اِسْتَشْأَفَتْ

, said of a قُرْصَة, [so in the TA, an evident mistranscription, apparently for قَرْحَة, and so in the next paragraph, i. e. an ulcer, or imposthume,] means صَارَ لَهَا أَصْلٌ [It had, or acquired, root, or rootedness, or permanence; as though it became a شَأْفَة]. (TA.)