شكم

1 شَكَمَهُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. شَكْمٌ, He bitted him; [namely, a horse or the like;] he put the bit (شَكِيمَة) into his mouth. (TA.) b2: [Hence], شَكَمَ الوَالِىَ, (S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He bribed the والى [i. e. prefect, or the like]; as though he stopped his mouth with the شَكِيمَة, (S, K, TA,) i. e. the [bit, or] iron thing of the لِجَام. (TA.) And شَكَمَ فَاهُ بِالإِتَاوَةِ i. e. (assumed tropical:) [He stopped (lit. bitted) his mouth] with the bribe. (TA in art. اتو.) b3: And فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ أَمْرًا فَشَكَمْتُهُ (assumed tropical:) Such a one did a thing, or performed an affair, and I settled, or established, it. (Lth, TA.) b4: And شَكَمَهُ, (S, K,) aor. as above, (S,) and so the inf. n.; (K;) and ↓ اشكمهٌ; (Th, K;) He repaid, requited, compensated, or recompensed, him; (S, K; *) or gave him what is termed شُكْم [q. v.]: (K:) he gave him his hire, or pay. (S, from a trad.) b5: And, as some say, (S,) شَكَمَهُ, inf. n. شَكْمٌ and شَكِيمٌ, He bit him. (S, K.) A2: شَكِمَ, aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. شَكَمٌ, (TK,) He was, or became, hungry. (K.) 4 أَشْكَمَ see the preceding paragraph.

شُكْمٌ (S, K, &c.) and ↓ شُكْمَى; (K;) of the latter, ISd says, “I think it to be a dial. var., but I am not certain of it; ” (TA;) A repayment, requital, compensation, or recompense; (El-Umawee, A' Obeyd, S, K;) and شُكْبٌ is a dial. var. thereof: (TA:) when the gift is initial, it is termed شُكْدٌ: (S:) or a substitute; or thing given, received, put, or done, by way of replacement or exchange: (Ks, TA:) and (K) a gift; (As, K, TA;) as also شُكْدٌ; (As, TA;) or the latter signifies a gift without compensation: (TA:) or شُكْمٌ signifies a benefaction, bounty, or gratuity; syn. نُعْمَى. (Lth, TA.) شَكِمٌ A lion: (K:) expl. in this sense as occurring in a verse of Aboo-Sakhr El-Hudhalee: or, accord. to Skr, as there used, quickly, or soon, angry; or violently angry. (TA.) شُكْمَى: see شُكْمٌ.

شَكِيمٌ: see شَكِيمَةٌ, in three places. b2: Also The loop-shaped handles of the cooking-pot. (S, K.) شَكَامَةٌ expl. by Golius as meaning “ Malitia indolis, contumacia,” as on the authority of the KL, is app. a mistake for شَكَاسَةٌ, which I find expl. in the KL as signifying the “ being evil in nature, or natural disposition,” but not شكامة. b2: Freytag explains it as meaning also Likeness; a signification of شَكِيمَةٌ, also mentioned by him; but for this he names no authority, and I know of none.]

شَكِيمَةٌ, in the لِجَام, [The bit-mouth, or mouthpiece of a pit; i. e.] the transverse piece of iron in the mouth of the horse, in which is the فَأْس [q. v.]; (S, K;) as also ↓ شَكِيمٌ: (S:) [see also لِجَامٌ, and مِسْحَلٌ:] or ↓ شَكِيمٌ is pl. of شَكِيمَةٌ, as also شَكَائِمُ and شُكُمٌ, (K, TA,) this last with two dammehs, [but written in the CK شُكْمٌ,] or [rather ↓ شَكِيمٌ is a coll. gen. n., and] شُكُمٌ is said by some to be pl. of شَكِيمٌ, not of شَكِيمَةٌ. (TA.) b2: Hence, [as used in phrases mentioned below,] (TA,) (tropical:) Resistance, or incompliance: (S, TA:) disdain, scorn, or disdainful and proud incompliance or refusal: and self-defence from wrong treatment: (K:) and self-magnification, pride, or haughtiness; syn. شَمَمٌ; السَّمُّ in the copies of the K being a mistake for الشَّمَمُ: (TA:) firmness, strength, or vehemence, of spirit; (TA, and Ham p. 140;) and evilness of nature or disposition: (Ham ibid:) strength of heart: (IAar, TA:) hardiness; courage, or courage and energy; or determination; syn. عَارِضَةٌ: vigorousness, strenuousness, or energy: (TA:) also [simply] nature, or natural disposition; syn. طَبْعٌ. (K, TK: in the CK الطَّبَعُ is [erroneously] put in the place of الطَّبْعُ.) One says, فُلَآنٌ ذُو شَكِيمَةٍ (tropical:) Such a one is resistant, or incompliant: (S, TA:) or disdainful, or scornful; resistant, unyielding, or incompliant: one who defends himself from wrong treatment: proud: hardy: courageous: one possessing prudence or discretion, or firmness or soundness of judgment. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ شَدِيدُ الشَّكِيمَةِ, meaning [in like manner] (tropical:) Such a one is firm, strong, or vehement, of spirit; (S, TA, and Ham p. 140;) disdainful, or scornful; resistant, unyielding, or incompliant; (S, K, TA;) so says ISk: (TA:) or, as some say, one possessing strength, or vehemence, of tongue; and perspicuity, or eloquence, of speech or language; or perspicuity of speech with quickness, or sharpness, of intellect; and much hardiness, or courage, or courage and energy, or determination. (Ham p. 140.) b3: Also (assumed tropical:) Likeness, or resemblance. (K.) b4: and (assumed tropical:) A compact, or covenant; syn. عَهْدٌ: (K, TA:) in some copies of the K, الفَهْدُ is erroneously put for العَهْدُ. (TA.) شكو and شكى 1 شَكَا, (K,) first Pers\. شَكَوْتُ, (S, Msb,) of which شَكَيْتُ is a dial. var., (K in art. شكى,) aor. ـُ (S, Msb,) [and of the latter 1َ2ِ3َ,] inf. n. شَكْوٌ, (S, Msb,) or شَكْوَى, (K,) or this is a simple subst., (S, Msb,) also pronounced شَكْوًى, (K,) and شِكَايَةٌ, (S, K,) with kesr, (K,) in which the ى is [said to be] substituted for و because most inf. ns. of the measure فِعَالَةٌ of verbs ending with an infirm radical letter are of verbs of which that letter is ى, (TA,) or this also is a simple subst., (Msb,) and شَكَاةٌ, (S, K,) or this too is a simple subst., (Msb,) and شَكَاوَةٌ, (K,) and شَكِيَّةٌ, (S, K,) is a trans. verb; (S, Msb, K;) and ↓ اشتكى signifies the same; (S, K;) as also ↓ تشكّى: (K:) one says, شَكَا أَمْرَهُ إِلَى اللّٰهِ and ↓ اشتكى [i. e.

اشتكى أَمْرَهُ], and ↓ تشكّى [i. e. تشكّى أَمْرَهُ], (K, TA,) meaning [He complained of his case to God; or] he told to God the weakness of his condition: (TA:) and شَكَوْتُ فُلَانًا and ↓ اِشْتَكَيْتُهُ [I complained to such a one of his conduct to me]; (S;) [or] شَكَا فُلَانًا means he told such a one of his evil conduct to him: (TA:) and شَكَا فُلَانًا

إِلَى فُلَانٍ He complained of such a one to such a one: (MA:) [and شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَذَا I complained to him of such a thing:] see 4: and [in like manner] إِلَيْهِ كَذَا ↓ اشتكى He complained to him of such a thing: (MA:) and مِنْهُ ↓ اِشْتَكَيْتُ [I complained of him, or it; like شَكَوْتُهُ]: (Msb:) Er-Rághib says, الشِكَايَةُ is The showing, or revealing, of grief, or sorrow; whence the saying in the Kur [xii. 86], إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّى وَحُزْنِى إِلَى اللّٰهِ [I only show my grief and my lamentation to God]; and in the same [lviii. 1], إِلَى اللّٰهِ ↓ وَتَشْتَكِى [and showeth her grief, or sorrow, to God]; the primary signification of الشَّكْوُ being the opening of the small skin for water or milk called شَكْوَة, and showing what is in it; so that it is as though originally metaphorical [though what is termed حَقِيقَةٌ عُرْفِيَّةٌ (expl. in art. حق)]; like the phrases بَثَثْتُ لَهُ مَا فِى وِعَائِى and نَفَضْتُ لَهُ مَا فِى جِرَابِى, meaning “ I showed him what was in my heart. ” (TA.) b2: شَكَا is also said of a camel as meaning He stretched out his neck, and made much moaning, or prolonged utterance of a complaining voice, being fatigued by journeying. (TA.) b3: and شَكَاهُ, (MA, K, TA,) inf. n. شَكْوٌ and شَكَاةٌ and شَكْوَى, (MA, TA,) is said in relation to a disease, or sickness; (MA, K, TA;) meaning He (a diseased, or sick, person) complained of it, namely, his disease, or sickness; (MA; [accord. to the TK, followed in this case, as in many others, by Freytag, it means it (i. e. disease, or sickness,) afflicted him; which I think to be indubitably a mistake;]) and ↓ تشكّى and ↓ اشتكى signify the same [as شَكَا مَرَضَهُ he complained of his disease, or sickness]: (TA:) [or] these two verbs (تشكّى and اشتكى) signify [or signify also] he was, or became, diseased, or sick. (TA in additions at the end of this art.) One says also, ↓ اشتكى

