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ظنب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the lower leg bone, specifically the shinbone or tibia. It also extends metaphorically to concepts of speed, urgency, and the striking of a horse's leg.

Derived headwords

الظنبوبnoun
  1. 1.
    shinbone, tibiaboth

    The hard bone of the lower leg, specifically the tibia.

ظنابيبnoun
  1. 1.
    shins, lower legsboth

    Plural of ظنبوب, referring to the lower legs or shins.

عاري الظنابيبadjective
  1. 1.
    bare-leggedclassical

    Describing something or someone as having exposed or bare lower legs.

صتعاnoun
  1. 1.
    twist, bendclassical

    A twisting or bending, used here to describe an unnatural posture or appearance.

قرع الظنابيبnoun
  1. 1.
    striking of the shinsclassical

    The act of striking the lower legs, metaphorically used to describe the sound of a whip on a horse's leg.

Parallel reading

العظم اليابس من قدم الساق
The hard bone of the lower leg.
عاري الظنابيب منحص قوادمه
Bare of shins, its forelegs are short.
يرمد حتى ترى في رأسه صتعا
It is crooked until you see a twist in its head.
كنا إذا ما أتانا صارخ فزع
When a panicked screamer came to us,
كان الصراخ له قرع الظنابيب
The screaming was like the striking of the shins.
عنى به سرعة الإجابة
He meant by it the speed of the response.
وجعل قرع السوط على ساق الخف في زجر الفرس قرعا للظنبوب
And he made the striking of the whip on the horse's leg, in urging it on, a striking of the shinbone.