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اغرنشم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of physical emaciation and wasting away, particularly of the flesh and the abdomen. It conveys a sense of being gaunt or hollowed out.

Derived headwords

اِغْرَنْشَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to waste awayclassical

    The man's flesh became thin and his belly hollowed.

اِغْرِنْشَامnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciationclassical

    The state of having one's flesh wasted and belly hollowed.

Parallel reading

اغرنشم الرجل، بالشين المعجمة: ذبل لحمه، وخمص بطنه.
The man became emaciated, with the letter 'shīn' (ش), his flesh withered and his belly hollowed.