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شطن
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaشَاطِنٌ ذ [ Distant, or remote, in respect of the place of alighting or abode]; i. q. شَاطِبٌ [q. v.]. (TA in art. شطب. [See also شَطُونٌ, and شَطِينٌ.]) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) Far from the truth [ and from the mercy of God: see 1]. (TA.) ― -b3- And i. q. خَبِيثٌ (assumed tropical:) [ Bad, corrupt, &c.; like سَاطِنٌ]. (K.) Umeiyeh (S, TA) Ibn-Abi-s-Salt, referring to Solomon, (TA,) says, أَيُّمَا شَاطِنٍ عَصَاهُ عَكَاهُ ثُمَّ يُلْقَى فِى السِّجْنِ وَالأَغْلَالِ [ Whatever bad one disobeyed him, he bound him in irons; then he was cast into the prison and the shackles for the neck and hands ]. (S, TA.)
Derived headwords
شَاطِنٌ
- 1.
أَيُّمَا شَاطِنٍ عَصَاهُ عَكَاهُ
ثُمَّ يُلْقَى فِى السِّجْنِ وَالأَغْلَالِ