عُضْوًا مِنْ أَعْضَائِهِ and ↓ تشكّى, both meaning the same [i. e., originally, He complained of a pain, or disease, in some one of his members; but generally meaning he had a complaint of, or a pain or a disease in, some one of his members; and شَكَا عُضْوًا not unfrequently occurs used in the same sense]: (S:) [thus one often says of a brute; for ex.,] As says, in explaining القُلَابُ as meaning “ a certain disease that attacks the camel,”

مِنْهُ قَلْبَهُ ↓ يَشْتَكِى [he has a pain in consequence thereof in his heart; in which قَلْبَهُ, though determinate, may be considered as an explicative, like بَطْنَهُ in the phrase أَلِمَ بَطْنَهُ, q. v.]. (S in art. قلب.) b4: One says also, هُوَ يُشْكَى بِكَذَا, meaning He is accused, or suspected, of such a thing; syn. يُتَّهَمُ بِهِ: (K: [there mentioned as though it were from أُشْكِىَ, and held to be so by the author of the TK; but it is from شُكِىَ; as though meaning he is complained of by reason of such a thing:]) mentioned by Yaakoob, in the “ Alfádh. ” (TA.) A2: شكى فُلَانٌ [thus in my original, app. شَكَا or شَكَى,] is mentioned by Az as meaning The nails of such a one became split in several, or many, places. (TA.) 2 شَكَّتِ النِّسَآءُ, inf. n. تَشْكِيَةٌ; and ↓ اشتكت; and ↓ تشكّت; (K;) or, accord. to Th, only this last; (TA;) The women took for themselves, or made, a شَكْوَة [q. v.] for the churning of milk; (K, TA;) because it was little in quantity; the شكوة being small, so that only a small quantity can be churned in it: (TA:) or, as in the T, شكّى and ↓ تشكّى he took for himself, or made, a شَكْوَة: (TA:) [or] so ↓ اشتكى: (S:) and so ↓ اشكى. (IKtt, TA.) A2: شَكَّى شَاكِيَهُ, inf. n. تَشْكِيَةٌ, expl. in the K as meaning كَفَّ عَنْهُ and طَيَّبَ نَفْسَهُ, is a foul mistranscription: correctly, سَلَّى شَاكِيَهُ, meaning “ He comforted his complainer, and consoled him for that which had befallen him; ” as in the Tekmileh. (TA.) 3 شاكاهُ, inf. n. مُشَاكَاةٌ, He complained of him, i. q. شَكَاهُ: or he told of his deceit, guile, or circumvention, and his vices, or faults. (TA.) 4 اشكاهُ [He made him, or caused him, to complain;] he did to him that which made him, or caused him, to have need to complain of him. (S, Msb.) He increased his annoyance and complaining. (Az, K, TA.) b2: And He removed, or did away with, his complaint; or made his complaint to cease; (S, * Mgh, Msb, K;) he caused him to be pleased or contented [and so relieved him from his complaint]; syn. أَعْتَبَهُ مِنْ شَكْوَاهُ; (S, and Har p. 337;) i. e. أَرْضَاهُ; (Har ibid.;) and he desisted from that of which he complained: (S, * Msb:) thus it has two contr. significations. (S, K.) Hence the saying, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) in a trad., (TA,) إِلَى رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ حَرَّ الرَّمْضَآءِ ↓ شَكَوْنَا فِى صِيَامِنَا فَلَمْ يُشْكِنَا [We complained, to the Apostle of God, of the heat of the burning ground, in our fasting,] and he did not remove, or cause to cease, our complaint. (Mgh, * Msb, TA.) And [hence] one says, اشكى فُلَانًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ, meaning He took for such a one, from such a one, what pleased or contented him [and so relieved him from complaining of him]. (ISd, K, TA: omitted in the CK.) b3: Also He told him his complaint, and the desire, or longing of the soul, that he endured. (TA.) b4: And i. q. وَجَدَهُ شَاكِيًا [which may mean He found him to be complaining, or, as seems to be indicated by what immediately precedes it in the K, he found him to be complaining of a disease of the slightest sort]: (K:) or, as in the T, اشكى [app. meaning اشكى حَبِيبَهُ] signifies he found the object of his love, or his friend, to be complaining; expl. by صَادَفَ حَبِيبَهُ يَشْكُو. (TA.) A2: See also 2.5 تشكّى He expressed complaint or lamentation, pain, grief, or sorrow; syn. تَوَجَّعَ; (Msb and K in art. وجع;) he made complaint or lamentation. (MA, KL.) See 1, in four places. b2: [Hence] one says, تشكّى شَآئِى أَرْضَ كَذَا, meaning (assumed tropical:) [My sheep or goats] forsook such a land, [as though they complained of it,] and did not go near it. (TA. [But I have substituted شَائِى for what is there written شاكى, an evident mistranscription.]) A2: See also 2, in two places.6 تَشَاكَوْا They complained, one to another. (K.) 8 إِ1ْتَ2َ3َ see 1, in nine places: A2: and see also 2, in two places.

شَكْوٌ inf. n. of شَكَا. (S, Msb.) b2: It is also used in the sense of وَجْدٌ [meaning Grief, mourning, or sorrow]. (TA.) b3: Also, and ↓ شَكْوَى, and ↓ شَكَاةٌ, and ↓ شَكَآءٌ, and ↓ شَكْوَآءُ, (K,) this last mentioned by Az, (TA,) [but it is omitted in some copies of the K,] A complaint, meaning a disease, malady, or sickness. (K.) A2: Also, the first, A small, or young, lamb: or a small, or young, camel: (K accord. to different copies: in some, الشَّكْوُ having for its explanation الحَمَلُ الصَّغِيرُ, and thus in the TA: in others, الجَمَلُ الصغير:) mentioned by ISd. (TA.) شَكَاةٌ an inf. n. of شَكَا; (S, K;) or a simple subst., like شَكْوَى. (Msb.) b2: See also شَكْوٌ. b3: Also i. q. عَيْبٌ [A vice, fault, &c.]. (TA.) [See a verse cited voce رِفَاقٌ.]

شَكْوَةٌ The skin of a sucking kid, (T, * S, M, *) for milk: that of the جَذَع and of such as is above that [in age] is termed وَطْبٌ; (S;) or that of the جَذَع is termed سِقَآءٌ; and that of such as is weaned, بَدْرَةٌ: (T, TA:) or a receptacle of skin or leather, for water and for milk, (K, TA,) or, as some say, in which water is cooled and in which milk is kept close: (TA:) or a small skin for water or milk: or a small receptacle in which water is put: (Er-Rághib, TA:) the dim. is ↓ شُكَيَّةٌ: (TA:) and the pl. is شَكَوَاتٌ and شِكَآءٌ (K, TA) and شُكِىٌّ [like as بُدُورٌ is a pl. of بَدْرَةٌ, being originally شُكُووٌ, like as دُلِىٌّ (pl. of دَلْوٌ) is originally دُلُووٌ]. (TA.) شَكْوَى an inf. n. of شَكَا, as also شَكْوًى; (K;) or a simple subst. [signifying Complaint]: (S, Msb:) pl. شَكَاوَى. (TA.) b2: See also شَكْوٌ.

شَكْوَآءُ: see شَكْوٌ.

شَكَآءٌ: see شَكْوٌ.

شَكِىٌّ i. q. ↓ شَاكٍ [i. e. Complaining]; (Msb;) [or a complainer; i. e.] الشَّكِىُّ signifies اَلَّذِى

يَشْتَكِى, (S,) or الذى يَشْكُو. (JM.) b2: and Pained; syn. مُوجَعٌ; (K, TA;) in this sense an instance of فَعِيلٌ in the sense of مَفْعُولٌ: (TA:) or causing pain; syn. مُوجِعٌ: [thus accord. to both of my copies of the S: and this appears to be correct; for it is there immediately added,] El-Tirimmáh says, وَسْمِى شَكِىٌّ وَلِسَانِى عَارِمُ [which is inconsiderately cited in the TA immediately after the former of these two explanations: I say “ inconsiderately ” because the meaning evidently is, not that thus indicated in the TA, but, My branding, or stigmatizing, by satire, (for one says وَسَمَهُ بِالهِجَآءِ,) is such as causes pain, and my tongue is vehement: or شَكِىٌّ may here have the last but one of the meanings expl. in this paragraph]: وَسْمِى is from السِّمَةُ. (S.) b3: Also Affected with a complaint, meaning disease, malady, or sickness, [app. in an absolute sense, (see شَكْوٌ,) and also] of the least, or lightest, or slightest, sort; and so ↓ شَاكٍ. (M, K.) b4: and i. q. ↓ مَشْكُوٌّ, (S, Msb, K,) which is a pass. part. n. of شَكَا; [and therefore signifies Complained of; and also complained to; but mostly seems to be used in the former of these senses;] as also ↓ مَشْكِىٌّ. (S, Msb.) شِكَايَةٌ an inf. n. of شَكَا; (S, K:) or a simple subst., like شَكْوَى. (Msb.) شَكِيَّةٌ an inf. n. of شَكَا. (S, K.) b2: And also (TA) a subst. signifying A thing complained of (اِسْمٌ لِمَشْكُوٍّ); like رَمِيَّةٌ a subst. signifying “ a thing cast at or shot at ” (اِسْمٌ لِمَرْمِيٍّ): (Msb, TA:) pl. شَكَايَا. (TA.) A2: Also A remainder, or remaining portion, (K and TA in art. شكى,) of a thing: mentioned by Sgh. (TA.) شُكَيَّةٌ dim. of شَكْوَةٌ, q. v. (TA.) شَكِّىٌّ, (thus in copies of the K,) or شُكِّىٌّ, with damm to the ش, (TA,) is mentioned in art. شك.

