شطر

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Form 1شَطَرَهُ7 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarشَطْرٌ شِطَارٌ شُطُورٌ شَطَارَةٌ

Core sense — he halved it; he withdrew far away from his familygenerated

1.1he halved it, he divided it into halves—شطّرهُ

Maṣdar تَشْطِيرٌ.

1.1.1he milked one pair of her teats and left the other—شَطَرَهَا

Said of a camel, or of a ewe or goat: he milked one شَطْر of her and left the other شَطْر; in the case of a camel one pair of teats, and in the case of a ewe or goat one teat.

1.2she had one of her teats dried up, or one teat longer than the other—شَطَرَتْ

Also شَطُرَتْ.

Said of a ewe or goat.

[شِطَارٌ seems also to be synonymous with حِضَانٌ as explained in this lexicon: see also that word in Freytag's lexicon.]

Reiske, as cited by Freytag, explains the former word differently.

1.2.1he was as though he were looking at you and at another—شَطَرَ بَصَرُهُ

So also in the O under سَصَرَ; in some copies of the S and K, and in one copy of the A, it is wrongly written بَصَرَهُ.

maṣdars شُطُورٌ and شَطْرٌ. On the authority of Fr.

1.2.2he went in his, or its, direction—شَطَرَ شَطْرَهُ

Or الشَّطْرُ, in the sense of الجِهَةُ and النَّاحِيَةُ, has no verb belonging to it.

1.2.3the house, or abode, was distant, or remote—شَطَرَتِ الدَّارُ

1.2.4he was, or became, or acted, like a شَاطِر—شَطَرَ

. Also شَطُرَ; the maṣdar of both verbs is شَطَارَةٌ, or this is a simple substantive; and شُطُورٌ. [And تشاطر, in the A under عذر.]

he withdrew far away from his family, or broke off from them in anger—شَطَرَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ

Or: he disagreed with his family, and wearied them by his wickedness and baseness.

Or شَطَرَ عَنْهُمْ; maṣdars شُطُورٌ, شُطُورَةٌ and شَطَارَةٌ, or this last is a simple substantive.

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, (A, MA, O, TA,) [aor. شَطُرَ ,] inf. n. شَطْرٌ ; (MA;) and شطّرهُ , (K,) inf. n. تَشْطِيرٌ ; (TA;) He halved it; divided it into halves. (A, MA, O, K, TA.) شَطَرَهَا , aor. شَطُرَ , (S,) inf. n. شَطْرٌ , (S, K,) He milked one شَطْر of her, (namely, a camel, or a ewe or goat, S, [i. e., in the former case one pair of teats, and in the latter case one teat,]) and left the other شَطْر . (S, K.) شَطَرَتْ and شَطُرَتْ , aor. شَطُرَ , (K,) inf. n. شِطَارٌ , (TA,) She (a ewe or goat) had one of her teats dried up: or had one teat longer than the other. (K.) [ شِطَارٌ seems to be also Syn. with حِضَانٌ as expl. in this Lex.: see also the latter word in Freytag's Lex.: Reiske, as cited by Freytag, explains the former word as meaning “ quando latus unum vulvæ præ altero propendet. ”] شَطَرَ بَصَرُهُ , (S, K, TA, and so in the O voce سَصَرَ , q. v., [in some copies of the S and K and in a copy of the A, erroneously, بَصَرَهُ ,]) aor. شَطُرَ , (S,) inf. n. شُطُورٌ (S, K) and شَطْرٌ , (TA,) He was as though he were looking at thee and at another: (S, A, K:) on the authority of Fr. (TA.) شَطَرَ شَطْرَهُ He repaired, or betook himself, in the direction of him, or it: or الشَّطْرُ in the sense of الجِهَةُ and النَّاحِيَةُ has no verb belonging to it. (K.) شَطَرَتِ الدَّارُ The house, or abode, was distant, or remote. (Mgh, Msb.) شَطَرَ , (S, K,) aor. شَطُرَ ; (K;) and شَطُرَ , aor. شَطُرَ ; inf. n. شَطَارَةٌ , of both verbs, (S, K,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and شُطُورٌ ; (L;) [and تشاطر ; (A in art. عذر ;)] He was, or became, or acted, like a شَاطِر [q. v.]. (S, K.) And شَطَرَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ , (A, Msb,) or شَطَرَ عَنْهُمْ , (S, * K,) aor. شَطُرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. شُطُورٌ and شُطُورَةٌ and شَطَارَةٌ , (K,) or this last is a simple subst., (Msb,) He withdrew far away (S, * A, K *) from his family; or broke off from them, or quitted them, in anger: (A, K:) or he disagreed with his family, and wearied them by his wickedness (Msb, TA) and baseness. (Msb.)

