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الشرنبث

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical coarseness, particularly in hands and feet. It also extends to denote a lion and a specific geographical location.

Derived headwords

الشَّرَنْبَثnoun
  1. 1.
    Coarse hands and feetclassical

    A person characterized by thick, rough, or large hands and feet.

الشَّرَنْبَثnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    A term used to refer to a lion.

الشَّرَنْبَثname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name, possibly for a person or place.

الشَّرَابِثnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    An alternative form referring to a lion.

كَعُصْفُرname
  1. 1.
    Valley nameclassical

    The name of a valley situated between Al-Yamamah and Basra.

Parallel reading

الغليظ الكفين والرجلين
Coarse of hands and feet
والأسد
And the lion
كالشرابث، بالضم
Like Al-Sharābiṯ, with dammah
واسم
And a name
وكعصفر: واد بين اليمامة والبصرة
And like 'Usfur: a valley between Al-Yamamah and Basra