شَظِىَ

, [aorist and verbal noun as in the next sentence,] said of a stick, or branch, or piece of wood, [&c.,] It was, or became, split. (AHn, TA.)

Said of a horse, (As, S, Mgh, K,) aorist شَظَىَ , verbal noun شَظًى, (K,) His شظى, (As, S, Mgh, K,) i. e. the small bone called الشَّظَى, (As, S, Mgh, *) moved from its place, (As, S, Mgh,) or became displaced, synonym زُوِىَ, (A, TA,) or became unsteady, or wabbling: (K:) and so ↓ تشظّى, (K, TA,) this latter on the authority of ISd: (TA:) or [the verbal noun] شَظًى, according to some, signifies the sinews' becoming split, or slit: (As, S, Mgh:) or شَظًى has this meaning also; (K;) and so ↓ تَشَظّ. (ISd, K, TA.)

-A2- Accord. to the K, شَظِىَ, said of a corpse, is synonym with شَصِىَ: but correctly, the former verb is شَظَى, aorist شَظِىَ , verbal noun شُظِىٌّ, and the latter verb is شَصَا [q. v.], as they are said to be by Az: and in like manner, شَظِى, aorist شَظِىَ , is said of a سِقَاء [or skin for water or milk], meaning It being filled, its legs became raised, or raised high. (TA.)