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الشنظرة

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of verbal abuse, insults, and harsh speech. It extends to describe a person of ill character and, metaphorically, to physical features of a mountain.

Derived headwords

الشَّنْظَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    insultboth

    The act of insulting or verbally abusing someone.

شَنْظَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to insultboth

    To verbally abuse or insult someone.

شَنْظَرَ بِهِمْverb
  1. 1.
    to insult themboth

    To direct insults or verbal abuse towards a group of people.

الشَّنْظِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-manneredboth

    A person who is of bad character, rude, and foul-mouthed.

الشَّنْظِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ill-mannered personboth

    A female or a general term for a person who is ill-mannered, rude, and foul-mouthed.

الشَّنْظُورَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rock fragmentclassical

    A rock that breaks off from the corner of a mountain and falls.

الشَّنْظُورَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain edgeclassical

    The edge or extremity of a mountain.

بَنُو شَنْظِيرname
  1. 1.
    Banu Shanzirclassical

    A tribe or clan among the Arabs.

Parallel reading

الشَّنْظَرَةُ: الشَّتْمُ.
Al-shanẓarah: Insult.
وَشَنْظَرَ بِهِمْ: شَتَمَهُمْ.
And shanẓara bihim: He insulted them.
وَالشَّنْظِيرُ: السَّيِّءُ الخُلُقِ الفَحَّاشُ،
And al-shanẓīr: The ill-mannered, foul-mouthed one,
كَالشَّنْظِيرَةِ،
like al-shanẓīrah,
وَالصَّخْرَةُ تَنْفَلِقُ مِنْ رُكْنِ الجَبَلِ فَتَسْقُطُ،
and the rock that splits from the corner of the mountain and falls,
كَالشَّنْظُورَةِ،
like al-shanẓūrah,
وَبِالْهَاءِ: حَرْفُ الجَبَلِ وَطَرَفُهُ.
and with the Hāʾ: the edge of the mountain and its extremity.
وَبَنُو شَنْظِيرٍ: بَطْنٌ مِنَ العَرَبِ.
And Banū Shanzīr: A clan among the Arabs.