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شنخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the elevated parts of mountains and, by extension, the tops or peaks of things. It also extends to the process of preparing date palm spathes.

Derived headwords

الشَّنَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountain peakclassical

    The elevated, prominent part of a mountain, often resembling a nose or summit.

شَنَخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Summit of a mountainclassical

    A single peak or summit of a mountain, used as a singular form for 'shunakh'.

شَنَخِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountain peaksclassical

    The plural form of 'shanakha', referring to the tops or heads of mountains.

تَشْنِيخverb
  1. 1.
    To prepare date spathesclassical

    The act of preparing the spathes (sheaths) of date palm fronds, often by cleaning or trimming them.

مُشَنَّخadjective
  1. 1.
    Prepared date palmclassical

    A date palm whose spathes have been prepared or trimmed.

Parallel reading

إذا شناخ أنفه توقدا
When its nose (peak) of the mountain blazed.
إذا شناخا قورها توقدا
When the peaks of its valleys blazed.
أراد شناخيب قورها وهي رؤوسها
He intended 'shunakh' of its valleys, which are their heads (peaks).
المشنخ من النخل الذي نقح سلاؤه
The 'mushannakh' is from the date palms whose spathes have been prepared.
وقد شنخ نخله تشنيخا
And he prepared his date palms by trimming their spathes.