شَقَذَانٌ

One who scarcely ever, or never, sleeps; (S, M, L, K;) as also ↓ شَقِذٌ; (S, M, K;) and who has a malignant eye, (S, M,) affecting, or hurting, others therewith; as also ↓ شَقِذٌ (S, M, K, in the TA شَقْذٌ,) and ↓ شَقِيذٌ: (M:) or who has a strong, or powerful, eye, quickly affecting or hurting [others therewith]; (M, L, K;) as also ↓ شَقِذٌ and ↓ شَقِيذٌ: (M:) and العَيْنِ ↓ شَقِذُ one who scarcely ever, or never, sleeps; whom drowsiness does not overcome. (T, L.)

Also Driven away, and remote; and so ↓ شَقِذٌ. (L.)

And شَقَذَانَةٌ A light-spirited woman: (Th, M, L:) foul, or obscene, in her speech; clamorous, and foul-tongued. (T, L.)

-A2- Also The male chameleon; (M, L, K;) and so ↓ شَقِذٌ and ↓ شِقْذٌ and ↓ شُقْذٌ: or all these words signify a slender and compact male chameleon, with a small head, that cleaves to the trunk of the kind of tree called عِضَاه: (M, L:) plural شِقْذَانٌ (M, L, K) and شَقَاذَى: (M:) the former plural like كِرْوَانٌ, plural of كَرَوَانٌ; (L;) and also used as a singular, meaning a male chameleon; (Th, M;) thus used by a poetess; (M:) also ↓ شِقْذٌ (S, M, L, K) and ↓ شُقْذٌ (M, L) and ↓ شُقَذٌ (M, L, K) and ↓ شَقْذٌ (K) the young one of a chameleon: (Lh, S, M, L, K:) plural شِقْذَانٌ (S, M, L, K) and شَقَاذَى: (M, L, K:) the former plural like صِنْوَانٌ, plural of صِنْوٌ. (S.) A poet says, describing asses,

رَأَتِ الشَّقَاذَى تَصْطَلِى

فَرَعَتْ بِهَا حَتَّى إِذَا

And they pastured therein until the heat became vehement and they saw the male chameleons thirsty, desiring to go to water, and repairing to the sun: some say, that شقاذى here signifies moths, (فَرَاش), but this is a mistake. (M, L.) شِقْذَانٌ also signifies The animals called ضَبّ and وَرَل and طُحَن and سَامُّ أَبْرَص and دَسَّاسَة: and the singular is ↓ شِقْذَةٌ: (M, L:) or any small animals that creep or walk upon the earth, and venomous or noxious reptiles and the like: (M, L, K:) singular ↓ شَقِذَةٌ (M, L) and ↓ شِقَذٌ, (M,) or ↓ شَقِذٌ, (L,) and ↓ شُقَذٌ, (M,) or ↓ شَقَذٌ; (L;) but it does not appear how ↓ شَقِذَةٌ can be a singular of شِقْذَانٌ unless the augmentative letter be regarded as elided. (M, L.)

Also The wolf; (M, L, K;) and so ↓ شَقْذَانٌ (Th, M, L, K) and ↓ شُقْذٌ, (M, L,) or ↓ شِقْذٌ, (K,) or ↓ شَقْذٌ. (TA.)

Also The hawk; synonym صَقْرٌ; (M, L;) and so ↓ شَقْذَانٌ (Th, M, L) and ↓ شُقْذٌ, (M, L,) or ↓ شَقْذٌ. (TA.)

And شِقْذَانٌ [the plural] also signifies The young ones of the kinds of birds called حبَارَى and قَطًا (M, L, K) and the like. (M, L.)