[q. v.], and J has committed a mistake (K, TA) in mentioning it here, as Sgh has observed: (TA:) [accord. to F, it seems to be a rel. n. applied to a bit, or bridle; for it is said to be so applied in the K, as well as in the O, in art. شك, in which both explain it as meaning Difficult; and also to a skin; for immediately after asserting that J has committed a mistake, F adds,] and شَكَّى, like حَتَّى, is a town in Armenia, whence [are brought] bits, or bridles, (لُجُم,) and skins, (K,) [and SM adds that they are termed شكّيّة: but what I find J to have stated is as follows:] الشَّكِىُّ, [thus in one of my copies of the S,] or الشُكِى, [thus in the other of those copies,] in relation to weapons, is an arabicized word, and is in Turkish لَش or لَشْ. (S. [But in the JM, this last word is written, as from the S, تشن: it may therefore be correctly لَشْن, or لَشِن, which, though used in Turkish, is a Pers\. word, meaning smooth.]) شَاكٍ: see شَكِىٌّ, in two places.

A2: In the phrase رَجُلٌ شَاكِى السِّلَاحِ, (S,) which means A man whose weapon is sharp, or whose weapons are sharp, (S, K, *) Akh says that شاكى is formed by transposition from شَائِك [q. v. in art. شوك]: (S:) and accord. to Az, one says also شَاكٍ فِى

السِّلاحِ. (TA in art. شوك.) b2: And الشَّاكِى [is app. formed in like manner from الشَّائِكُ, and] signifies The lion. (K.) مِشْكَاةٌ A niche in a wall; i. e. a hole, or hollow, (كُوَّةٌ,) in a wall, not extending through; (Fr, S, M, K, &c.;) in which a lamp, placed therein, gives more light than it does elsewhere: thus expl: by the generality of the expositors [of the Kur-án]; and this is said by Ibn-' Ateeyeh to be the most correct explanation: (TA:) said by Aboo-Moosà to mean the iron, or leaden, thing in which is the wick [of the lamp]: thought by Az to mean the tube which is the place of the wick in the glass lamp, as being likened to the كُوَّة which is thus called: (TA:) some expl. it as having this meaning in the Kur xxiv. 35, and say that the مِصْبَاح there mentioned is the lighted wick: (Bd:) accord. to Mujáhid, the pillar, or the like, (العَمُود,) upon the top, or head, of which the مِصْبَاح [meaning lamp] is put: or the iron things by means of which the قِنْدِيل [or lamp] is suspended: IJ says that its ا is originally و, and hence it is [often] written مِشْكٰوةٌ: and Zj says that it is an Abyssinian word, and used in the language of the Arabs: (TA:) [the pl. is مَشَاكٍ, like مَسَاحٍ pl. of مِسْحَاةٌ:] Kaab says that, in the verse of the Kur [xxiv. 35], by the مِشْكَاة is meant the breast of Mohammad; and by the مِصْبَاح, his tongue; and by the زُجَاجَة, his mouth. (TA.) مَشْكُوٌّ and مَشْكِىٌّ: see شَكِىٌّ, last sentence.

شوه

1 شَاهَ وَجْهُهُ, aor. ـُ (K;) and شَاهَتِ الوُجُوهُ, aor. ـُ (S, Msb;) inf. n. شَوْهٌ (S, K) and شَوْهَةٌ, (K,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (TA;) and شَوِهَ وَجْهُهُ, (K,) inf. n. شَوَهٌ; (TA;) His face was, (K,) and the faces were, (S, Msb,) foul, unseemly, or ugly. (S, Msb, K.) And شَوِهَ, (Msb,) and شَوِهَتْ, (Mgh,) inf. n. شَوَهٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) He, (a man, Msb,) and she, (a woman, Mgh,) was, or became, foul, unseemly, or ugly, (Mgh, Msb,) in face, (Mgh,) or in make. (Msb.) b2: شَوَهٌ is also syn. with حُسْنٌ [app. as an inf. n., of which the verb is شَوِهَ signifying He was, or became, beautiful: thus having two contr. meanings]. (TA.) b3: Also, (K,) as an inf. n., (TK,) The neck's being long, (K, TA,) and high, and the head's overtopping; whence ↓ أَشْوَهُ applied to a horse: (TA:) and the neck's being short: thus [again] having two contr. meanings: (K:) one says, [app. of a horse,] شَوِهَتْ عُنُقُهُ His neck was long [&c.]: and his neck was short: (TK:) or شَوَهٌ said of the neck [of a horse] signifies the being extended: and said of the شِدْق [or side of the mouth], the being wide, (JK. [It probably signifies any of the attributes denoted by the epithet أَشْوَهُ, q. v.]) b4: Also, [and app. in this sense likewise an inf. n. of which the verb is شَوِهَ,] The being quick to smite with the [evil] eye. (S.) b5: And one says, شَاهَ فُلَانًا, (K,) inf. n. شَوْهٌ, (TA,) He smote such a one with the [evil] eye; (K, TA;) as also ↓ اشاههُ: (TA in art. شهو:) and in like manner, مَالَهُ [his cattle, or property]: (Lh, TA:) or شَوْهٌ signifies the smiting vehemently therewith. (TA.) And عَلَىَّ ↓ لَا تُشَوِّهْ Smite not thou me with an [evil] eye: (K:) or, accord. to Abu-l-Mekárim this means say not, How eloquent art thou! (Az, TA,) or say not, How beautiful art thou! (ISk, S,) and so doing smite me with the [evil] eye, or with an [evil] eye. (ISk, Az, S, TA.) ↓ تشوّه signifies He practised artifice to smite people with the evil eye. (JK.) And one says, هُوَ يَتَشَوَّهُ ↓ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ لِيُصِيبَهَا بِالعَيْنِ i. e. He raises his look towards the cattle, or possessions, of the people to smite them with the [evil] eye. (TA.) [See also 1 in art. شيه.] b6: Also, He frightened, or terrified, such a one. (Lh, K.) b7: And He envied such a one. (K.) b8: And شَاهَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى كَذَا His desire became raised towards such a thing. (AA, K.) 2 شوّههُ, (S, K,) inf. n. تَشْوِيهٌ, (TA,) He (God) rendered foul, unseemly, or ugly, his face: (S, K, TA:) and it, i. e. the conformation of the face. (TA, from a verse of El-Hotei-ah.) And شَوَّهْتُ الوُجُوهَ I rendered foul, unseemly, or ugly, the faces. (Msb.) b2: And شَوَّهَ اللّٰهُ حُلُوقَكُمْ God rendered, or may God render, wide your throats, or fauces. (TA.) b3: لَا تُشَوِّهْ عَلَىَّ: see 1, latter half. b4: شوّه بِيَدِهِ He (a man) made a sign with his arm, or hand. (JK.) 4 اشاههُ: see 1.5 تشوّه لَهُ He became altered in countenance to him, so as to be not known by him, (syn. تَنَكَّرَ, S, K,) and assumed various appearances. (S.) b2: See also 1, in two places, near the end.

A2: تشوّه شَاةً He hunted a شاة [app. here meaning a wild bull, as seems to be indicated by the context in the S]. (S, K.) شَآءٌ: see the next paragraph.

شَاةٌ, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) originally شَاهَةٌ, (S, Msb, TA,) A sheep, or goat; [each and either, but more commonly the former; see an instance voce صُوفٌ;] i. e. one of what are termed غَنَم; (S, * Msb, * K;) applied to the male and to the female; (S, Msb, K;) so that one says of the male, هٰذَا شَاةٌ, (Msb,) which is said by Kh to be like the phrase هٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّى; (Sb, TA;) and of the female, هٰذِهِ شَاةٌ; and شَاةٌ ذَكَرٌ and شَاةٌ أُنْثَى: (Msb:) or it may be [one] of sheep, and of goats, and of gazelles or antelopes, and of the bovine kind [app. of the wild bovine kind i. e. of bovine antelopes], and of ostriches, and of wild asses; (K;) it is applied to a wild bull by Tarafeh, in his saying, كَسَامِعَتَىْ شَاةٍ بِحَوْمَلَ مُفْرَدِ (S) i. e. Like the two ears of a wild bull, in Howmal, solitary; the poet likening thereto the ears of a she-camel in respect of sharpness and erectness; (EM p. 76;) and likewise by Lebeed, and by El-Farezdak: (IB, TA:) and it is also applied to [a wild cow; (though said in the K in art. شوى to signify the wild bull, specially the male;) and hence, as being likened thereto,] (tropical:) a woman; (K, TA;) thus by El-Aashà; and thus also by Antarah, in his saying, يَا شَاةَ مَا قَنَصٍ لِمَنْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ حَرُمَتْ عَلَىَّ وَلَيْتَهَا لَمْ تَحْرُمِ (TA) O شاة [i. e. wild cow] of the chase (ما being redundant) for him to whom she is lawful: she has become forbidden to me, and would that she were not forbidden: (EM p. 246:) pl. ↓ شَآءٌ, (S, Msb, K,) originally شَاهٌ, (K,) used when they are many in number, (S,) [but this is properly termed a coll. gen. n.,] and شِيَاهٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) with ه, which is used of a number from three to ten [inclusive], for more than which it is with ت [meaning ة, i. e. شَاةٌ, agreeably with a general rule], (S,) and شِوَاهٌ, [the original of شِيَاهٌ,] (K,) and ↓ شَوِىٌّ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, شَوًى,]) which is pl. of شَآءٌ, (S, TA,) or rather a quasi-pl. n., originally شَوِيهٌ, the ه being changed into ى like as it is in ذِى for ذِهْ, (TA,) and أَشَاوِهُ, (K,) and ↓ شَيْهٌ, (so in copies of the K, [in the TA said to be like عِنَبٌ, which is a mistake, (perhaps for عَيْنٌ,) for it is there said to be a quasi-pl. n., which could not be said if it were شِيَهٌ,]) and ↓ شِيهٌ, (CK, [but this, which is another quasi-pl. n., is not in my MS. copy of the K nor in the TA,]) and ↓ شَيِّهٌ, (K,) originally شَيْوِهٌ, but this, also, is a quasi-pl. n., (TA,) and ↓ شِيَةٌ also is syn. with شَآءٌ: (IAar, K in art. شوى:) it has not a pl. formed with ا and ت, [i. e. it has not for a pl. شَاآتٌ,] whether it be used as a gen. n. or as a proper name: (TA:) the dim. is ↓ شُوَيْهَةٌ. (S, Msb.) The sing. is also used in the sense of the pl., in the saying فُلَانٌ كَثِيرُ الشَّاةِ وَالبَعِيرِ [Such a one is possessor of a large number of sheep or goats, and of camels], because the article ال denotes the genus. (S.) And it is said in a trad.

