شَحِىَ

, like رَضِىَ, verbal noun شَحْىٌ, is said by ISd and in the K to be a dialect var. of شَحَا, verbal noun شَحْوٌ, i. e., as ISd says, meaning He opened his mouth; but the latter, he says, is the better known: this, however, requires consideration: for it is said in the Tekmileh that شَحَى فُلَانٌ, aorist يَشْحَى, verbal noun شَحْىٌ, is a dialect var. of [شَحَا, aorist] يَشْحُو, verbal noun شَحْوٌ, on the authority of Lth. (TA.)