Form 2شَطَّرَ2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَشْطِيرٌ

Core sense — he halved it; he bound two of his she-camel's teatsgenerated

2.1

See form 1, first sense.

2.1.1he bound two of the teats of his she-camel, leaving the other two unbound—شطّر نَاقَتَهُ

Or بِنَاقَتِهِ.

The binding is done with the صِرَار.

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see 1, first sentence. شطّر نَاقَتَهُ , (S,) or بِنَاقَتِهِ , (K,) inf. n. تَشْطِيرٌ , (S, K,) He bound two of the teats of his she-camel with the صِرَار [q. v.], (S, K,) leaving (the other) two (unbound). (K.)

Form 3شَاطَرْتُهُ مَالِى2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — I halved my property with himgenerated

3.1

I halved my property with him: I kept half of it and gave him the other half.

3.1.1I left one teat of the mother for my lamb, or kid, having milked the other—شَاطَرْتُ طَلِيِّى

The milked teat was bound with the صِرَار.

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I halved with him my property; (S, K;) I retained half of my property and gave him the other half. (M, TA.) And شَاطَرْتُ طَلِيِّى I left for my lamb, or kid, one teat [of the mother], having milked the other teat and bound it with the صِرَار [q. v.]. (S.)

Form 6تَشَاْطَرَ1 sense

Core sense — he withdrew from his family in anger, acting wickedlygenerated

6.1

See form 1, next-to-last sense.

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see 1, last sentence but one.

Derived nouns 9

Nounشَطْرٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the half of a thing; a part; a direction; either pair of a camel's teatsgenerated

1the half of a thing—شَطِيرٌ

Plurals: أَشْطُرٌ (of paucity) and شُطُورٌ (of multitude).

[Milk a milking of which half shall be for you]—اُحْلُبْ حَلَبًا لَكَ شَطْرُهُ

hair [half] black and [half] white—شَعَرٌ شَطْرَانِ

Said in a proverb.

According to Ibráheem El-Harbee, the saying of the Prophet مَنْ مَنَعَ صَدَقَةً فَإِنَّا آخِذُوهَا وَشَطْرَ مَالِهِ [Whoever refuses to render a poor-rate, we take it from him, and half of his property], as related by Bahz, is a mistake, and the right wording is وَشُطِرَ مَالُهُ, meaning that his property shall be divided into two halves, and the collector of the poor-rate shall be given the choice and shall take that rate out of the better of the two halves, as a punishment for the man's refusal of the rate; but it is said that this law was afterwards abrogated.

on this sense Esh-Sháfi'ee, however, says that in the old time, when someone refused the poor-rate of his property, it was taken from him and half of his property was taken as a punishment for his refusal, and he adduces this tradition as evidence of it; but he says that in recent times only the poor-rate was taken from him, and this tradition was asserted to be abrogated.

on this sense [More is said there on this subject, but I omit it as unprofitable.]

1.1

It occurs in two traditions meaning half a مَكُّوك, or half a وَسْق, of barley.

1.2

[In prosody, half a verse.]

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferreda part, or portion, of a thing—شَطِيرٌ

In the tradition of the night-journey, فَوَضَعَ شَطْرَهَا means [And He remitted] part of it, that is, of the prayer.

Similar is the saying in another tradition, الطَّهُورُ شَطْرُ الإِيمَانِ [Purification is part of faith].