فَأَمَرَ لَهَا بِشِيَاهِ غَنَمٍ [And he ordered that sheep or goats should be given to her]: شياه being prefixed to غنم, governing it in the gen. case, for the sake of distinction; because the Arabs [sometimes] call an animal of the wild bovine kind شاة. (IAth, TA.) b2: الشَّاةُ is also the name of (assumed tropical:) Certain small stars (K in art. شوى) between القرحه [or الفرجة, thus in the work of Kzw, in his descr. of Cepheus, and there said to be the star in the breast of Cepheus,] and الجَدْىُ [i. e. the pole-star]; (TA in that art.;) [the same that are described by Kzw as certain small stars, called by the Arabs الأَغْنَامُ, between the legs of Cepheus and the star الجَدْىُ.]

شَاهُ البَصَرِ, and شَاهِى البَصَرِ: see شَائِهٌ.

شَوَهٌ an inf. n., of شَوِهَ. (Mgh, Msb, TA. [See 1, in several places.]) A2: Also a subst. meaning Unluckiness, or inauspiciousness, of a woman. (TA.) شَيْهٌ and شِيهٌ and شِيَةٌ: see شَاةٌ.

شُوهَةٌ Remoteness: (K, TA:) and so بُوهَةٌ: one says, in dispraise, شُوهَةً لَهُ وَبُوهَةً [i. e. بُعْدًا لَهُ, lit. Remoteness to him! meaning may God alienate him or estrange him, from good, or prosperity! or, curse him!]. (TA.) شَوِىٌّ, originally شَوِيهٌ: see شَاةٌ.

شُوَيْهَةٌ dim. of شَاةٌ, q. v. (S, Msb.) شَائِهٌ Envying: pl. شُوَّهٌ: (As, Lh, TA:) or the latter signifies persons practising artifice to smite men with the [evil] eye. (JK.) b2: And شَائِهُ البَصَرِ, (JK, S, K,) and البَصَرِ ↓ شَاهُ, (JK, K,) and شَاهِى

البَصَرِ, (JK, TA, and S and K in art. شهو,) the last formed by transposition from the first, (S in art. شهو,) A man sharp of sight. (JK, S, K.) شَائِىٌّ: see the next paragraph.

شَاهِىٌّ: see the next paragraph.

شَاوِىٌّ and ↓ شَاهِىٌّ A man possessing شَآء [meaning sheep or goats or both]: (K:) the former is the rel. n. of شَآءٌ; and the latter, that of شَاةٌ: but used as a proper name of a man, it is ↓ شَائِىٌّ, and, if you will, شَاوِىٌّ. (S, TA. *) شَيِّهٌ: see the next paragraph: A2: and see شَاةٌ.

أَشْوَهُ, applied to a man, (Msb,) Foul, unseemly, or ugly, (JK, Msb, K,) in face, (JK, K,) or in aspect, (Msb,) and, as also ↓ شَيِّهٌ, of which the pl. is شَيِّهُونَ, in make: (JK:) fem. شَوْهَآءُ: (JK, Mgh, Msb:) and pl. شُوهٌ. (Msb.) Any created thing incongruous in its several parts; as also ↓ مُشَوَّهٌ. (TA.) And the fem., A woman frowning, or morose, in face; (K, * TA;) foul, unseemly, or ugly, in make: (TA:) and also beautiful, goodly, or comely; (K, * TA;) that excites admiration and approval by her beauty: (TA:) thus having two contr. meanings. (K, TA.) Also, the fem., Unlucky, or inauspicious. (K.) b2: and the masc. applied to a man, (Lth, S, TA,) and the fem. applied to a woman, (Lth, TA,) That smites quickly with the [evil] eye: (Lth, S, TA:) or that smites people effectually with his, and her, [evil] eye. (TA.) And أَشْوَهُ العَيْن Having an evil eye. (Fr, TA in art. شزر.) b3: The fem. is also applied to a mare, (JK, T, S, K,) as an epithet of commendation, but not the masc. to a horse, meaning, it is said, Wide in the شِدْقَانِ [or two sides of the mouth]: (S:) or long in the head, and wide in the nostrils: (JK:) or tall, and such as excites admiration and approval by her beauty or excellence: (K, * TA:) or exceedingly wide in the شِدْقَانِ [or two sides of the mouth] and the nostrils: (K, TA:) or, as some say, wide in the mouth: (TA:) and small in the mouth: thus having two contr. meanings: (K, TA:) or sharpsighted: (T, TA:) or sharp in spirit: (TA:) see also 1. b4: Also, the masc., Proud, and self-conceited. (K.) b5: And خُطْبَةٌ شَوْهَآءُ [An oration from the pulpit] in which a blessing is not invoked on the Prophet. (TA.) أَرْضٌ مَشَاهَةٌ A land in which are شَآء; (A'Obeyd, S, K;) like as one says أَرْضٌ مَأْبَلَةٌ: (A'Obeyd, S:) or in which are many thereof. (K.) مُشَوَّهٌ Rendered foul, unseemly, or ugly, in face, by God: (TA:) or foul, &c., in shape. (K.) See also أَشْوَهُ, second sentence. b2: and Bad in intellect. (TA.)

تبن

1 تَبَنَ, aor. ـِ (S, M, K,) inf. n. تَبْنٌ, (S,) He fed a beast with تِبْن [q. v.]. (S, M, K.) b2: Also He sold [تِبْن, i. e.] straw. (KL.) A2: تَبِنَ, (T, S, M, K,) aor. ـَ (S, K,) inf. n. تَبَنٌ, (T, S,) or تَبْنٌ, (M, K,) and تَبَانَةٌ (T, S, * M, K) and تَبَانِيَةٌ, (M,) He was, or became, intelligent, sagacious, skilful, or knowing; syn. فَطِنَ, (K,) or صَارَ فَطِنًا; (S;) and nice, or minute, in inspection (S, K) into affairs: (S:) or تَبَانَةٌ signifies the being very intelligent or sagacious or skilful or knowing, and nice, or minute, in inspection; as also طَبَانَهٌ; accord. to AO and AA: (T:) these two words signify the same (T, S, M *) accord. to [most of] the leading authorities: (T:) and Yaakoob asserts that the ت is a substitute for ط: (M:) [or the reverse seems to be the case in the opinion of Az, who here remarks that there are many instances of the change of ت into ط:] or the former is in evil; and the latter, in good: (M:) or, accord. to Lth, طَبِنَ means in evil; and تَبِنَ, in good; so that he makes طبانة to be in deceiving, or beguiling, and suddenly, or unexpectedly, attacking or destroying: but En-Nadr says the contr.; and accord. to him, طَبَنٌ signifies the having knowledge of affairs, and intelligence, or sagacity, and science: (T:) and ↓ تبّن, inf. n. تَتْبِينٌ signifies the same as تَبِنَ: (K:) or he inspected nicely, or minutely: as in a trad. in which it is said, respecting a woman whose husband has died leaving her pregnant, يُنْفَقُ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ المَالِ حَتَّى تَبَّنْتُمْ مَا تَبَّنْتُمْ, meaning [She shall be expended upon from the whole of the property] until ye make a nice, or minute, inspection [into the circumstances of the case], and say otherwise, (T, S,) i. e., that she shall be expended upon from her own share: (T:) and so in another trad., in which it is said, إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالكَلِمَةِ يُتَبِّنُ فِيهَا يَهْوِى بِهَا فِى النَّارِ, (A 'Obeyd, T, M,) i. e. [Verily a man will say a saying] in which he will be nice, or minute [in expression, whereby he will fall into the fire of Hell]: (TA:) here A 'Obeyd thinks the meaning to be the making language obscure, or abstruse, and disputing in a matter of religion. (T.) Yousay also, تَبِنَ لَهُ (T, M, TA) He understood it; or knew it; or had knowledge, or was cognizant, of it; (TA;) i. q. طَبِنَ. (M.) 2 تبّن, inf. n. تَتْبِينٌ: see 1.

A2: تَبْنّهُ, inf. n. as before, He clad him with a تُبَّان. (TA.) 8 اِتَّبَنَ He clad himself with a تُبَّان. (K.) تَبْنٌ: see what next follows.

