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شنث

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of coarseness or thickness, particularly related to the lips or mouth of an animal, often due to eating thorny plants. It can also refer to the act of becoming coarse or thick in this manner.

Derived headwords

الشَّنَثnoun
  1. 1.
    coarsenessclassical

    A state of being coarse, thick, or rough, especially referring to the lips or mouth.

شَنِثَverb
  1. 1.
    to become coarseclassical

    To become coarse, thick, or rough, particularly the lips of a camel from eating thorns.

شَنِثَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became coarseclassical

    Past tense verb indicating that the lips (of a camel) became coarse or thick.

مَشَافِرُ البَعِيرِnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's lipsclassical

    The lips of a camel, often mentioned in the context of them becoming coarse.

Parallel reading

الشنث بالتحريك: قلب الشثن.
Al-shanath (with harakah): is the inversion of al-shathn.
يقال: شنثت مشافر البعير، أي غلظت من أكل الشوك.
It is said: 'Shanithat the camel's lips,' meaning they became coarse from eating thorns.