1.4figurative · مجازsuch a one has known, or tried, varieties of fortune—فُلَانٌ حَلَبَ الدَّهْرَ أَشْطُرَهُ

Either the fore pair or the hind pair of the teats of a she-camel: she has two pairs of teats, a fore pair and a hind pair, and each pair is called by this name; and either of the two teats of a ewe or she-goat. Plural أَشْطُرٌ.

He has experienced the good and the evil of fortune, its straitness and its ampleness; likened to one who has milked all the teats of a camel, the teat that yields plenty of milk and the teat that does not, the fore pair being the good and the hind pair the evil. Some say that أَشْطُر means streams, or flows, of milk.

such a one has known varieties of fortune—حَلَبَ الدَّهْرَ شَطْرَيْهِ

such a one has endured the difficulties and enjoyed the ampleness of fortune—فُلَانٌ قَدْ حَلَبَ أَشْطُرَهُ

As is said in the “Kámil” of Mbr, this is said of a man experienced in affairs, who managed his affairs in poverty and in wealth: literally, he has milked his pairs of teats, one pair after another.

1.5he went in his, or its, direction, towards him or it—قَصَدَ شَطْرَهُ

Then turn your face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque—فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ

Also a direction in which one looks or goes.

Qur’ān 2:139, 144 and 145.

The noun in this sense has no verb belonging to it; or one says شَطَرَ شَطْرَهُ, explained above under form 1.

1.6

Also distance, or remoteness.

Qur’ānic occurrences شَطْر

2:144

قَدْ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَىٰهَا ۚ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

We see the turning of thy face (for guidance to the heavens: now Shall We turn thee to a Qibla that shall please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of the Book know well that that is the truth from their Lord. Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.

2:149

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

From whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque; that is indeed the truth from the Lord. And Allah is not unmindful of what ye do.

2:150

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْكُمْ حُجَّةٌ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِى وَلِأُتِمَّ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

So from whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque; and wheresoever ye are, Turn your face thither: that there be no ground of dispute against you among the people, except those of them that are bent on wickedness; so fear them not, but fear Me; and that I may complete My favours on you, and ye May (consent to) be guided;

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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The half of a thing; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also شَطِيرٌ : (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَشْطُرٌ (S, K) and [of mult.] شُطُورٌ . (K.) It is said in a prov., اُحْلُبْ حَلَبًا لَكَ شَطْرُهُ [Milk thou a milking of which half shall be for thee]. (S.) And one says شَعَرٌ شَطْرَانِ Hair [half] black and [half] white. (A.) Accord. to Ibráheem El-Harbee, (O,) the saying of the Prophet, مَنْ مَنَعَ صَدَقَةً فَإِنَّا آخِذُوهَا وَشَطْرَ مَالِهِ [Whoso refuses to render a poor-rate, verily we take it from him, and half of his property], thus related by Bahz, is a mistake, and the right wording is, وَشُطِرَ مَالُهُ , meaning and his property shall be divided into two halves, and the collector of the poor-rate shall have the option given him and shall take that rate from out of the better of the two halves, as a punishment for the man's refusal of the rate; (O, K;) but it is said that this law was afterwards abrogated: (O:) Esh-Sháfi'ee, however, says that, in the old time, when one refused the poor-rate of his property, it was taken from him, and half of his property was taken as a punishment for his refusal; and he adduces this trad. as evidence thereof; but says that in recent times, only the poor-rate was taken from him, and this trad. was asserted to be abrogated. (TA. [More is there said on this subject, but I omit it as unprofitable.]) It occurs in two trads. as meaning Half a مَكُّوك [q. v.], or half a وَسْق [q. v.], of barley. (TA.) [In prosody, Half a verse.] Also A part, or portion, or somewhat, of a thing; (Mgh, K;) and so شَطِيرٌ . (TA.) In the trad. of the night-journey, فَوَضَعَ شَطْرَهَا means [And He remitted] part, or somewhat, thereof; (K;) i. e., of the prayer. (TA.) And similar is the saying in another trad., الطَّهُورُ شَطْرُ الإِيمَانِ [Purification is part of faith]. (TA.) Either the fore pair or the hind pair of the teats of a she-camel: she has two pairs of teats, a fore pair and a hind pair, and each pair is thus called: (S, K:) and either of the two teats of a ewe or she-goat: (IAar, TA:) pl. أَشْطُرٌ . (S, TA.) Hence the saying, (S,) فُلَانٌ حَلَبَ الدَّهْرَ أَشْطُرَهُ Such a one has known, or tried, varieties of fortune: (S, * TA:) has experienced the good and evil of fortune; (S, K, TA;) its straitness and its ampleness: being likened to one who has milked all the teats of a camel, that which yields plenty of milk and that which does not; the fore pair being the good; and the hind pair, the evil: or, as some say, أَشْطُر means streams, or flows, of milk: and [in like manner] one says, حَلَبَ الدَّهْرَ شَطْرَيْهِ . (TA.) And, as is said in the “ Kámil ” of Mbr, one says of a man experienced in affairs, فُلَانٌ قَدْ حَلَبَ أَشْطُرَهُ Such a one has endured the difficulties and [enjoyed] the ampleness of fortune, and managed his affairs in poverty and in wealth: lit., has milked his pairs of teats, one pair after another. (TA.) Also A direction in which one looks or goes or the like. (S, A, Msb, K.) One says, قَصَدَ شَطْرَهُ He went in his, or its, direction; towards him, or it. (S, A.) And it is said in the Kur [ii. 139 and 144 and 145], فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ Then turn thou thy face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque. (Fr, S.) The noun in this sense has no verb belonging to it: or one says, شَطَرَ شَطْرَهُ [expl. above: see 1]. (K.) Also Distance, or remoteness. (TA.)