تِبْنٌ (S, M, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ تَبْنٌ (M, K) Straw; i. e. the stalks, or stems, (عَصِيف, M, K,) or the stalk, or stem, (سَاق, Msb,) of seed-produce, (M, Msb, K,) such as wheat and the like, (M, K,) [generally] after it has been trodden or thrashed [and cut]; (Msb;) wheat when it has been trodden or thrashed [and cut] by the feet of beasts or by repeatedly drawing over it the [machine called] مِدْوَس [q. v.]: (Mgh in art. دوس:) [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة [signifying a straw, or piece of straw]. (S, M.) You say أَقَلُّ مِنْ تِبْنَةٍ [Less than a straw, or piece of straw]. (TA.) A2: Also, the former, A great bowl: (S:) or a bowl that satisfies the thirst of twenty: (K:) or the greatest of bowls, that almost satisfies the thirst of twenty: (Ks, S, M:) next is the صَحْن, which is nearly equal thereto: then, the عُسّ, that satisfies the thirst of three and of four: then, the قَدَح, that satisfies the thirst of two men: then, the قَعْب, that satisfies the thirst of one man: then, the غُمَر: (Ks, S:) or a bowl of rude, or rough, make; not made neatly, or skilfully. (M.) b2: [Hence, probably,] (assumed tropical:) A liberal, or bountiful, and noble, chief. (K.) b3: And A wolf. (K.) تَبِنٌ Intelligent, sagacious, skilful, or knowing; and nice, or minute, in inspection (S, M, K) into affairs; (S;) as also طَبِنٌ: (M:) [or very intelligent, &c.: and accord. to some, in evil: or in good: see تَبِنَ.] b2: And One who plays with his hand with everything. (K.) تَبَّانٌ A seller of تِبْن: (S, M, K:) thus, perfectly decl., if of the measure فَعَّال, from التِّبْنُ: but if of the measure فَعْلَان, from التَّبُّ [the act of cutting (for تِبْن is generally cut by the thrashingmachine)], it is [تَبَّانُ,] imperfectly decl. (S.) تُبَّانٌ Small سَرَاوِيل [or breeches], (S, Mgh, K,) without legs, [i. e. having only two holes through which to put the legs,] (TA in art. ثفر,) [made of linen, and of leather,] of the measure of a span, (S, Mgh,) such as to conceal the anterior and posterior pudenda (S, Mgh, K, TA) only; (TA;) worn by sailors (S, Mgh) [and by wrestlers]: or a thing like سراويل: (M, Msb:) or a thing like small سراويل: (T:) [it is an arabicized word, from the Persian تُنْبَانٌ:] the Arabs make it masc. (T, M, Msb) and fem.: (Msb:) pl. تَبَابِينُ. (T, Msb.) تَبَّانَةٌ (TA) and ↓ مَتْبَنَةٌ (Mgh, Msb, TA) and ↓ مَتْبَنٌ (Mgh, Msb) The place, (TA,) or house, or the like, (Mgh, Msb,) of [or for] تِبْن. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) مَتْبَنٌ: see تَبَّانَةٌ.

مَتْبَنَةٌ: see تَبَّانَةٌ.

مَتْبُونٌ, applied to a horse such as is termed بِرْذَون, Of the colour of تِبْن [or straw]. (TA.)

تهم

1 تَهِمَ, (JK, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (Msb, K,) inf. n. تَهَمٌ, (Msb,) or تَهَامَةٌ, (JK,) It (flesh-meat, JK, Msb, K, and milk, Msb, and oil, K) became altered for the worse, and stank: (JK, * Msb, K: *) it (flesh-meat, TK) had a foul odour; it stank. (K.) b2: It (the heat) was, or became, vehement, or intense, with stillness of the wind. (Msb.) b3: Also, inf. n. تَهَمٌ, He (a camel) was penetrated by the heat: (JK:) or was smitten by the hot wind, and in consequence became lean, or emaciated. (TA.) b4: And, (JK, K,) inf. n. تَهَمٌ, (TA,) He (a camel) ate much of the pasture (اِسْتَكْثَرَ مِنَ المَرْعَى), and it was not wholesome: (JK:) or disapproved the pasture (اِسْتَنْكَرَ المَرْعَى), and did not find it wholesome, (K, TA,) and his condition became bad. (TA.) b5: And, said of a man, His impotence, or inability, became apparent, and he became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course. (K.) 3 تَاْهَمَ see 4.4 اتهم He (a man, S) went, (S,) or came, (K,) to Tihámeh: (S, K:) Er-Riyáshee says, I have heard the Arabs of the desert say thus of him who has descended from the mountain-roads of Dhát 'Irk: (TA:) or he alighted, or abode, therein: (K:) as also ↓ تَاهَمَ, (JK, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, تَاهَّمَ,]) in the latter sense, (JK,) and ↓ تتهّم; (K;) or these mean he came to Tihámeh. (TA.) b2: [Accord. to Golius, on the authority of a gloss. in the KL, it signifies also, He went into a region of hot air: and this, if correct, may be the primary meaning.]

A2: اتهم البَلَدَ He found the country, or town, to be insalubrious, (K, TA,) and to have a bad, or foul, odour. (TA.) A3: اتهم, inf. n. إِتْهَامٌ; in measure like أَكْرَمَ, inf. n. إِكْرَامٌ; (Msb;) [originally اوهم; or] formed from تُهَمَةٌ, in consequence of imagining the ت in this word to be radical; (MF in art. وهم;) [like as is said of أَتْخَمَ;] He did a thing that made him an object of suspicion: (JK and Msb and TA in the present art.:) or he was an object of suspicion: (K in art. وهم: [in the CK and TK, erroneously, اتّهم:]) or there was in him that which induced suspicion: you say of a man, when you suspect him, أَتْهَمْتَ, inf. n. إِتْهَامٌ; like أَدْوَأْتَ, inf. n. إِدْوَآءٌ. (S in art. وهم.) A4: اتهمهُ He suspected him; thought evil of him; as also ↓ اِتَّهَمَهُ [which is the more common]. (Msb in this art.) You say, اتهمهُ بِكَذَا, (K, and so in some copies of the S, both in art. وهم,) inf. n. إِتْهَامٌ; (K in that art.;) or بِهِ ↓ اِتَّهَمَهُ; (Msb and K, and so in some copies of the S, all in that art.;) and أَوْهَمَهُ; (K in that art.;) He suspected him of such a thing; imputed it to him; (Msb and K * and TA, all in that art.;) [and he accused him of such a thing;] i. e., a thing attributed to him. (TA.) And ↓ اِتَّهَمْتُهُ فِى قَوْلِهِ [I suspected him in respect of his saying;] I doubted of the correctness, or truth, of his saying. (Msb in art. وهم.) 5 تَتَهَّمَ see 4.8 إِتَّهَمَ see 4, in three places.

تَهَمٌ [in the CK, erroneously, تَهْم] Land descending (أَرْضٌ مُتَصَوِّبَةٌ [in the CK, here and afterwards, erroneously, مُتَصَوِّيَة]) to the sea; as also ↓ تَهَمَةٌ; (K, TA;) mentioned by IKt, from Ez-Ziyádee, from As: (TA:) these two words seem to be [originally] inf. ns. from تِهَامَةُ: (K:) [and accord. to F,] ↓ التَّهْمَةُ is a dial. var. of ↓ تِهَامَةُ: (K:) [but J says,] ↓ التَّهَمَةُ is used in the place of ↓ تِهَامَةُ, as though it were [originally] the inf. n. un., accord. to the saying of As that التَّهَمُ, with fet-h to the medial radical, is an inf. n. from ↓ تِهَامَةُ: (S:) for the ↓ تَهَائِم [pl. of تِهَامَةُ, and thus meaning the parts of Tihámeh, or, accord. to the JK, meaning lands descending to the sea,] do descend to the sea: (K, TA:) so says As: (TA:) and [hence] the rájiz says, (namely, Sheytán Ibn-Mudlij, TA,) نَظَرْتُ وَالعَيْنُ مُبِينَةُ التَّهَمْ [I looked, the eye distinguishing Et-Taham], (S, and Ham p. 659,) meaning Et-Tihámeh. (Ham ibid.) b2: [As inf. n. of تَهِمَ, q. v.,] التَّهَمُ also signifies Vehemence of heat, and [or with] stillness of the wind. (K.) And hence Tihámeh is said to be thus called. (TA.) تَهِمٌ, applied to flesh-me., Altered for the worse; (JK;) having a foul odour; stinking. (JK, * K.) b2: أَرْضٌ تَهِمَةٌ A land vehemently, or intensely, hot. (Er-Riyáshee, TA.) A2: Sleeping; (JK;) i. q. تَهِنٌ. (TA in art. لعث.) التَّهْمَةُ: see تَهَمٌ. b2: It, (K,) or ↓ التَّهَمَةُ, (JK,) signifies also البَلْدَةُ [app. as meaning Mekkeh, like ↓ تِهَامَةُ; as though the city of cities]: (JK, K:) so in the phrase ↓ أَهْلُ التَّهَمَةِ [which may mean The people of Mekkeh; and also, of Tihá-meh, in the more extended sense of the latter appellation]. (JK.) تُهْمَةٌ: see تُهَمَةٌ.

فِيهِ تَهَمَةٌ In it is a foul odour; a stink. (K.) b2: See also تَهَمٌ. b3: التَّهَمَةُ: see تَهَمٌ, and التَّهْمَةُ; the latter in two places.

