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شنق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شَنِيقٌ ذ One whose origin is suspected; syn. دَعِىٌّ: a poet says, أَنَا الدَّاخِلُ البَابَ الَّذِى لَا يَرُومُهُ دَنِىْءٌ وَلَا يُدْعَى اـِلَيْهِ شَنِيقُ [ I am he who enters the door that the ignoble seeks not, and to which one whose origin is suspected is not invited ]. (S.) -A2- See also 1, latter half.

Derived headwords

شَنِيقٌ
  1. 1.
أَنَا الدَّاخِلُ البَابَ الَّذِى لَا يَرُومُهُ
دَنِىْءٌ وَلَا يُدْعَى اـِلَيْهِ شَنِيقُ