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ش ط ط

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3
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2

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root شط. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

شَطَّ , aor. شَطِ3َ and شَطُ3َ , (S, Msb, K,) [the latter contr. to analogy,] the pret. like ضَرَبَ and قَتَلَ , (Msb, [and the like is said in the TA,]) inf. n. شَطٌّ and شُطُوطٌ , (S, K,) It (a house, or dwelling, S, Msb, TA, and a place of visitation, TA) was, or became, distant, remote, or far off. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- شَطَّ فِى السَّوْمِ , (Msb, K,) aor. شَطِ3َ and شَطُ3َ , (Msb,) inf. n. شَطُّ and شَطَطٌ ; (TA;) or فِيهِ ↓ أَشَطَّ ; (S;) or both, (Msb, K,) but the latter is the more common; (K;) and ↓ اشتطّ ; (S;) He went far, (S, K,) or beyond the due bounds, in offering a thing for sale and demanding a price for it, or in bargaining for a thing: (S, Msb, K:) the verb in this phrase is also followed by عَلَيْهِ [against him]. (TA.) IB says that شَطَّ signifies بَعُدَ [meaning He, or it, was, or became, distant, &c.]: and that ↓ أَشَطَّ signifies أَبْعَدَ [meaning he went far, &c.]. (TA.) You say also, فِى طَلَبِى ↓ أَشَطُّوا They went far, or very far, or to a great or an extraordinary length, in seeking me. (S, K. *) And القَوْمُ فِى طَلَبِنَا ↓ أَشَطَّ The people, or company of men, sought us walking and riding. (TA.) And فِى المَفَازَةِ ↓ أَشَطَّ He went away in the desert: (K:) as though he went far in it. (TA.) And شَطَّ فِى سِلْعَتِهِ , inf. n. شَطَطٌ , He exceeded the due bounds, and went far from what was right, in respect of his commodity, or article of merchandise. (K.) And شَطَّ فِى حُكْمِهِ , (Msb, K,) aor شَطِ3َ , (K, TA,) only, (TA,) or شَطِ3َ and شَطُ3َ , (Msb,) the latter aor. is mentioned in the L, (TA,) inf. n. شَطَطٌ , (Msb, TA,) in the K, erroneously, شَطِيطٌ , (TA,) and شُطُوطٌ also; (Msb;) and ↓ اشطّ ; (Msb, K;) and ↓ اشتطّ ; (K;) or فِى القَضِيَّةِ ↓ اشطّ ; (S;) He acted unjustly, wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically, (S, Msb, K,) in his judging, or exercising jurisdiction or rule, or passing sentence, (Msb, K,) or in judging, &c., (S,) عَلَيْهِ against him. (K.) And شَطَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ , (S, L,) aor. شَطُ3َ , (L,) and ↓ أَشْطَطْتُ ; (S, L;) I acted unjustly, wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically, against him: mentioned by A'Obeyd. (S, L.) It is said in the Kur [xxxviii. 21], وَلَا تَشْطُطْ , or ↓ تُشْطِطْ , or ↓ تُشَطِّطْ , or ↓ تُشَاطِطْ , accord. to different readings, And go not thou far from what is right: (K, TA:) all having this meaning: (TA:) or exceed not the due bounds. (Bd.) شَطَطٌ signifies The exceeding the due bounds (AA, S, Mgh) in selling, and in demanding or seeking, and in exercising jurisdiction, &c., (AA,) or in everything. (S.) It is said in a trad. لَهَا مَهْرُ مِثْلِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ [She shall have the dowry of her like:] there shall be no falling short nor exceeding. (S.) And you say of a just sale, لَا بَخْسَ فِيهِ وَلَا شَطَطَ , (S in art. بخس ,) or ولا شُطُوطَ , (T and TA in that art.,) [There is no deficiency in it nor excess.] You also say شَطَّ فِى القَوْلِ , aor. شَطِ3َ and شَطُ3َ , inf. n. شَطَطٌ and شُطُوطٌ , He was rough, harsh, or coarse, in speech. (Msb.) -A2- شَطَّ used transitively, [aor. شَطُ3َ ,] He passed, or passed beyond, [or, probably, passed far away from,] a place. (TA.) ― -b2- شَطَّ فُلَانًا , (K,) aor. شَطُ3َ , (TA,) inf. n. شَطٌّ and شُطُوطٌ , (K,) He distressed, or afflicted, such a one, and treated him, or used him, unjustly, wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically: (K:) so say AZ and Aboo-Malik. (TA.) ― -b3- شَاطَّهُ فَشَطَّهُ : see 3.