تُهَمَةٌ, (S, M, K, &c., in art. وهم, and Msb in that art. and in the present also,) of which ↓ تُهْمَةٌ is a dial. var. mentioned by El-Fárábee (Msb, and TA in art. وهم) and by several other authors, or, accord. to Ibn-Kemál, the latter is an inf. n. and the former is a simple subst., but Esh-Shiháb doubts of this; (TA;) originally وَهَمَةٌ, (S, ISd, Msb, &c.,) like as تُخَمَةٌ is originally وُخَمَةٌ; (ISd, TA;) a subst. from اِتَّهَمَهُ; (S, Msb, both in art. وهم;) Doubt: and [more commonly] suspicion, or evil opinion; or doubt combined with suspicion or evil opinion: syn. شَكٌّ: and رِيبَةٌ: (Msb in the present art.:) or i. q. ظَنٌّ [which is a preponderating wavering between the two extremes of indecisive belief; and often means suspicion]: (ISd and TA in art. وهم:) or a thing for which one is suspected: (K in that art.: [and this is often meant by رِيبَةٌ, one of the syns. mentioned above:]) the pl. of تُهْمَةٌ is تُهَمٌ, mentioned by Sb, who argues that it is a pl. [and not a coll. gen. n.] from their saying هِىَ التُّهَمُ [They are suspicions, &c.], and not saying هُوَ التُّهَمُ like as they say هُوَ الرُّطَبُ. (TA in art. وهم.) تَهَامٍ: see تِهَامِىٌّ.

تَهِيمٌ Suspected; thought evil of; (JK in this art., and Msb in this and in art. وهم;) [as also ↓ مُتَّهَمٌ and ↓ مُتْهَمٌ:] or being an object of suspicion; as also ↓ مُتْهِمٌ. (K in art. وهم. [In the CK, the latter is erroneously written مُتَّهِمٌ.]) تِهَامَةُ a name of Mekkeh: (JK, K:) and [more commonly] a certain land, (Msb, K,) well known, (K,) commencing from Dhát 'Irk, (Msb, TA,) towards Nejd, (Msb,) and extending to Mekkeh and beyond it to the distance of two day's journeys (Msb, TA) and more, then uniting with the Ghowr, and extending to the sea: some say that it adjoins the land of El-Yemen; and that Mekkeh is of تِهَامَةُ اليَمَنِ: (Msb:) [F says that] J has erred in terming it a بَلَد: (K:) [but by بلد, J may mean both a city and a country or province:] some say that its name is from تَهِمَ in the first of the senses assigned to this verb above, because it is low in relation to Nejd, so that its odour is bad; and some, that it is from the same verb in the sense explained in the second sentence, because of its vehement heat: (Msb:) [it seems to have تَهَائِمُ for a pl.:] see تَهَمٌ, in four places; and التَّهْمَةُ.

تِهَامِىٌّ Of, or belonging to, Tihámeh; as also ↓ تَهَامٍ, (T, S, M, Msb, K, [in the CK, erroneously, تَهامٌ,]) with fet-h, (Msb, K,) irregularly formed; (M, Msb;) fem. تَهَامِيَةٌ; like رَبَاعٍ and رَبَاعِيَةٌ: (T, Msb:) when it is pronounced with fet-h to the ت, it is without teshdeed [to the ى when you say التَّهَامِى and تَهَامِيَةٌ]; as in the instances of رَجُلٌ يَمَانٍ and شَآمٍ, except that the ا in تَهَامٍ is of the original word, and that in يَمَانٍ and شَآمٍ is a substitute for the two ى of the [regular] rel. n., (S,) or rather, for one of those two ى: (Aboo-Zekereeyà, TA:) and you say قَوْمٌ تَهَامُونَ [A people, or company of men, of Tihámeh], like يَمَانُونَ: (S, K:) and accord. to Sb, some say تَهَامِىٌّ and يَمَانِىٌّ and شَآمِىٌّ, with fet-h, and with teshdeed [to the ى]. (S.) مُتْهَمٌ: see تَهِيمٌ.

مُتْهِمٌ [Going, or coming, to Tihámeh: or alighting, or abiding, therein: and] alighting, or abiding, in Mekkeh. (TA.) b2: وَادٍ مُتْهِمٌ A valley of which the water pours to Tihámeh. (TA.) A2: See also تَهِيمٌ.

مِتْهَامٌ Often coming to Tihámeh: (S K:) pl. مَتَاهِيمُ (S, TA) and مَتَاهِمُ, (TA,) applied to men (S, TA) and to camels. (TA.) مُتَّهَمٌ: see تَهِيمٌ.

ثكل

1 ثَكِلَتْهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) aor. ـَ (Msb,) inf. n. ثَكَلٌ, (S, Msb,) or ثُكْلٌ, (Mgh,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and ثَكْلٌ, (Mgh,) [or this last is also a simple subst.,] She (a mother) lost him, or became bereft of him; namely, her child, (S, Mgh, Msb,) by death: (Mgh:) and ثَكِلَهُ, aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. ثَكَلٌ, (TA,) he lost him; namely, a friend, or person beloved, or a child. (K.) ثَكِلَتْكَ

أُمُّكَ [lit. meaning May thy mother be bereft of thee] is an imprecation against him to whom it is addressed, not said with the desire of its having effect, but on an occasion of vehement love, like لَا أَبَا لَكَ, [and قَاتَلَكَ اللّٰهُ,] &c. (Har p. 165.) 4 أَثْكَلَتْ A state of bereavement clave to her; (K;) namely, a woman: or she became in a state of bereavement. (TA.) A2: أَثْكَلَهَا اللّٰهُ وَلَدَهَا God made her to be bereft of her child [by death]. (Msb, K.) And اثكلهُ اللّٰهُ أُمَّهُ God made him to be bereft of his mother [by death]. (S.) ثَكْلٌ: see what next follows.

ثُكْلٌ The loss, or the state of being bereft, of a child [by death], (S, Msb, K,) or of a friend, or person beloved; (K;) i. e., a woman's loss of her child; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ ثَكَلٌ [which is the inf. n. by general consent], (S, K,) and ↓ ثَكْلٌ. (TA.) It is said in a prov., العُقُوقُ ثُكْلُ مَنْ لَمْ يَثْكَلٌ [Undutiful treatment of a parent is (like) the bereavement of him who is not (really) bereft of his child]. (TA.) b2: Also Death: and a state of perdition or destruction. (K.) ثَكَلٌ: see ثُكْلٌ.

ثَكْلَان; fem. ثَكْلَى and ثَكْلَانَةٌ: see ثَاكِلٌ.

ثَكُولٌ: see ثَاكِلٌ. b2: فَلَاةٌ ثَكُولٌ (tropical:) A desert in which the traveller becomes lost. (K, TA.) ثَاكِلٌ, applied to a man, Bereft of a child, or of a friend, or person beloved; as also ↓ ثَكْلَانُ or ثَكْلَانٌ [with or without tenween, as is shown by the two forms of the fem. mentioned in what follows, but generally without]: (K:) and applied to a woman; (S, Msb, K;) and sometimes ثَاكِلَةٌ; (Msb;) as also ثَكْلَى (S, Msb, K) and ثَكْلَانَةٌ, (IAar, K,) which is rare, (K,) and ↓ ثَكُولٌ; (S, K;) meaning bereft of her child [by death]; (S, Msb;) pl. (of ثَاكِلٌ, TA, [and of ثَاكِلَةٌ,]) ثَوَاكِلُ, [and of ثاكل also ثَكْلَى, as is implied in the TA voce عُبْرٌ,] and (of ثَكْلَى, TA) ثَكَالَى. (Msb, TA.) إِثْكَالٌ and ↓ أُثْكُولٌ i. q. عِثْكَالٌ (S, K) and عُثْكُولٌ, i. e., The fruit-stalk (شِمْرَاخ) upon which are the ripening dates: pl. أَثَاكِلُ, [app. a contraction of أَثَاكِيلُ, like عَثَاكِيلُ,] occurring in poetry. (S.) These two words are mentioned here by J and Sgh, and F has followed them; but they should be mentioned among words whose first radical letter is hemzeh, for the أ is a radical, substituted for ع. (TA.) أُثْكُولٌ: see what next precedes.

مُثْكِلٌ A woman whose state of bereavement is constant: (K:) or who is in a state of bereavement: (TA:) pl. مَثَاكِيلُ (K) [or this is pl. of مِثْكَالٌ]. Hence, نِسَآءُ الغُزَاةِ مَثَاكِيلُ [The wives of the warriors are constantly bereft, or often bereft, of their husbands]. (TA.) b2: قَصِيدَةٌ مُثْكِلَةٌ (tropical:) An ode in which bereavement is mentioned. (Ibn-'Abbád, Z, K.) رُمْحُهُ لِلْوَالِدَاتِ مَثْكَلَةٌ [His spear is a cause of bereavement to mothers] (S, K) is a saying similar to الوَلَدُ مَبْخَلَةٌ وَمَجْبَنَةٌ [explained in art. بخل]. (S.) مِثْكَالٌ A woman much, or often, bereft of her children: (Msb, TA:) pl. مَثَاكِلُ (TA) [or مَثَاكِيلُ: see مُثْكِلٌ]. b2: And A she-camel that is accustomed to lose her young by death or by slaughter or by gift: pl. مَثَاكِيلُ. (Ham p. 746.)

