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شنغف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe things that are long, slender, and perhaps unsteady or loosely formed. It is applied to plant parts and to the physical build of a person.

Derived headwords

الشَّنْغَافnoun
  1. 1.
    long, slender partclassical

    Refers to a long and slender part of something, specifically mentioned as being from membranes or branches.

الشَّنْغُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    long, slender rootclassical

    Describes a long and slender root emerging from the ground.

الشَّنْعَفadjective
  1. 1.
    loosely builtclassical

    Describes someone whose physical build is unsteady, loose, or poorly put together.

الشَّنْغَفadjective
  1. 1.
    loosely builtclassical

    Describes someone whose physical build is unsteady, loose, or poorly put together.

الهَلْغَفadjective
  1. 1.
    loosely builtclassical

    Describes someone whose physical build is unsteady, loose, or poorly put together.

Parallel reading

الشَّنْغَاف الطويل الدقيق من الأرشية والأغصان
The long, slender part from membranes and branches.
والشنغوف عرق طويل من الأرض دقيق
And the long, slender root is a long, slender root from the ground.
سمعت زائدة البكري يقول: الشنعف والشنغف والهلغف: المضطرب الخلق
I heard Zāʾidah al-Bakrī say: Al-shanʿaf, al-shanġaf, and al-halġaf: the one of unsteady build.