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شيّخ : see the preceding paragraph. -A2- شيّخهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَشْيِيخٌ , (TA,) He called him by the appellation of شَيْخ , to pay him honour, or respect. (S, K, TA.) -A3- And شيّخ عَلَيْهِ He attributed or imputed to him, or charged him with, a vice, or fault; blamed, or reproached, him; (K, TA;) cast a bad, an evil, a foul, or an excessively bad or evil or foul, imputation upon him. (TA.) And شيّخ بِهِ [and so شيّخهُ accord. to an explanation of شَيَّخْتُ الرجل , as on the authority of AZ, in the TA, but this may be a mistranscription for شيّخت بِالرَّجُلِ ,] He exposed his vices, faults, or evil actions; disgraced him; or put him to shame. (K, TA.)

تشيّخ : see 1. ― -b2- [It signifies also] He feigned, or made a show of, old age. (KL.)

شَيْخٌ (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ شَيْخُونٌ , (K,) but the latter is a strange word, mentioned by some of the expositors of the Fs, as expressing more than the former word, (MF,) [An old, or elderly, man; an elder, as meaning a man whose age gives him a claim to reverence or respect; a senior;] one advanced in age, (Mgh,) such as is beyond him who is termed كَهْلٌ , (Mgh, Msb,) which means him whose شَبَاب [i. e. youthfulness, or prime of manhood,] is ended: (Mgh:) one in whom age has become apparent, (L, K,) and hoariness: (L:) or a man from the age of fifty, or fifty-one, to the end of his life, or to the age of eighty: (L, K:) also expl. as meaning a man advanced in age but having strength, or vigour, to fight: and an old and weak, or a decrepit, man, who is of no service: (Mgh:) [in the present day, شَيْخٌ is used in the senses above mentioned; and is also especially applied, as an appellation of honour, to a doctor of religion and law; a head, or chief, of a religious confraternity; a chief of a tribe or the like, and of a village; and to a reputed saint:] fem. ↓ شَيْخَةٌ , (S, A, Msb, K,) an old, or aged, woman; syn. عَجُوزٌ : (A:) [and applied in the present day particularly to a learned woman; an instructress; and the like:] the pl. [of pauc.] of شَيْخٌ is أَشْيَاخٌ (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and شِيخَةٌ (Kr, ISd, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and [of mult.] شُيُوخٌ (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and شِيُوخٌ (K, with kesr, to agree with the ى , TA) and شِيخَانٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and شِيَخَةٌ (S, Mgh, K) and شَيَخَةٌ (A [there said to be like عَبَدَةٌ ]) and ↓ مَشْيَخَةٌ , (K, and so in one of my copies of the S,) or this last is a quasi-pl. n., (Mgh, Msb,) and [so are] ↓ مِشْيَخَةٌ and ↓ مَشْيُخَةٌ and ↓ مِشْيُخَةٌ (TA) and ↓ مَشِيخَةٌ (K, and so in one of my copies of the S,) and ↓ مَشْيُوخَا=ءُ , (S, K,) the last like مَشْيُوحَا=ءُ and مَعْلُوجَا=ءُ and مَسْلُومَا=ءُ and مَعْبُودَا=ءُ and مَعْيُورَا=ءُ , which are said to be the only other instances of this form, (TA,) [but to these should be added مَحْمُورَا=ءُ and مَكْبُورَا=ءُ and مَتْيُوسَا=ءُ and perhaps some other instances,] and ↓ مَشْيُخَا=ءُ , (K,) and another pl. is ↓ مَشَايِخُ , (S, A, K,) or this last is pl. of مَشْيَخَةٌ , (Mgh, Msb,) and is disallowed by IDrd and Kz (TA) [though very commonly used in the present day, especially as applied to doctors of religion and law]; and the pl. of أَشْيَاخٌ is أَشَايِيخُ , like أَنَايِيبُ pl. of أَنْيَابٌ : (Z, TA:) the dim. of شَيْخٌ is ↓ شُيَيْخٌ (S, A, K) and ↓ شِيَيْخٌ , (S, K,) with kesr to the ش : (S:) ↓ شُوَيْخٌ is not allowable, (S, A,) or is rare. (K.) ― -b2- [ الشَّيْخَانِ , The two Sheykhs, is a title peculiarly applied to the first two Khaleefehs, Aboo-Bekr and 'Omar.] ― -b3- شَيْخٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A woman's husband, (K,) though young: and in like manner, a man's wife, whether old or young, is called his عَجُوز . (Az, TA in art. عجز .) ― -b4- [And (tropical:) An ancestor. Accord. to a copy of the A that seems to have been used by the author of the TA, one says, وَرِثَ مِنْ مَشِيخَةِ الكَرَم and من أَشْيَاخِهِ , which is tropical, meaning مِنْ ا=بَايءِهِ : but the right reading is evidently ↓ من مَشِيخَتِهِ , and الكَرَمَ ; and the meaning, (tropical:) He inherited, from his ancestors, generosity.] ― -b5- شَيْخُ النَّارِ means (tropical:) Iblees: because he was created of fire, or because his ultimate place will be the fire of Hell. (Har p. 130.) ― -b6- And الشَّيْخُ (assumed tropical:) The mountain-goat that is advanced in age, or fullgrown. (TA.) ― -b7- And (assumed tropical:) The milk-skin. (TA.) ― -b8- أَشْيَاخُ النُّجُومِ i. q. أُصُولُهَا , (K,) i. e. (assumed tropical:) The seven [or five] planets; (TK;) or the دَرَارِىْء [also applied by some to the five planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn]; accord. to IAar, اشياخ النجوم , (TA in this art.,) or أَسْنَاخُ النُّجُومِ as is related by Th, (TA in art. سنخ ,) means the stars that do not make their [temporary] abode in the Mansions of the Moon, which [latter] are called نُجُومُ الأَخْذِ : ISd says, I think that he means, by the نجوم , the fixed stars: Th says that they are called only أَسْنَاخُ النُّجُومِ , i. e. the أُصُول thereof, around which the [other] stars revolve, and pursue their courses. (TA. [See also سِنْخٌ , last sentence.]) -A2- شَيْخٌ signifies also A certain tree; (AZ, K, TA;) also called شَجَرَةُ الشُّيُوخِ , the fruit of which is a جِرْو [q. v.] like that of the خِرِّيع , which is the bastard saffron ( شَجَرَةُ العُصْفُرِ ); it grows in the meadows, and the قُرْيَان [or places where water runs to, or in, or into, meadows, &c.]. (AZ, TA.)

شَيْخَةٌ fem. of شَيْخٌ , q. v. (S, A, Msb, K.)

شَيْخُونٌ : see شَيْخٌ .

شُيَيْخٌ and شِيَيْخٌ and شُوَيْخٌ : dims. of شَيْخٌ , q. v.

مَشْيَخَةٌ and مِشْيَخَةٌ &c.; and the pl. مَشَايِخُ : see شَيْخٌ , in seven places.

مَشْيُخَا=ءُ : see شَيْخٌ .

مَشْيُوخَا=ءُ : see شَيْخٌ .