وسط

1 وَسَطَ القَوْمَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. وَسْطٌ (S, Msb, K) [and وُسُوطٌ (as shown below)] and سِطَةٌ, (S, K,) He sat, [or was, or became,] in the middle, or midst, of the people, or company of men; (K;) or among them: (TA;) i. q. ↓ توسّطهُمْ; (S, K;) or بَيْنَهُمْ ↓ توسّط: (Msb:) and in like manner, وَسَطَ المَكَانَ [he was, or became, or sat, in the middle, or midst, of the place]: (Msb:) and وَسَطَ الشَّىْءَ, and ↓ وسّطهُ, and ↓ توسّطهُ, he was, or became, in the middle, or midst, of the thing: and [in like manner] وُسُوطُ الشَّمْسِ signifies السَّمَآءَ ↓ تَوَسُّطُهَا [The sun's being, or becoming, in the middle, or midst, of the sky]. (M.) b2: وَسَطَ الشَّىْءَ also signifies He, or it, was, or became, in the best part of the thing, most remote from the two extremes. (TA.) And وَسَطَهُ He alighted, or took up his abode, in, or among, the best, or most generous, thereof. (M.) and وَسَطَ الرَّجُلُ قَوْمَهُ, and فِى قَوْمِهِ, inf. n. وَسَاطَةٌ, The man occupied, or held, a middle place, [meaning the best place, or one of the best places,] among his people, in respect of truth and equity. (Msb.) And وَسَطَ قَوْمَهُ فِى الحَسَبِ, aor. ـِ inf. n. سِطَةٌ, [He held a middle, or good, or the best, rank among his people in regard of grounds of pretension to respect.] (M.) And وَسُطَ فِى

حَسَبِهِ, [aor. ـْ inf. n. وَسَاطَةٌ and سِطَةٌ, [He held a middle, or good, or the best, rank in regard of his grounds of pretension to respect;] (M, TA;) and وَسَطَ signifies the same; (M;) and so does ↓ وسّط, (M, TA,) inf. n. تَوْسِيطٌ. (TA.) [See وَسَطٌ, below.]2 وسّطهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَوْسِيطٌ, (S, K,) He put it in the middle, or midst. (S, K.) b2: And [so in the S, but in the K “ or,”] He cut it [in the middle, or midst, i. e.] in two halves. (S, K.) [See the pass. part. n., below.] b3: [In the Kur, c. 5,] some read, فَوَسَّطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعًا [which may mean And have put in the midst, thereby, a company of the enemy: or have divided in two halves, thereby, &c.: or have thereby become in the midst of a company of the enemy]: (S, TA:) others read فَوَسَطْنَ. (TA.) See 1, first sentence. b4: وسّط فى حَسَبِهِ: see 1, last sentence.5 تَوَسَّطَ see 1, first sentence, in four places. b2: توسّط بَيْنَ النَّاسِ He mediated, or interceded, between the men, or people, for the purpose of accommodation; from وَسَطَ الرَّجُلُ قَوْمَهُ and فِى

قَوْمِهِ, explained above; (Msb;) or from وَسَاطَةٌ; (S;) he made mediation, or intercession, (عَمِلَ الوَسَاطَةَ,) between them. (K.) b3: توسّط also signifies He took what was of a middle sort, between the good and the bad. (K.) وَسْط, with the س quiescent, is an adv. n.; [as such written وَسْطَ, meaning In the middle of: in the midst of; or among;] (S, M, IB, Mgh, K;) and it is for this reason that it has its middle letter quiescent, (S, IB,) like بَيْنَ (IB) with which it is syn.; (IB, Msb;) [for] it may be used in any case in which بَيْنَ may be substituted for it; (S, IAth, K;) and, like بَيْنَ, it does not denote a part of the thing denoted by the noun to which it is prefixed, wherein differing from ↓ وَسَط. (S, IB, K.) You say, جَلَسْتُ وَسْطَ القَوْمِ (S, IB, Msb) I sat [in the middle of, or in the midst of,] or among, the people, or company of men, (IB, Msb;) not being one of them. (IB.) And وَسْطَ رَأْسِهِ دُهْنٌ [In the middle of his head is oil]; not meaning a component part of the head. (IB.) And it is said in a trad.

الجَالِسُ وَسْطَ الحَلْقَةِ مَلْعُونٌ [The sitter in the midst of the ring is cursed]: for he must of necessity turn his back towards some of those who surround him, and so displease them; wherefore they curse him and revile him. (IAth.) b2: It may not [properly] be used as a decl. n., (IB,) i. e. as an inchoative, (Mgh,) nor as an agent, nor as an objective complement; (IB, Mgh) &c.; thus, also, differing from ↓ وَسَط; unless it have the adverbial particle [فِى] prefixed to it; in which case it has the sense of وَسَط, and you say, جَلَسْتُ فِى وَسْطِ القَوْمِ and فى وَسْطِ رَأْسِهِ دُهْنٌ [like as you say جَلَسْتُ وَسْطَ القَوْمِ and وَسْطَ رَأْسِهِ دُهنٌ, explained above]: and sometimes it is used as a subst., preserving the quiescence [and the adverbial form], like as بَيْنَ is used as a subst. though virtually an adv. n., in cases like that where it is said in the Kur, [vi. 94,] لَقَدْ تَقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ [meaning مَا بَيْنَكُمْ, or, as explained in the Expos. of the Jel., وَصْلُكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ]: (IB:) or وَسْط is sometimes used for ↓ وَسَط, improperly; (S;) or it may be so used; (Msb;) or it is so used by poetic license; (M;) or, as some say, each of them may take the place of the other; and this seems the most likely: (IAth:) or one says وَسْط, with sukoon, only, of that whereof the component parts are separate, or distinct, (IAth, K *,) such as a number of men, and beasts of carriage, &c.; (IAth;) and ↓ وَسَط, (IAth,) or both, (K,) of that whereof the component parts are united, (IAth, K *,) such as a house, and the head, (IAth,) or such as a ring: (K:) it is related, as on the authority of Th, that الشَّىْءِ ↓ وَسَطُ and وسْطُهُ [both meaning The middle, or midst, of the thing] are said when the thing is solid; but when its component parts are separate, or distinct, the word is وَسْطٌ, with sukoon, exclusively. (M.) وَسَطٌ [The middle, midst, or middle part, of a thing; i. e.,] properly, the part of which several lateral, or outer, portions are equal; as, for instance, the middle finger: but also meaning the part which is surrounded, or enclosed, on its several sides, although unequally: (Msb:) or the part that is between the two sides or extremities of a thing; (M, IB, Mgh, K;) [or the part, or point, that is between every two opposite extremities of a thing; and properly when equidistant;] as, for instance, the centre of a circle: (Mgh:) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ, (M, K,) which is [likewise] a subst., like أَفْكَلٌ and أَزْمَلٌ [but imperfectly decl. because originally an epithet]: (M:) وَسَطٌ has its middle letter with fet-h in order that it may agree in measure with its contr., which is طَرَفٌ; the like agreement being frequent: (IB:) and it is only used in cases in which بَيْنَ may not be substituted for it, herein [and in other respects, mentioned in the next preceding paragraph,] differing from وَسْط: (S, IB, K:) [respecting the similar and dissimilar usages of وَسَط and وَسّط, sufficient observations have been made in the next preceding paragraph, which see throughout, and more especially in its latter part:] the pl. of وَسَطٌ is أَوْسَاطٌ; and that of its syn. ↓ أَوْسَطُ is أَوَاسِطُ; or this may be a pl. of ↓ وَاسِطٌ, and originally وَوَاسِطُ. (M.) You say, جَلَسْتُ فِى

وَسَطِ الدَّارِ [I sat in the middle, or middle part, of the house]; (S, Mgh, Msb;) because وَسَط is a subst. (S.) And إِتَّسَعَ وَسَطُهُ [The middle, or middle part, thereof, became wide]. (Mgh, Msb.) And ضَرَبْتُ وَسَطَ رَأْسِهِ [I smote the middle, or middle part, of his head]. (Mgh, * Msb.) And كَسَرْتُ وَسَطَ الرُّمْحِ [I broke the middle, or middle part, of the spear]. (IB.) And وَسَطُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ طَرَفِهِ [The middle, or middle part, thereof is better than the extremity]. (Mgh, Msb.) And خَيَرُ الأُمُورِ أَوْسَاطُهَا The best of affairs, or actions, or cases, are such of them as are between two extremes. (M. [See R. Q. 1, in art. حق.]) It is sometimes put in the accus. case as an adv. n.; as in the saying, جَلَسْتُ وَسَطَ الدَّارِ; but this is an instance of departure from the original usage; and [the meaning is جَلَسْتُ فِى وَسَطِ الدَّارِ signifying as explained above; so that] it is not here syn. with بَيْنَ, like as وَسْطَ is. (IB.) b2: It is also used as an epithet: (IB, Mgh:) [as such signifying Middle; intermediate; midway, or equidistant, between the two extremities or extremes; in place, or position: but in this sense superseded in usage by ↓ أَوْسَطُ and ↓ وَاسِطٌ and ↓ مُتَوَسِّطٌ: and in time; but in this sense also superseded in usage by ↓ أَوْسَطُ:] middling; of middle sort, kind, or rate; (Msb;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ (S, * M, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ مُتَوَسِّطٌ (M, Mgh, Msb) and ↓ وَسُوطٌ (M, TA) [and ↓ وَسِيطٌ]; between good and bad; (Msb, TA;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ: (Msb:) conforming, or conformable, to the just mean; just; equitable: (Zj, S, K:) good; (Zj, M, Msb, K;) as also ↓ وَسِيطٌ: (M:) most conforming, or conformable, to the just mean; most just; most equitable; applied to what is so of a thing; (S, M, K;) whatever it be; (S, K;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطَ: (M:) best; (Msb;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ: (S, * Msb, K *:) most generous: (M:) and when used as an epithet, it is applied alike to a masc., fem., sing., dual, and pl., subst.: (Mgh:) the fem. of ↓ أَوْسَطُ is وُسْطَى; (Mgh, Msb;) and the pl. masc. أَوَاسِطُ; and pl. fem. وُسَطٌ. (Msb.) Hence, (Msb,) ↓ الإِصْبَعُ الوُسْطَى (S, Msb, K) The middle finger. (Msb.) And ↓ اليَوْمُ الأَوْسَطُ [The middle day]. (Msb.) And ↓ اللَّيْلَةُ الوُسْطَى [The middle night. (Msb.) And ↓ العَشَرَةُ الأَوَاسِطُ, meaning The [ten middle] days. (Msb.) And العَشْرُ

