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شنعف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something long and slender, often associated with physical weakness or inability. It also extends to geographical features, specifically rocky outcrops or mountain heads.

Derived headwords

الشَّنْعَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Lengthinessboth

    The state or quality of being long.

الشَّنْعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall, weak personclassical

    A tall, weak, and incapable person.

الشَّنْعَابnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall, weak personclassical

    A tall, weak, and incapable person.

شَنَعَافadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall and weakclassical

    Describing a man who is tall, weak, and incapable.

الشَّنْعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountain headclassical

    A rocky outcrop or head that emerges from a mountain.

الشَّنْعُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountain headclassical

    A rocky outcrop or head that emerges from a mountain.

الشَّنَاعِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountain headsclassical

    Plural of 'shana'af', referring to rocky outcrops or heads emerging from mountains.

Parallel reading

الشنعفة: الطول.
Al-shana'fah: Lengthiness.
والشنعاف والشنعاب: الطويل الرخو العاجز، رجل شنعاف؛
And al-shana'af and al-shana'ab: the tall, weak, and incapable one; a man is shana'af;
تزوجت شنعافا فآنست مقرفا، ...
I married a tall, weak man, and found him to be a weakling...
إذا ابتدر الأقوام مجدا تقبعا
when people rush towards glory, he is slow/incapable.
والشنعاف والشنعوف: رأس يخرج من الجبل، والنون زائدة.
And al-shana'af and al-shana'uf: a head that emerges from a mountain, and the 'nun' is extra.
الأصمعي: الشناعيف رؤوس تخرج من الجبال.
Al-Asma'i: Al-shana'if are heads that emerge from mountains.