Nounشُطُرٌ1 sense

Core sense — the half of a thinggenerated

See شَطِيرٌ, of which it is both a synonym and a plural.

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: see شَطِيرٌ [of which it is both a syn. and a pl.].

Nounوَلَدُ فُلَانٍ شِطْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the offspring of such a one are half males and half femalesgenerated

The offspring of such a one are half males and half females.

[In the Ḥam. p. 478 it is written شَطْرة.]

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The offspring of such a one are half males and half females. (S, A, K. [In the Ham p. 478, it is written شَطْرة .])

Nounشَطْرَانُ1 sense

Core sense — half full, said of a bowl or vesselgenerated

A bowl, or vessel, half full.

Feminine شَطْرَى.

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, (S, A, K,) fem. شَطْرَى , (K,) A bowl, (S, K,) or vessel, (A, K,) half full. (S, A, K.)

Nounشَطُورٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — having one teat longer than the other, or one teat dried upgenerated

A ewe, or she-goat, having one teat longer than the other; like حَضُونٌ in this sense [and perhaps in other senses too, in accordance with what is said of شِطَارٌ in the first paragraph of this article]: so in the S under حَضن.

And one having one of her teats dried up. (So in the S and O, but the K has “or”.)

And a she-camel having two of her teats dried up; for she has four teats.

And a garment, or piece of cloth, having one of the two extremities of its breadth longer than the other.

1.1

See also the following entry.

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A ewe, or she-goat, having one teat longer than the other; (S, O, K;) like حَضُونٌ in this sense [and perhaps in others also, agreeably with what is said of شِطَارٌ in the first paragraph of this art.]: (S in art. حَضن :) and (so in the S and O, but in the K “ or ”) one having one of her teats dried up: (S, O, K:) and a she-camel having two of her teats dried up; for she has four teats. (S, O.) And A garment, or piece of cloth, having one of the two extremities of its breadth longer than the other. (O, K.) See also the next paragraph.

Nounشَطِيرٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — distant, remote; a stranger; one who is alonegenerated

See شَطْرٌ, in two places.

