شرخ1 شَرَخَ, (S, A, L, K,) aor. ـَ (L,) inf. n. شَرْخٌ (S, K) and شُرُوخٌ, (L, K,) said of the نَاب [or tush] of a camel, It clave the flesh, (S, A, * L, K,) and came forth. (L.) b2:  And شَرَخَ, inf. n. شُرُوخٌ (S, L) and شَرْخٌ, (L,) said of a boy, He became a youth, or young man, such as is termed شَارِخٌ. (S, L.) شَرْخٌ The rising, protruding, prominent, or projecting, extremity or edge of a thing. (L, K.) [Hence,] شَرْخَا الفُوقِ, (ISh, S, A, TA,) or شَرْخَا السَّهْمِ, (Msb, TA,) both alike in meaning, (TA,) The زَنَمَتَانِ, (ISh, A, Msb, TA,) or two edges or extremities [or cusps], (S, TA,) of the arrow, (ISh, TA,) [i. e.] of the notch of the arrow, (S, A, Msb, TA,) between which is the place of the bow-string. (ISh, S, A, Msb, TA.) And in like manner, (S,) شَرْخَا الرَّحْلِ signifies The آخِرَة and وَاسِطَة of the camel's saddle; (S, L, Msb;) the two extremities of the camel's saddle; or, as some say, [more precisely,] its two [upright] pieces of wood, [corresponding to the قَرَبُوسَانِ of the horse's  saddle, rising from it] behind and before [or at the fore and hind parts]: (L, TA:) [whence] one  says of him who journeys much, لَا يَزَالُ فُلَانٌ بَيْنَ شَرْخَىْ رَحْلِهِ [Such a one ceases not to be between the two uprights of his camel's saddle: for between them the rider sits: see آخِرَةُ الرَّحْلِ, voce آخِرٌ]. (A, TA.) b2:  The نَاب [or tush] of a camel. (L.) b3:  A sword-blade (نَصْل) that has not yet been tempered (لَمْ يُسْقَ بَعْدُ), nor had its hilt affixed to it: (S, K:) pl. شُرُوخٌ. (S.) b4:  The origin, source, or root, syn. أَصْلٌ and عِرْقٌ, (L, K,) of anything; like سِنْخٌ(L.) b5:  The beginning, commencement, or first period or state, (S, A, L, Msb, K,) of a thing, or an affair, and also, (S, A,) of youth; (S, A, L, Msb, K;) the prime and best part or period of youth, (A,) and its beauty and brightness, and its strength. (L. [See also شَخْرٌ.]) b6:  A youth, or young man, such as is termed شَابٌّ; and youths, or young men; originally an inf. n., and [therefore, when used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant,] applied to one and to two and to a pl. number: (L:) or it is a pl. of ↓ شَارِخٌ in the sense of شَابٌّ, (S, L, K,) or [rather] a quasi-pl. n., (L,) like as صَحْبٌ is of صَاحِبٌ, (S,) [i. e.] a noun used as a pl. in the sense expl. above: (Sh:) or, accord. to some, it signifies strong young men, profitable for service: and accord. to others, young children: (A'Obeyd, L:) it has also for pls. شُرُوخٌ and شُرَّخٌ: (L:) and شُرُوخٌ شُرَّخٌ is an expression used in an intensive sense. (L, K.) b7:  The offspring of a man: (K, TA:) or the sperma by which offspring is produced, (TA.) b8:  The increase, or offspring, or brood, syn. نِتَاج, (AO, S, L, Msb, K,) of camels, (Msb,) [i. e.] consisting of the young ones of camels, (S, K,) in any year, (S, Msb, K,) or of camels, &c., of one year, while they continue small. (L.) One says, هٰذَا مِنْ شَرْخِ فُلَانٍ This is of the increase (نِتَاج) [of the camels &c.] of such a one. (AO, L.) b9:  An equal in age, a contemporary in birth; (S, A, K;) an equal, a match, fellow, peer, or compeer; pl. شُرُوخٌ. (S, K.) You say, هُوَ شَرْخِى He is my equal in age, (A, TA,) or my equal or match. (TA.) And هُمَا شَرْخَانِ They  two are equals [in age,] or matches. (S, K.) A2: [The pl.] شُرُوخٌ also signifies [Trees of the kind called] عِضَاه. (K.) شَارِخٌ: see the next preceding paragraph. Yousay صَبِىٌّ شَارِخٌ, meaning A young boy. (A.)