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شجن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شَجُونُ ذ ↓ شَاجِنَتِى is a saying of the Arabs like their saying عَابِلَتِى عَبُولُ [i. e., app., My withholder is death, or shall be death alone; for شَجَنَتْهُ شَجُونُ may be rendered Death withheld him, like as عَبَلَتْهُ عَبُولُ is rendered “ death separated him ”]. (L.)

Derived headwords

شَجُونُ
  1. 1.
عَابِلَتِى عَبُولُ
شَجَنَتْهُ شَجُونُ
عَبَلَتْهُ عَبُولُ