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زنء

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of ascending, approaching, or drawing near. It also extends to meanings of being short, constricted, or having a pressing need, particularly in a physical sense.

Derived headwords

زَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    he ascended (the mountain)both

    he ascended (the mountain)

زنأ في الجبل — He ascended in the mountain.
زنأ الظل — The shadow shortened.
زُنُوءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    ascendingclassical

    The act of ascending or climbing.

  2. 2.
    approachingclassical

    The act of drawing near or approaching.

زنأ وزنوءا — He ascended and a climbing.
زَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    he ascended (the mountain)both

    he ascended (the mountain)

وزنأت من الخمسين زنأ — I approached fifty.
زَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    he ascended (the mountain)both

    he ascended (the mountain)

وزنأ الظل — The shadow shortened.
زَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    he ascended (the mountain)both

    he ascended (the mountain)

وزنأت إليه زنوءا — I took refuge with him.
أَزْنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to take refugeclassical

    To make someone else seek shelter or refuge.

وأزنأت غيري — And I caused another to take refuge.
زَنَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing something that is short in length, like a person or a shadow.

رجل زناء — A short man.
ظل زناء — A short shadow.
زَنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    shortnessclassical

    The state or quality of being short.

والزناء — And shortness.
زَنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    constrictionclassical

    A feeling of tightness or pressure, often related to needing to urinate.

والزناء — And constriction.
زَنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    urgency to urinateclassical

    The condition of needing to urinate urgently, being 'holding it in'.

وهو زناء — While he is holding it in (needing to urinate).
زَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    he ascended (the mountain)both

    he ascended (the mountain)

زنأ بوله يزنأ زنوءا — He held in his urine, he felt the urge to urinate.
تَزْنِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    to call him 'O adulterer'both

    to call him 'O adulterer'

وزنأ عليه تزنئة — And he caused him distress.
زَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    he ascended (the mountain)both

    he ascended (the mountain)

وزنأ عليه — And he caused him distress.

Parallel reading

زنأ في الجبل
He ascended in the mountain.
وارق إلى الخيرات زنأ في الجبل
He climbed towards goodness, ascending in the mountain.
وزنأت من الخمسين زنأ
I approached fifty.
وزنأ الظل
The shadow shortened.
وزنأت إليه زنوءا
I took refuge with him.
وأزنأت غيري
And I caused another to take refuge.
رجل زناء
A short man.
ظل زناء
A short shadow.
وتدخل في الظل الزناء رؤوسها وتحسبها هيما وهن صحائح
And their heads entered the short shadow, and you would think them sick while they are healthy.
والزناء، بالفتح والمد: القصير
And al-zinā', with fatḥa and madd: the short one.
والزناء: الضيق
And al-zinā': constriction.
والزناء: الحاقن
And al-zinā': one holding in urine.
نهى أن يصلي الرجل وهو زناء
He forbade a man from praying while he is holding in urine.
زنأ بوله يزنأ زنوءا، إذا احتقن
He held in his urine, he felt the urge to urinate, if he was holding it in.
وزنأ عليه تزنئة
And he caused him distress.
لاهم إن الحارث بن جبله زنا على أبيه ثم قتله
O Allah, indeed Al-Harith ibn Jabalah wronged his father and then killed him.