شج1 شَجَّهُ, aor. ـُ and شَجِّ, (S, Msb, K,) the former reg., (Msb,) [the latter irreg.,] inf. n. شَجٌّ, (S, Msb,) He broke it, [so as to cleave its skin or its flesh,] namely, another's head: (S, * K, TA:) or he clave his skin of the face or of the head; or he clave its skin, i. e. the skin of the face or of the head: (Msb:) originally he struck it, namely, the head, so as to wound it and cleave it [in the skin or flesh thereof]; and then used in relation to other members: (TA:) or شَجَّهُ فِى رَأْسِهِ and فِى وَجْهِهِ [he wounded him so as to cleave the skin or the flesh in his head and in his face]. (A.) Accord. to some, [contr. to the authority of the A,] it is from شَجَّتِ السَّفِينَةُ البّحْرَ [expl. below]. (Msb.) b2:  [Hence,] it is said in a prov., فُلَانٌ يَشُجُّ بِيَدٍ وَيَأْسُو بِأُخْرَى [Such a one breaks a head with one hand and cures with another]; meaning (assumed tropical:)  such a one corrupts, or mars, one time, and rectifies, or repairs, another time. (TA.) and زَيْدٌ يَشُجُّ مَرَّةً وَيَأْسُو مَرَّةً (tropical:)  Zeyd does, or says, wrong one time, and right one time. (A, TA.) b3: And شَجَّتِ السَّفِينَةُ البَحْرَ (tropical:)  The ship clave the sea: (S, A, L, Msb:) and [in like manner] شَجَّ البَحْرَ (tropical:)  he clave the sea; (K, TA;) said of a swimmer. (TA.) And شَجَّ المَفَازَةَ (tropical:)  He traversed the desert. (S, A, K.) And شَجَّ الأَرْضَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ (assumed tropical:)  He traversed the land, with his camel that he rode, at a vehement rate. (TA.) b4:  And شَجَّ الشَّرَابَ, (K, TA,) or شَجَّ الخَمْرَ بِالمَآء, aor. ـُ and شَجِّ, inf. n. شَجٌّ, [as above,] (TA,) (tropical:)  He mixed the beverage, or the wine, (K, TA,) with water. (TA.) Hence, فَكَانَ يَشُِجُّ عَلَىَّ مِسْكًا, occurring in a trad., means (tropical:)  And it was as though it mixed with her odour of musk the breath of wind that reached my organ of smell. (TA.) 2 تَشْجِيجٌ [The breaking of another's head  much, so as to cleave the skin or the flesh: or the breaking of heads so as to cleave the skin or the flesh. b2:  And hence, perhaps,] (assumed tropical:)  The acting with penetrative energy, vigour, or effectiveness; syn. تَصْمِيمٌ. (O, K.) 3 بَيْنَهُمْ شِجَاجٌ (A, O, K) and ↓ تَشَاجٌّ (A, TA) Between them is a mutual breaking of heads. (A, O, K, TA. [In the CK, شَجَاجٌ is erroneously put for شِجَاجٌ.]) 6 تَشَاْجَّ see what next precedes.شَجَّةٌ A single act of breaking of one's head [so as to cleave its skin or its flesh]. (TA.) b2:  and A wound by which the head is broken (S, * A, * L, Msb) so as to cleave its skin or its flesh: (L:) and [such] a wound in the face: (A, * Msb:) pl. شِجَاجٌ (S, A, L, Msb) and شَجَّاتٌ. (Msb.) What are  termed شِجَاج are of ten different kinds, (A, L,) distinguished by the following epithets: [1]حَارِصَةٌ, which peels off the [external] skin, but does not bring blood: [2] دَامِيَةٌ, which brings blood: [3] بَاضِعَةٌ, [which cleaves the flesh slightly, and brings blood, but does not make it to flow: (but in art. دمغ, voce دَامِغَةٌ, q. v., what are here mentioned as the second and third are transposed:) 4, مُتَلَاحِمَةٌ,] which cleaves the flesh much: [5]سِمْحَاقٌ, which leaves between it and the bone only a thin skin: these are five شجاج for which there is no retaliation nor any determinate mulct, but respecting which a judge must give his sentence: [6] مُوضِحَةٌ, which reaches to the bone, and for which the mulct is five camels: [7] هَاشِمَةٌ, which breaks the bone, and for which the mulct is ten camels: [8] مُنَقِّلَةٌ, from which bone is removed, from one place to another, and for which the mulct is fifteen camels: [9] مَأْمُومَةٌ, also called آمَّةٌ, which leaves between it and the brain only a thin skin, and for which the mulct is one third of the whole price of blood: [10] دَامِغَةٌ, which reaches the brain, and for which the mulct is also one third of the whole price of blood. (L.) The شَجَّة of 'Abd-El-Hameed, [who was the goodliest man of his age,] the son of 'Abd-Allah the son of 'Omar the son of El-Khattáb, was the subject of a prov. on account of its beauty [and is said to have increased his goodliness]. (MF.) شَجَجٌ The mark, or scar, of a wound by which the forehead has been broken. (S, * A, K, * TA.) شَجَجَى The عَقْعَق [or magpie]; (K, TA; omitted in the CK;) [and] so ↓ شَجَوْجًى. (K and TA in art. شجو.) شَجِيجٌ and ↓ مَشْجُوجٌ A head broken [so that its skin or its flesh is cloven]: or a man having his head [so] broken: (S, TA:) pl. [of the former]شَجَّى: you say قَوْمٌ شَجَّى. (Az, TA.) b2: Each is also applied as an epithet to a wooden peg or stake [as meaning (assumed tropical:)  Having its head broken, or mangled, by blows]: and so is ↓ مُشَجَّجٌ, but in an intensive sense. (S, L.) b3:  And both the first and ↓ last signify (tropical:)  A wooden peg or stake; (A, TA;) each as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates: because its head is separated, or uncompacted, in its component parts [or fibres by its being battered]. (TA.) One says, مَا بِالدَّارِ شَجِيجٌ and ↓ مُشَجَّجٌ (tropical:)  There is not in the house [even] a wooden peg or stake. (A, TA.) شَجَوْجًى: see شَجَجَى.سَابِحٌ شَجَّاجٌ (tropical:)  A swimmer that cleaves the water vehemently. (TA.) أَشَجُّ A man having a mark, or scar, of a wound by which his forehead has been broken. (S, A, K.) مُشَجَّجٌ: see شَجِيجٌ, in three places.مَشْجُوجٌ: see شَجِيجٌ.