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شنظر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes someone with a bad disposition, ill-tempered, or ill-mannered. It can also refer to a specific type of unpleasant or disagreeable person.

Derived headwords

شَنَظِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-temperedboth

    Describes a person who is bad-tempered, ill-mannered, or of a disagreeable disposition.

شَنَظِيرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-temperedboth

    Describes a person, particularly a woman, who is bad-tempered, ill-mannered, or of a disagreeable disposition.

شَنَذِيرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-tempered (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of 'شنظيرة', often attributed to a lisp or dialectal variation, meaning ill-tempered or ill-mannered.

Parallel reading

رجل شنظير وشنظيرة، أي سيئ الخلق.
A man 'shanẓīr' and a woman 'shanẓīrah', meaning ill-mannered.
شنظيرة زوجنيه أهلى * من حمقه يحسب رأسي رجلى * كأنه لم ير أنثى قبلى
My family married me off to a disagreeable woman; out of his foolishness, he thinks my head is my leg; as if he had never seen a woman before me.
وربما قالوا: شنذيرة بالذال المعجمة، لقربها من الظاء، لغة أو لثغة.
And sometimes they say: 'shanẓīrah' with the letter dhal, due to its proximity to tha', as a dialect or a lisp.