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الشنحف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the quality of being tall or long, often with a connotation of being lean or slender. It can also refer to a tall, lean person.

Derived headwords

الشَّنْحَفnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall personboth

    A person who is exceptionally tall.

  2. 2.
    Long thingclassical

    Something that is extended in length.

شِنْحَافadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall and leanboth

    Describing someone who is tall and slender.

جَعْفَرname
  1. 1.
    A proper nameboth

    A male given name, also used as a descriptive term for something long.

جُرْدَحْلadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall and stoutclassical

    Describing someone who is tall and broad or stout.

Parallel reading

الشَّنْحَفُ كَجَعْفَرٍ وَجُرْدَحْلٍ: الطَّوِيلُ
Al-shanhaf, like Ja'far and Jardahl: the tall one.