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شرنق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of cutting or tearing, particularly in the context of shedding or being worn out. It describes the act of sloughing off skin, like a snake, and also refers to tattered or ripped clothing.

Derived headwords

شَرَنْقverb
  1. 1.
    to cutclassical

    To cut or sever something.

الشَّرَانِقnoun
  1. 1.
    snake's shed skinclassical

    The skin that a snake sloughs off when it sheds.

  2. 2.
    tattered clothesmodern

    Clothing that is torn, ragged, or in a state of disrepair.

Parallel reading

والشرانق: سلخ الحية إذا ألقته
And the sharanq: the shedding of the snake when it casts it off.
و من الثياب: المتخرقة
And from clothes: the tattered ones.