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زنو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 زنّى عَلَيْهِ ذ He straitened, or oppressed, him; made strait, or close, to him: (ISd, K:) it occurs thus, without ء, by poetic license, for زَنَّأَ, in a saying of a rájiz cited in art. شدخ, as an ex. of the word شَادِخَةٌ. (S in art. زنأ.) -A2- زنّى also signifies He (a man) became lax in his joints. (TA in art. زن.)

Derived headwords

زنّى عَلَيْهِverb
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