he was beaten, or crucified, (Mgh, Msb,) or like him who is crucified; and ↓ شبّحهُ is used, accord. to some, in the same manner. (L.) And شَبَحَ يَدَيْهِ He extended, or stretched forth, his arms, or hands: (L:) or شَبَحَ [alone] he extended his arm, or hand, to offer a prayer, or supplication; (K;) or he extended and raised his arms, or hands, in his prayer, or supplication. (A.) And الحِرْبَآءُ يَشْبَحُ عَلَى العُودِ (tropical:) The chameleon extends (S, A, O) itself (S, O) or its fore legs (A) upon the branch. (S, A, O.) b2: Also, inf. n. as above, He cut, hewed, or pared, it, namely, a stick, or piece of wood, so as to make it wide. (O, L. [See also 2.]) b3: And He clave it, or split it, (K, * TA,) namely, another's head, or anything whatever. (TA.) b4: شَبَحَ لَنَا He (a man, K) stood erect [as though drawing himself up] to us. (O, K.) b5: And شَبَحَ لَكَ It (a thing) appeared, or became apparent, to thee. (L.) A3: شُبِحَ بِأَمْر ٍ He was, or became, attached, or addicted, to an affair; or fond of it. (O.) 2 شبّحهُ: see 1. b2: Also, (K,) inf. n. تَشْبِيحٌ, (S,) He made it (a thing) wide. (S, K.) b3: and تَشْبِيحٌ signifies also The act of paring, or peeling, or the like. (O. [See also 1.]) b4: And The act of pulling, or plucking, out, or up. (O.) A2: and شبّح, (O, K,) inf. n. as above, (K,) He (a man, TA) became aged, and saw a [thing such as is termed] شَبَح appearing as though it were two. (O, K.) شَبْحٌ: see شَبَحٌ, in two places: A2: and see also مَشْبُوحٌ.

شَبَحٌ (S, A, O, Msb, K) and ↓ شَبْحٌ (S, O, K) i. q. شَخْصٌ [i. e. The body, or bodily or corporeal form or figure or substance, of a man or some other thing or object, which one sees from a distance]: (S, A, O, Msb, K:) a man, or some other creature, of which the شَخْص [or body, &c.,] appears to one: (L:) and a thing that is perceived by sense (A, O, L) and by sight: (O, L:) pl. أَشْبَاحٌ, (A, O, Msb, K,) which is of the former, (A, Msb,) and [of the latter] شُبُوحٌ. (K.) One says, لَاحَ لِى شَبَحٌ, meaning شَخْصٌ [i. e. A body, or bodily form, appeared, loomed, or gleamed, to me]. (A.) And هُمْ أَشْبَاحٌ بِلَا أَرْوَاح ٍ [They are bodies without souls]. (A.) And أَذَقُّ مِنْ شَبَح ٍ

بَاطِل ٍ, (A, O,) and مِنْ خَيْطِ بَاطِل ٍ, a prov., (O,) meaning [More minute, or inconsiderable, than] the atoms that are seen in the rays of the sun entering from a mural aperture in a chamber: (A, * O:) or, as some say, than the thread that comes forth from the mouth of the spider; [meaning gossamer;] called by the children مُخَاطٌ الشَّيْطَانِ. (O.) And الأَسْمَآءُ ضَرْبَانِ أَسْمَآءُ أَشْبَاح ٍ

وَأَسْمَآءُ أَعْمَال ٍ, meaning [Nouns are of two sorts,] the names of things perceived by sense, and the names [of actions, or rather of accidents or attributes, i. e.] of other things; like as they say أَسْمَآءُ الأَعْيَانِ and أَسْمَآءُ المَعَانِى. (A.) And هَلَكَ

أَشْبَاحُ مَالِهِ The known ones of his camels, and sheep or goats, and other cattle, perished. (O, K. *) A2: شَبَحٌ also signifies A door or gate, of high structure; (O, K;) and so ↓ شَبْحٌ: (K:) [but the latter may have originated from a mistranscription; for Sgh says,] and so شَبَجٌ. (O.) A3: See also شَبَحَةٌ.

شَبْحَةٌ A rafter, or timber, (عُود,) of the ceiling, or roof, of a house: so in a trad. where it is said, فَنَزَعَ سَقْفَ بَيتِى شَبْحَةً شَبْحَةً [And he pulled off the roof of my house, rafter by rafter, or timber by timber]. (JM, * TA.) شِبْحَةٌ of horses: what is thus called is well known [as being A rope which is extended from a horse's fore leg to his hind leg: so in the present day]. (TA.) شَبَحَةٌ a word occurring in the K and TA voce مُشْطٌ and in the TA voce مِحَرٌّ &c. [app. as meaning A broad piece of wood]. b2: الشَّبَحَتَانِ signifies The two pieces of wood of the مِنْقَلَة, (O, K,) which is the thing upon which bricks are carried from place to place: the pl. is الشَّبَحَاتُ and [the coll. gen. n., of which شَبَحَةٌ is the n. un., is] ↓ الشَّبَحُ. (O.) شَبْحَان [whether with or without tenween is not apparent, as the fem. is not mentioned,] Tall; (AA, S, O, K;) an epithet applied to a man. (TA.) شَبِيحَةٌ sing. of شَبَائِحُ, (O,) which signifies Pieces of wood, (O, K,) broad, (O,) placed transversly, (O, K,) contrariwise, or on contrary sides, (O,) in the [camel's saddle called] قَتَب (O, K) that is of wood: so expl. by Shujáa. (O.) مُشَّبَحٌ, applied to a [garment of the kind called]

كِسَآء, Strong, or stout: (O, K: *) or, as some say, wide. (O.) b2: And [applied to a stick, or piece of wood,] Pared, (K, TA,) and cut, or hewed [app. so as to be made wide: see 1]. (TA.) A2: And A species of fish.. (TA.) مَشْبُوحٌ Wide between the shoulders. (L.) b2: مَشْبُوحُ الذِّرَاعَيْنِ and الذِّرَاعَيْنِ ↓ شَبْحُ A man broad in the fore arms: (S, K:) or long therein: but AAF and Ibn-El-Jowzee prefer the former explanation. (TA.) A2: مَشْبُوحٌ بِأَمْر ٍ Attached, or addicted, to an affair; or fond of it. (O.)