شقأ1 شَقَأَ, (S, K,) aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. شَقْ ٌ and شُقُوْءٌ, said of the نَاب [or tush] (S, K) of a camel, (S,) It grew forth; (S, K;) it appeared; (TA;) as also شَكَأَ. (K in art. شكأ.) [See also شَقَّ.]شَاقِى, with the ء softened [or changed into ى], occurs in a verse of Dhu-r-Rummeh [for the part. n. شاقئ]. (TA.) A2:  شَقَأَ رَأْسَهُ He divided his head; syn. شَقَّهُ: [meaning, his hair:] or he separated it (فَرَّقَهُ) [i. e. his hair] with the مِشْقَآء [or comb]: (K:) or شَقَأَ شَعَرَهُ بِالمُشْطِ, inf. n. شَقْءٌ, he separated his hair with the comb. (Az, S.) b2:  And شَقَأَهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. شَقْءٌ, (S,) He hit his مَشْقَأ, i. e. the place of the parting of the hair of his head, (S, K,) with a staff, or stick. (S.) إِبِلٌ شُوَيْقِئَةٌ Camels of the age when the نَاب [or tush] grows forth: and so شُوَيْكِئَةٌ: (As, TA:) [or شُوَيْكِيَّةٌ, q. v. in art. شوك.]مَشْقَأٌ (S, K) and ↓ مَشْقِئٌ, (Fr, O, TA,) like  مَفْرَقٌ and مَفْرِقٌ, (O, TA,) The place of the parting of the hair of the head. (Fr, S, O, K.) مِشْقَأٌ A comb; (IAar, S, K;) as also ↓ مِشْقَآءٌ and ↓ مشْقَأَةٌ, and مِشْقًا [or مِشْقًى]. (K: the last also mentioned in the K in art. شقو.) مَشْقِئٌ: see مَشْقَأٌ.مِشْقَأَةٌ: see مِشْقَأٌ. b2:  Also i. q. مِدْرَاةٌ; (K;) [i. e. A thing, or an iron instrument, with which the head is scratched; or a thing like a large needle, with which the female hair-dresser adjusts, or puts in order, the locks of a woman's hair;] or a piece of wood, or stick, [like a skewer,] which a woman inserts in her hair; or a horn prepared for that purpose (TA) [or for adjusting the locks of a woman's hair: see مِدْرَاةٌ].مِشْقَآءٌ: see مِشْقَأٌ.