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الشنم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of scratching, cutting, or tearing, particularly the skin or ears. It also extends to the idea of something being torn or mutilated, and metaphorically, to something being quickly uttered or spoken.

Derived headwords

الشَّنَمnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchboth

    A scratch or a superficial wound on the skin.

شَنِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    mutilated earsclassical

    Describing an animal or person whose ears have been cut off or severely damaged.

شَنِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratchboth

    To make a light cut or scratch on the skin.

  2. 2.
    to tearclassical

    To rip or tear something, especially the skin.

شَنَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to tear the skinclassical

    To make a tear or rip on the surface of the skin.

شَنَمُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its tearclassical

    Referring to the tear or rip of something, used metaphorically.

كَشْلَمَهُ زِنَةً وَمَعْنًىphrase
  1. 1.
    same in weight and meaningclassical

    A phrase indicating that something is identical to another in both its literal form (weight/sound) and its semantic content.

Parallel reading

الشنم: الخدش
Al-shanam: the scratch.
وبضمتين: المقطعو الآذان
And with two dammah: the one with cut-off ears.
ورمى فشنم
And he shot, so he tore the edge of the skin.
خرق طرف الجلد
He tore the edge of the skin.
ويتطاير شنمه
And his tear flies off.
كشلمه زنة ومعنى
It is the same as his tear in weight and meaning.