شنظ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the elevated, outer, or peripheral parts of mountains. It also extends to descriptions of women, specifically their stoutness and sometimes their ill temper, and to the act of speaking harshly to someone.

Derived headwords

شَنَاظِيnoun

1.
highlands, outskirtsclassical
The elevated parts, extremities, and surrounding areas of mountains.

شَنَظْوَةnoun

1.
outlying partclassical
A single unit or part of the highlands or outskirts of mountains.

شَنَظَverb

1.
to speak harshlyclassical
To utter unpleasant or hateful words to someone.

شَنَظْيnoun

1.
harsh speechclassical
The act of speaking hateful or unpleasant words to someone.

شَنَاظٍadjective

1.
stout, well-builtclassical
Describing a woman who is stout and well-built with abundant flesh.

شَنَاظnoun

1.
stoutnessclassical
The quality of being stout and well-built, referring to a woman's fleshiness.

شَنَظْيَان بَنَظْيَانadjective

1.
ill-tempered, quarrelsomeclassical
Describing a woman who has a bad disposition and is loud and quarrelsome.

Parallel reading

شناظي الجبال: أعاليها وأطرافها ونواحيها

The highlands of the mountains: their peaks, extremities, and surrounding areas.

واحدتها شنظوة على فعلوة

Its singular is 'shanẓwah' on the pattern of 'faʿlwah'.

في شناظي أقن دونها ... عرة الطير

In the highlands of Aqan, below which is... the droppings of birds.

امرأة شناظ: مكتنزة اللحم

A 'shanāẓ' woman: one who is stout with flesh.

امرأة شنظيان بنظيان إذا كانت سيئة الخلق صخابة

A woman is described as 'shanẓiyān binẓiyān' if she is ill-tempered and loud.

ويقال: شنظى به إذا أسمعه المكروه

And it is said: 'shanẓá bihi' if he made him hear what is hateful.

والشناظ: من نعت المرأة وهو اكتناز لحمها

And 'ash-shanāẓ': is a description of a woman, which is her stoutness of flesh.