زنح

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of pushing, shoving, or driving someone or something. It extends to concepts of rapid consumption of liquids, forceful interaction, and boastful or excessive speech. It can also refer to those who are equivalent or matched in their actions, whether good or bad.

Derived headwords

التزنيحnoun

1.
drinking rapidlyboth
Drinking water quickly and in large gulps.

التزنحnoun

1.
drinking repeatedlyclassical
Drinking water one gulp after another.
2.
boastingclassical
Speaking boastfully and elevating oneself beyond one's actual status or capacity.
3.
excessive talkclassical
Speaking in a manner that exceeds mere idle talk (hathr), implying boastfulness or arrogance.

تزنحverb

1.
to drink repeatedlyclassical
To drink water one gulp after another.
2.
to pushclassical
To push or shove someone.
3.
to boastclassical
To speak boastfully and elevate oneself beyond one's station.

زنحverb

1.
to pushclassical
To push or shove someone.

زنحهverb

1.
to pushclassical
To push or shove someone.

يزنحهverb

1.
to pushclassical
To push or shove someone.

زنحاnoun

1.
pushingclassical
The act of pushing or shoving.

الزنحnoun

1.
pushingclassical
The act of pushing or shoving.
2.
equivalentsclassical
Those who are matched or equivalent in good or evil deeds.

Parallel reading

إذا شرب الرجل الماء في سرعة إساغة، فهو التزنيح

If a man drinks water with rapid gulps, that is 'al-tazniyh'.

وسماعي من العرب التزنح

And what I have heard from the Arabs is 'al-tazannuh'.

يقال: تزنحت الماء تزنحا إذا شربته مرة بعد أخرى

It is said: 'tazannaha al-maa' tazannuhan' if you drank it one gulp after another.

وتزنح الرجل إذا ضايق إنسانا في معاملة أو دين

And a man 'tazannaha' if he pressured someone in a transaction or debt.

وزنحه يزنحه زنحا: دفعه

And 'zanahahu' he 'yaznahuhu' 'zanhan': he pushed him.

فزنج شيء، أقبل، طويل العنق

Then something 'zanj' appeared, approaching, with a long neck.

والزنح: الدفع، كأنه يريد هجوم هذا الشخص وإقباله

And 'al-zanhu': pushing, as if it means the attack and approach of this person.

ويحتمل أن يكون زلج، باللام والجيم، وهو سرعة ذهاب الشيء ومضيه

And it is possible that it is 'zalaja', with a lam and a jim, which is the swiftness of a thing's going and passing.

وقيل: هو بالحاء بمعنى سنح وعرض

And it was said: it is with a ha' meaning 'sanaha' and 'arada' (to present oneself).

والتزنح: التفتح في الكلام ورفع الإنسان نفسه فوق قدره

And 'al-tazannuhu': speaking boastfully and a person raising himself above his capacity.

تزنح بالكلام علي جهلا

'Tazannaha' with speech against me out of ignorance.

كأنك ماجد من أهل بدر

As if you are a noble one from the people of Badr.

والتزنح في الكلام: فوق الهذر

And 'al-tazannuhu' in speech: is above idle talk (hathr).

والزنح: المكافئون على الخير والشر

And 'al-zanhu': those who are equivalents in good and evil.