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شنم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of wounding, cutting, or scratching, particularly the skin or flesh. It also extends to the concept of something being cut off, like ears, and metaphorically to a cold or refreshing quality of water.

Derived headwords

الشَّنَمُnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchboth

    A scratch or a superficial wound.

  2. 2.
    cut-off earsclassical

    Refers to individuals who have had their ears cut off.

شَنِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratchboth

    To scratch or make a superficial wound.

  2. 2.
    to woundboth

    To wound or cut deeply.

  3. 3.
    to pierce the skinclassical

    To pierce or break the surface of the skin.

شَنِمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to wound himboth

    To wound or injure him.

  2. 2.
    to cut himboth

    To cut or inflict a wound upon him.

شَنْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    woundingboth

    The act of wounding or cutting.

السَّنَمnoun
  1. 1.
    water on the surfaceclassical

    Water that is on the surface of the earth.

الشَّنِمadjective
  1. 1.
    coldclassical

    Referring to water that is cold and refreshing.

Parallel reading

الشنم الخدش.
Al-shanam is the scratch.
شنمه يشنمه شنما: جرحه وعقره؛
Shanama yashnamuhu shanman: he wounded him and gashed him;
ركوب على السوآت قد شنم استه
Riding on the buttocks, he has wounded his posterior
مزاحمة الأعداء، والنخس في الدبر والشنم: المقطعو الآذان.
Jostling the enemies, and prodding in the anus, and al-shanam: the cut-off-eared ones.
ورمى فشنم إذا خرق طرف الجلد.
And he shot and shanama if he pierced the edge of the skin.
خير الماء الشنم ،
The best water is al-shanam (the cold one),
يعني البارد.
meaning the cold one.
السنم، بالسين والنون، وهو الماء على وجه الأرض.
Al-sanam, with a sin and a noon, and it is the water on the face of the earth.