↓ الوُسَطُ, meaning The [ten middle nights: not ↓ العَشْرُ الأَوْسَطُ; for this is a vulgar mistake, into which relaters of traditions have fallen; or it may be a mistake of transcription. (Msb.) and ↓ الصَّلٰوةُ الوُسْطَى, (M, Mgh, &c.,) mentioned in the Kur, [ii. 239,] (M, K,) meaning The middle prayer (Bd, TA) between the other prayers, (Bd,) or between the prayers of the night and the day; (TA;) or the most excellent of them in particular: (Bd:) i. e. the prayer of the afternoon; ('Alee Ibn-Abee-Tálib, I'Ab, and others, Mgh, Bd, K;) because the prophet said, on the day of the Ahzáb, “they have diverted us from الصلوة الوسطى, the prayer of the afternoon: ” (Bd:) or the prayer of daybreak; (also said to be on the authority of 'Alee, Mgh, Bd, K;) because it is between the prayers of the night and the day; (Bd;) for the saying of the prophet mentioned above does not contravene this and other assertions, since what is meant in the trad. is not what is meant in the Kur: (K:) or, (M, K,) accord. to Abu-l-Hasan, (M,) the prayer of Friday; (M, K;) because it is the most excellent of the prayers; (M;) and he who says otherwise errs, unless he trace up the assertion to the prophet: (M, K:) these three opinions are of the strongest authority; (B;) and the first is that which commonly obtains: (Mgh:) or the prayer of noon; (Mgh, Bd, Msb, K;) because it is in the middle of the day: (Bd:) or the prayer of Friday on the day thereof; but on other days the prayer of noon: (K, and also said to be on the authority of 'Alec:) or the prayer of sunset: (Mgh, Bd, K:) or the prayer of nightfall: (Bd, K:) or [the night-prayer called] الوِتْر: (K:) or the prayer of the breaking of the fast: (K:) or the prayer of sacrifices: (K:) or the prayer of the period called the ضُحَى: (K:) or the prayer of the congregation: (K:) or the prayer of fear: (K:) or the prayers of nightfall and daybreak together: (K, and said to be on the authorities of 'Omar and 'Othmán:) or the prayers of daybreak and the afternoon together: (K:) or any of the five prayers; because before it are two prayers and after it are two prayers: (K:) or all the divinely-appointed prayers: (K:) or certain prayers not particularized: (K:) or prayer of middling length, between long and short. (K.) Hence also, شَىْءٌ وَسَطٌ A middling thing; a thing of middle sort or kind; (Msb;) between good and bad; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ أَوْسَطُ: (Msb:) and in like manner it is applied to a male slave, and a female slave, (Msb,) and two male slaves, and two sheep or goats. (Mgh.) And مَا تُطْعِمُونَ ↓ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ

أَهْلِيكُمْ, in the Kur, [v. 91,] Of the middle sort of that which ye give for food to your families, (Mgh, Msb,) between what is prodigal and what is niggardly. (Mgh.) And ↓ النَّمَطُ الأَوْسَطُ The middle class of men: occurring in a saying of 'Alee, cited in full in art. غط. (M.) And عَلِّمْنِى

↓ دِينًا وَسُوطا Teach thou to me a religion of the middle sort: occurring in a saying of an Arab of the desert to El-Hasan, cited in full voce فَرَطَ. (M, TA.) And جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أَمَّةً وَسَطًا, in the Kur, [ii. 137,] (S, Mgh, Msb,) [We have made you to be a nation] conforming, or conformable, to the just mean; just; equitable: (Zj, S, IB, Bd, K:) or good. (Zj, Bd, Msb, K.) And مَرْعًى

وَسَطٌ Choice pasturage. (M.) And رَجُلٌ وَسَطٌ A good man; as also ↓ وَسِيطٌ: (M:) or a man having good grounds of pretension to respect. (TA.) And فِى قَوْمِهِ ↓ فُلَانٌ وَسِيطٌ, (S, K *,) or بَيْنَهُمْ, (as in some copies of the K,) Such a one is the best of his people (↓ أَوْسَطُهُمْ) in race, and the highest of them in station. (S, K.) and الدَّارِ وَالحَسَبِ ↓ فُلَانٌ وَسِيطُ [Such a one is of good quality, or of the best quality, in respect of tribe, and of grounds of pretension to honour]. (Lth.) And هُوَ مِنْ وَسَطِ قَوْمِهِ, and ↓ من أَوْسَطِهِمْ, He is of the best of his people. (Msb.) And in like manner, هُوَ مِنْ وَسَطِ الشَّىْءِ, and ↓ من أَوْسَطِهِ, It is of the best of the thing. (Msb.) And قَالَ

↓ أَوْسَطُهُمْ in the Kur, lxviii. 28, The best of them said: (Jel:) or the most rightly directed, of them, to the truth: (Msb:) or it means ↓ أَوْسَطُهُمْ رَأْيًا [the most remote, of them, from either extreme, in judgment]; or سِنًّا [in age]. (Bd.) وَسُوطٌ: see وَسَطٌ, as an epithet, in two places.

وَسِيطٌ: see وَسَطٌ, as an epithet, in five places. b2: A mediator, or an intercessor, for the purpose of accommodation, (O, K,) between people, (O,) or between two persons engaged in mutual altercation or litigation. (K.) وَسَاطَةٌ [originally an inf. n.: (see 1:) b2: and hence, as a subst., Mediation, or intercession]. (S, K: see 5.) b3: وَسَاطَةُ الدَّنَانِيرِ The best of deenárs. (TA.) وَسِيطَةٌ A mean, or means: pl. وَسَائِطُ.]

وَاسِطٌ: see وَسَطٌ, as a subst., and also as an epithet. b2: وَاسِطُ الكُورِ, (Lth, S, K,) or الرَّحْلِ, (ISh, Az, M,) and ↓ وَاسِطَتُهُ, (Lth, M, K,) and ↓ مَوْسِطَتُهُ, (Lh, M, [or perhaps ↓ مُوسِطَتُهُ, corresponding to ↓ مُؤْخِرَتُهُ,]) The fore-part of the camel's saddle: (S, K:) accord. to Lth, (Az, TA,) the part, of the camel's saddle, which is between the تَادِمَة and the آخِرَة; (Az, M, L;) but this is a mistake; (Az, L;) for the واسط of the camel's saddle is one of the شَرْخَانِ, (ISh, Az, L,) which are its two extremities, [or upright pieces of wood,] like the قَرَبُوسُانِ of the horse's saddle, (Az, L,) between which the rider sits; (ISh, Az, L;) it is the extremity which is next to the head of the camel; (Az, L;) the tall forepart next to the breast of the rider, (ISh, Az, L,) against which the breast of the rider sometimes strikes; (TA, in art. نحز;) the آخِرةَ being the extremity which is next to the tail of the camel; (Az, L;) the hinder part of the saddle, which is its tall and broad piece of wood that is against (تُحَاذِى) the head of the rider: (ISh, Az, L:) the former of these is not called واسط as being a middle part between the آخرة and the قادمة, as Lth says; nor has the camel's saddle any [part called] قادمة. (Az, L.) b3: الوَاسِطُ also signifies The piece of wood that is in the middle, between the two pieces called the عِضَادَتَانِ, in the yoke that is upon the neck of a bull which draws a cart or the like. (L in art. عضذ.) وَاسِطَةٌ The jewel that is in the middle of a قِلَادَة [or necklace], which is the best thereof; (S;) the large pearl (دُرَّة) that is in the middle thereof, which is the most precious of the beads thereof. (L.) b2: [In modern Arabic, A means of doing a thing. You say, بِوَاسِطَةِ كَذَا By means of such a thing. b3: Also, An intermediary, interposer, or agent between parties; a go-between.] b4: See also وَاسِطٌ. b5: هُوَ فِى

وَاسِطَةٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ (assumed tropical:) He is in a good condition of life. (Er-Rághib, TA, in art. حف.) أَوْسَطُ; fem. وُسْطَى; pl. masc. أَوَاسِطُ; pl. fem.

وُسَطٌ: see وَسَطٌ, as a subst., in two places; and as an epithet, throughout.

مُوسَطٌ What is in the middle of a بَيْت [i. e. house, or tent, &c.], particularly. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) مَوْسِطَةٌ, or مُوسِطَةٌ: see وَاسِطٌ.

قَتَلَ فُلَانًا مُوَسَّطًا He slew such a one cut [in the middle, or midst,] in two halves. (TA.) [This mode of slaughter, termed تَوْسِيطٌ, was often practised under the rule of the Egyptian Sultáns; many instances thereof being mentioned by ElMakreezee and other historians. See De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., 2nd ed., vol. i. p. 468.]

مُتَوَسِّطٌ: see وَسَطٌ, as an epithet, in two places.