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شنء
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمَشْنَأٌ ذ , applied to a man, (A'Obeyd, S, O,) like مَشْنَعٌ [in form, and perhaps in meaning], (A'Obeyd, TA,) Foul, or ugly, in aspect; as also ↓ مِشْنَاآءٌ: (S, O:) or foul, or ugly, (K, TA,) in face, (TA,) even if made an object of love [ by good qualities ]: (K, TA:) [originally an inf. n., and therefore] used alike as sing. (S, O, K) and dual (S, O) and pl. (S, O, K) and masc. and fem.: (K:) so says Lth: (TA:) or one who hates men; (K;) and so ↓ مِشْنَاآءٌ, accord. to 'Alee Ibn- Hamzeh El-Isbahánee: (TA:) or ↓ this last signifies one whom men hate: or it may be well rendered one who does much for which he is to be hated; for it is one of the measures of the act. part. n. [used in an intensive sense]. (A'Obeyd, K.)
Derived headwords
مَشْنَأٌ
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