شنج

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root شنج (sh-n-j) primarily relates to constriction, tightening, or puckering of skin, flesh, or extremities like fingers and toes. It can also describe a physical attribute of animals, particularly horses, referring to the tightness of their hindquarters, which is considered a sign of strength and agility. Additionally, it has specific, less common meanings related to a type of plant and a term for an old man.

Derived headwords

شَنَجَverb

1.
to constrict, tightenboth
To cause the skin, fingers, or other parts to become constricted or puckered.

شَنَجnoun

1.
constriction, tighteningboth
The act or state of being constricted or puckered, particularly of the skin or fingers.

شَنِجadjective

1.
constricted, puckeredboth
Describing skin, fingers, or other parts that are constricted or puckered.

مُشَنِّجadjective

1.
severely constrictedclassical
Intensely constricted or puckered; a more extreme form of constriction.
2.
tight-fittingclassical
Describing garments that are tight-fitting or excessively long and thus bunch up.

أَشْنِجadjective

1.
constrictedboth
Having constricted skin or hands; also used to describe a man with one testicle smaller than the other.

تَشَنَّجَverb

1.
to become constrictedboth
To become constricted, tightened, or puckered; often used for skin or muscles.

اِنْشَنَجَverb

1.
to become constrictedclassical
To become constricted or tightened, similar to تشنج.

شَنَّجَverb

1.
to cause constrictionclassical
To cause something to become constricted or puckered.

شَنَجٌnoun

1.
constrictionboth
The state of being constricted or tightened.

شَنِجَةadjective

1.
narrow-handedclassical
Describing a hand that is narrow or tight in its grip.

أَشْنِجadjective

1.
one testicle smallerclassical
Describing a male with one testicle smaller than the other, similar to أشرج.

شَنَجُ النِّسَاnoun phrase

1.
tight hindquartersclassical
A description of a horse with tight hindquarters, considered a sign of strength and agility, preventing the legs from relaxing.

شَنَجٌnoun

1.
old manclassical
A term for an old man, used in the dialect of the Hudhayl tribe.

شَهْدَانَجnoun

1.
a plantclassical
A type of plant, as reported by Abu Hanifa.

Parallel reading

تقبض الجلد والأصابع وغيرهما

Constriction of the skin, fingers, and other things.

قام إليها مشنج الأنامل، ... أغثى، خبيث الريح بالأصائل

He stood towards her, his fingertips constricted...

وقد شنج الجلد، بالكسر، شنجا، فهو شنج، وأشنج وتشنج وانشنج

And the skin became constricted, with kasra, a constriction; so it is shanj, and ashanj, and tashannaja, and inshanaja.

وانشنج العلباء، فاقفعلا، ... مثل نضي السقم حين بلا

And the nuchal ligament became constricted, and they became stiff... like the shedding of sickness when it decays.

وتناولت رأسي لتعرف مسه؛ ... بمخضب الأطراف، غير مشنج

And she took my head to know its feel; ... with dyed extremities, not constricted.

وربما قالوا: شنج أشنج، وشنج مشنج، والمشنج أشد تشنيجا

And sometimes they say: shanj ashanj, and shanj mushannaj, and al-mushannaj is more intensely constricted.

رجل شنج وأشنج: متشنج الجلد واليد

A man shanj and ashanj: constricted in skin and hand.

ويد شنجة: ضيقة الكف

And a shanja hand: narrow in the palm.

والأشنج: الذي إحدى خصيتيه أصغر من الأخرى كالأشرج، والراء أعلى

And al-ashnaj: he whose one testicle is smaller than the other, like al-ashraj, and the ra' is higher.

وفرس شنج النسا: متقبضه، وهو مدح له لأنه إذا تقبض نساه وشنج، لم تسترخ رجلاه

And a horse with shanj al-nisa: its hindquarters are tight, and this is praise for it because when its hindquarters are tight and constricted, its legs do not relax.

سليم الشظى، عبل الشوى، شنج النسا، ... له حجبات مشرفات على الفال

Sound of shank, stout of thigh, tight of hindquarters... it has prominent membranes over the omen.

شنج النسا، حرق الجناح، كأنه، ... في الدار إثر الظاعنين، مقيد

Tight of hindquarters, burnt of wing, as if... in the dwelling after the departing ones, fettered.

وإذا كانت الدابة شنج النسا، فهو أقوى لها وأشد لرجليها

And if the animal has shanj al-nisa, it is stronger for it and firmer for its legs.

من الحيوان ضروب توصف بشنج النسا وهي لا تسمح بالمشي، منها الظبي

Among animals are types described with shanj al-nisa, and they do not allow easy walking, among them is the gazelle.

وقصرى شنج الأنساء، ... نباح من الشعب

And Qusra with tight hindquarters... barking from the ravine.

وإذا شخص البصر وشنجت الأصابع أي انقبضت وتقلصت

And when the gaze is fixed and the fingers are shanjat, meaning contracted and shrunken.

مثل الرحم كمثل الشنة، إن صببت عليها ماء لانت وانبسطت، وإن تركتها تشنجت

The womb is like the shanna; if you pour water on it, it softens and expands, and if you leave it, it becomes constricted.

أمنع الناس من السراويل المشنجة ؛ قيل: هي الواسعة التي تسقط عن الخف حتى تغطي نصف القدم، كأنه أراد إذا كانت واسعة طويلة لا تزال ترفع فتتشنج

The most abstinent people from constricted trousers; it was said: they are the wide ones that fall from the shoe until they cover half the foot, as if he meant if they are wide and long, they are constantly lifted and thus become bunched up.

غنج على شنج أي رجل على جمل، فالغنج هو الرجل، والشنج الجمل

Ghanj 'ala shanj, meaning a man on a camel; so al-ghanj is the man, and al-shanj is the camel.

شيخ شنج على غنج أي شيخ على جمل ثقيل

A shanj shaykh on a ghanj, meaning an old man on a heavy camel.

الشهدانج: نبت، عن أبي حنيفة

Al-shahdanaj: a plant, according to Abu Hanifa.