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شنف
Root entry · 9 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns the concept of adornment, specifically earrings, and extends to meanings of dislike, aversion, and looking askance.
Derived headwords
الشَّنَفnoun
- 1.the upper earringboth
the upper earring
شُنُوفnoun
- 1.plural of shanfboth
plural of shanf
شَنَّفَverb
- 1.he adorned the woman with earrings, so she wore themboth
he adorned the woman with earrings, so she wore them
تَشَنَّفَverb
- 1.To be adornedclassical
To be adorned, reflexive of شنف (shanf), meaning the woman adorns herself.
الشَّنَفُnoun
- 1.the upper earringboth
the upper earring
شَنِفَverb
- 1.he adorned the woman with earrings, so she wore themboth
he adorned the woman with earrings, so she wore them
شَنْفًاnoun
- 1.Dislikeclassical
The state of disliking someone, as in 'he disliked him'.
شَفِنَverb
- 1.To look askanceclassical
To look at something with a sideways or oblique glance.
يَشْنِفْنَverb
- 1.To look askanceclassical
They look askance, referring to horses looking at a distant view.
Parallel reading
الشنف القرط الأعلى
Al-shanf is the upper part of an earring.
والجمع شنوف، مثل فلس وفلوس
And its plural is shunūf, like fulūs from fulūs.
وشنفَت المرأة تشنيفا، فتشنفت هي
And the woman adorned herself (with earrings), and she became adorned.
مثل قرطتها فتقرطت هي
Like she adorned herself with an earring, and she became adorned.
والشنف بالتحريك: البغض والتنكر
And al-shanf, with vowelization, means dislike and aversion.
وقد شنفت له بالكسر أشنف شنفا، أي أبغضته
And you may say shanifa lahu (with kasra) ashtafu shanfan, meaning you disliked him.
هو مثل شئفته بالهمز
It is like sha'iftuhu (with hamza).
والشنف: المبغض
And al-shanf: the one who dislikes.
وشنفت إلى الشئ بالفتح مثل شفنت
And shanifa to a thing (with fatḥa) is like shafina.
وهو نظر في اعتراض
And it is looking obliquely.
يشنفن للنظر البعيد كأنما إرنانها ببوائن الاشطان
They look askance at the distant view as if their neighing is from the plains of Al-Ishtan.