2[A distant tract, or region, towards which one journeys]—نَوًى شُطُرٌ

Also distant, or remote; applied to a town, or country, an abode, and a tribe. And so شُطُرٌ in the phrase that follows.

a distant tract towards which one journeys, or a remote, far-reaching aim or purpose—نِيَّةٌ شَطُورٌ

So too شَطُورٌ in this phrase, which may mean the same as نِيَّةٌ شَطُونٌ.

2.1

Also a stranger, because of his remoteness from his people; as in a verse cited under إِذًا. Or one who is alone, or solitary.

Plural شُطُرٌ.

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: see شَطْرٌ , in two places. Also Distant, or remote; (As, S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) applied to a town, or country, (As, S,) an abode, (A, Mgh, Msb,) and a tribe. (A.) And so شُطُرٌ in the phrase نَوًى شُطُرٌ [A distant tract, or region, towards which one journeys]: (S, K:) so too شَطُورٌ in the phrase نِيَّةٌ شَطُورٌ [which may mean as above, (like نِيَّةٌ شَطُونٌ ,) or a remote, or farreaching, intention, or aim, or purpose]. (TA.) Also A stranger; (S, O, Msb, K;) because of his remoteness from his people; (TA;) as in a verse cited voce إِذًا : (S, O:) or one who is alone, or solitary: (A:) pl. شُطُرٌ . (TA.)

Nounشَاطِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who breaks away from his family; a wicked, mischievous mangenerated

[One who withdraws far away from his family, or breaks off from them, or quits them, in anger: see form 1, last sense: or] one who disagrees with his family, and who wearies them by his wickedness, baseness and guile.

The same as خَلِيعٌ [meaning as above, and having other similar meanings; generally bad, immoral, wicked, or mischievous].

According to some, it is post-classical.

Aboo-Is-hák says that it means one who takes a wrong course.

It is also explained as one who outstrips, like the messenger called بَرِيد, who takes a long journey in a short space of time; and hence, as a term of the mystics, it is applied to one who outstrips others, and is quick, in attaining nearness to God.

Or it means one who has wearied his family and withdrawn far from them in spirit, though with them bodily, because they invite him to carnal lusts and the accustomed ways of the world.

[In the present day it is applied to a sharper, or clever thief, and to any clever or cunning person.]

Plural شُطَّارٌ.

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[One who withdraws far away from his family; or breaks off from them, or quits them, in anger: (see 1, last sentence:) or] one who disagrees with his family, (Msb,) and who wearies them by his wickedness (S, Msb, K) and baseness (Msb) and guile: (TA:) i. q. خَلِيعٌ [meaning as above, and having other similar meanings; generally vitious, or immoral; bad, evil, wicked, or mischievous]: (A:) accord. to some, it is post-classical: Aboo-Is-hák says that it signifies one who takes a wrong course: it is also expl. as signifying one who outstrips; like the [messenger called] بَرِيد , who takes a long journey in a short space of time: and hence, [as a conventional term of the mystics,] it is applied to one who outstrips, and is quick, in attaining nearness to God: or as meaning one who has wearied his family, and withdrawn far from them [n spirit], though with them [bodily], because of their inviting him to carnal lusts, and accustomed ways [of the world]: (TA:) [in the present day, it is applied to a sharper, or clever thief: and to any clever, or cunning, person:] pl. شُطَّارٌ . (TA.)

Nounمَشْطُورٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — halved; a verse with half its feet taken awaygenerated

Halved.

1.1

And hence, a verse of the metre called الرَّجَز or of that called السَّرِيع, having three of its six feet wanting; properly, having half of it taken away.

Also bread done over with the seasoning, or condiment, called كَامَخ.

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[Halved. And hence,] A verse of the metre termed الرَّجَز , (O, K,) and of that termed السَّرِيع , (TA,) having three of its six feet wanting; (O, K;) properly, having half thereof taken away. (O.) Also Bread done over with [the seasoning, or condiment, called] كَامَخ . (O, K.)

Nounهُمْ مُشَاطِرُونَا1 sense

Core sense — they are people whose houses adjoin oursgenerated

They are people whose houses adjoin ours.

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They are persons whose houses adjoin ours. (O, K.).