1. شِيَةٌ
$iyapN * i. q. $aA='N [q. v. in art. $wh ]; as also ↓ $awiY~N ; (IAar, K;) the latter is like ganiY~N , [ Al$~aw`Y in the CK as syn. with Al$~A'u being a mistranscription,] and is said by IAth to be a quasi-pl. n., or [what lexicographers term] a pl., of ↓ $aApN [n. un. of $aA='N ]. (TA.)
2. شِيَةٌ
$iyapN * Any colour differing from the main colour of a horse, &c.; a colour differing from the rest, (S,) or from that which generally pervades a thing. ― -b2- laA $iyapa fiyhi It is of one generally pervading colour, in which is no other colour. ― -b3- $iyapN [also] A mark, sign, symptom, or token, by which a thing is known; syn. EalaAmapN ; (Msb;) and maxiylapN , which see.