[1]
شَابَ , aor. يَشِيبُ, inf. n. شَيْبٌ and شَيْبَةٌ (Msb,
TA) and مَشِيبٌ, (TA,) He became whitehaired, or hoary. (Msb, TA.) And شاب
رَأْسُهُ (S,) and رَأْسُهَا, (Msb, TA,) inf. n. شَيْبٌ
and شَيْبَةٌ, (S,) His head, and her head, became
white, or hoary. (S, Msb, TA.) ―
2-b2- [Hence,]
شَابَتْ رُؤُوسُ الآكَامِ (tropical:) [The heads, or summits, of
the hills became white, or hoary]. (A.) =
1-A2- And
شاب الرَّأْسَ It whitened the head: so expl. by
ISk as used in the following saying, (S,) ascribed
by J to 'Adee, but it is of 'Abeed Ibn-El-Abras:
(IB, TA:)
تَصْبُو وَأَنَّى لَكَ التَّصَابِى
↓ وَالرَّأْسُ قَدْ شَابَهُ المَشِيبُ
[Thou inclinest to silly and youthful conduct: but
whence cometh to thee the inclining to such conduct when hoariness, or the entering upon the
period of hoariness, hath whitened the head?].
(S, * IB, TA.) [See also 2.]