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شطّط , inf. n. تَشْطِيطٌ , He strove, laboured, exerted himself, or did his utmost, in acting unjustly, wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically, and exceeding the due bounds. (K, * TA.) See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

شاطّهُ , (K,) inf. n. مُشَاطَّةٌ , (TA,) He vied with him in اِشْتِطَاط [i. e. going far, or beyond the due bounds, in offering a thing for sale and demanding a price for it, or in bargaining for a thing; or acting unjustly, wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically, in judging, &c.]. (K.) You say, ↓ شاطّهُ فَشَطَّهُ [He vied with him in so doing, and surpassed him, or overcame him, therein]. (TA.) See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

أَشْطَ3َ see 1, in nine places.

اـِشْتَطَ3َ see 1, in two places.

شَطٌّ The bank, or side, of a river: (S, Msb, K:) and of a valley: (S, Msb:) or, of the latter, the rising ground next the bottom: (AHn:) pl. شُطُوطٌ (Msb, K) and شُطَّانٌ ; (K;) the latter occurring in a verse, accord. to one relation; but accord. to another relation, it is شُطْا=نٌ , pl. of شَاطِيءٌ , which is syn. with شَطٌّ . (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) The side of a camel's hump; (S, K;) any side thereof: (S:) or the half thereof: (K:) pl. شُطُوطٌ . (S, K.)

شَطَّةٌ : see شَاطٌّ .

شِطَّةٌ : see شَطَاطٌ , in two places.

شَطَطٌ , for أَمْرٌ ذُو شَطَطٍ , (Mgh,) and قَوْلٌ ذُو شَطَطٍ , (Bd in lxxii. 4,) An action, or affair, (Mgh,) and a saying, (Bd,) that is extravagant, or exorbitant, or exceeding the due bounds. (Mgh, Bd.) [See 1, of which it is an inf. n.]

شَطَاطٌ Distance; remoteness; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ شِطَاطٌ and ↓ شِطَّةٌ , with kesr, (K,) and ↓ مَشَطَّةٌ . (TA.) It is said in a trad., اَللّٰهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَسُوْءِ المُنْقَلَبِ ↓ وَعْثَا=ءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَا=بَةِ الشِّطَّةِ i. e. [O God, verily I seek protection by Thee from trouble of travel, and grievousness] of distance of the space to be journeyed over, [and evilness of return to my home.] (TA.) ― -b2- And Distance, or farness, between the two extremities of a man; as also ↓ شِطَاطٌ and ↓ شَطَاطَةٌ . (K.) And Tallness, and beauty of stature: (K:) or justness of stature: (IDrd, S, K:) as also ↓ شِطَاطٌ , (S, K,) in either sense. (K.) -A2- Also, and ↓ شِطَاطٌ , Fragments of baked bricks. (K.) ― -b2- [Freytag erroneously assigns the first and last meanings in this paragraph to شَطَّةٌ : and he adds, from Reiske, a meaning belonging to شِظَاظٌ .]

شِطَاطٌ : see شَطَاطٌ , in four places.

شَطُوطٌ A she-camel having a large hump; (As, S, K;) as also ↓ شَطَوْطَى : (K:) or large in the two sides of the hump: (TA:) pl. شَطَايءِطُ . (K.)

شَطَاطَةٌ : see شَطَاطٌ .

شَطَوْطَى : see شَطُوطٌ .

شَطْشَاطٌ A certain bird: (K:) IDrd says that it is asserted to have this meaning; but is not of established authority. (O.)

شَاطٌّ Anything Distant, remote, or far. (TA.) ― -b2- A man whose two extremities are far from each other. (K.) ― -b3- جَارِيَةٌ شَاطَّةٌ , (S, K,) and ↓ شَطَّةٌ , (K,) A girl tall, and of beautiful stature: (K:) or of just stature. (S, K.) -A2- اـِنَّكَ لَشَاطِّى Verily thou art acting unjustly, wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically, towards me in judging: occurring in a trad. (A'Obeyd, Az, S.)

مَشَطَّةٌ : see شَطَاطٌ . ― -b2- Also Difficulty, distress, affliction, trouble, or inconvenience. (TA.)

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