شَتٌّ
2.
And signifying Separation, disunion, or dispersion: so in the saying, الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِى جَمَعَنَا مِنْ
شَتٍّ [Praise be to God who has brought us together from a state of separation, disunion, or dispersion]: (TA:) a saying mentioned by AA, as heard by him from an Arab of the desert: (S, TA:) and
شَتَاتٌ is [similar in meaning, being] likewise a verbal noun of 1; (S, A, K;) or it is a subst. from the intrans. verb شَتَّ, (Msb,) and signifies a state of separation or disunion; as in the saying, أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمُ الشَّتَاتَ [I fear for you separation, or disunion]. (TA.)
3.
Also i. q.
مُتَفَرِّقٌ [meaning Dissolved, broken up, discomposed, deranged, disorganized, disordered, or unsettled; and separated, disunited, dispersed, or scattered]; as also
شَتِيتٌ, (S, A, Msb,) [and
شَتَاتٌ, as will be shown in what follows;] or
شَتِيتٌ is synonym with مُفَرَّقٌ, [which is virtually the same as مُتَفَرِّقٌ,] and مُشَتَّتٌ: (K:) the plural of شَتٌّ is أَشْتَاتٌ (S) [and شُتُوتٌ also, as will be shown by an example in what follows]: and
شَتَّى is plural of
شَتِيتٌ, like as مَرْضَى is of مَرِيضٌ; (Jel in xx. 55, and MF;) or, according to some, it is a singular noun. (MF.) One says أَمْرٌ شَتٌّ i. e. مُتَفَرِّقٌ [A state of affairs dissolved, broken up, &c.]; (S;) and [so]
أَمْرٌ شَتَاتٌ, the latter word being a verbal noun used as an epithet. (Ham p. 176.) And
صَارَ جَمْعُهُمْ شَتِيتًا i. e. مُتَفَرِّقًا [Their company, or congregated body, became separated, disunited, dispersed, or scattered]. (A.) And جَاوءُوا أَشْتَاتًا
They came separated, disunited, dispersed, or scattered; synonym مُتَفَرِّقِينَ: (S, Msb, K:) and so
جاوءوا شَتَاتَ شَتَاتَ, (K,) in one copy of the K شَتَاتَ وَشَتَاتَ; and MF allows
شُتَاتَ, like ثُلَاثَ and رُبَاعَ; but there is no apparent reason for the repetition; and according to the L, the phrase as transmitted from the authorities worthy of confidence is
جَاءَ القَوْمُ شَتَاتًا and شَتَاتَ i. e. The people, or party, came separated, &c. (TA.) And
قَوْمٌ شَتَّى (S, Msb, K, TA) A people, or party, separated, &c.; synonym مُتَفَرِّقُونَ: (Msb, TA:) or consisting of sundry, or distinct, bodies; not of one
tribe. (K.) And إِنَّ المَجْلِسَ لَيَجْمَعُ شُتُوتًا مِنَ
النَّاسِ, (S, TA,) and مِنَ النَّاسِ
شَتَّى, Verily the assembly comprises sundry, or distinct, bodies of men; (TA;) or men not of one tribe. (S TA.) And
أَشْيَاءُ شَتَّى [Things of sundry, or different, or distinct, kinds or sorts]. (S.) أَزْوَاجًا مِنْ نَبَاتٍ
شَتَّى, in the Qur'an, 20:55, means Sorts, of plants, various, or different, in colours, tastes, &c. (Jel.)
أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ شَتَّى see explained voce أُمٌّ. And تَوءُوبُ
شَتَّى
الحَلَبَهْ, a prov., see explained voce حَالِبٌ.