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شنعب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something tall, perhaps with a negative connotation of being weak or incapable. It also extends to geographical features like mountain peaks.

Derived headwords

الشَّنْعَابnoun
  1. 1.
    tall, weak manclassical

    A man who is tall but also weak and incapable.

الشَّنْعَابnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain peakclassical

    The summit or peak of a mountain.

Parallel reading

الشنعاب من الرجال، كالشنعاف: وهو الطويل العاجز.
The shana'ab among men, like the shana'af: he is the tall, incapable one.
والشنعاب: رأس الجبل، بالباء.
And the shana'ab: the peak of the mountain, with a 'ba'.