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منجن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to devices for lifting and drawing water, specifically a type of wheel or pulley system. It also extends to a siege engine, likely due to its mechanical and lifting nature.

Derived headwords

المَنْجَنُونnoun
  1. 1.
    The waterwheel used for drawing waterboth

    The waterwheel used for drawing water

  2. 2.
    the waterwheel used for drawing waterboth

    the waterwheel used for drawing water

مَنْجَنُونnoun
  1. 1.
    Siege engineclassical

    A type of catapult or siege engine used in warfare, likely named for its mechanical action of lifting and throwing projectiles.

مَنْجَنِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    Catapultclassical

    A large weapon used for hurling stones or other projectiles, a type of siege engine.

مَنَاجِينnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of catapultclassical

    The plural form of manjaniq, referring to multiple catapults or siege engines.

Parallel reading

المنجنون: الدولاب التى يستقى عليها.
Al-manjanun: the wheel upon which water is drawn.
قال ابن السكيت: هي المحالة التى يسنى عليها.
Ibn al-Sikkit said: it is the pulley upon which water is drawn.
وهى مؤنثة على فعللول، والميم من نفس الحرف كما قلناه في منجنيق ; لانه يجمع على مناجين.
And it is feminine, on the pattern of fu'alul, and the mim is from the same root as we said for manjaniq; because it is pluralized as manajin.
وأنشد الاصمعي ومنجنون كالاتان
And Al-Asma'i recited: and a manjanun like the two large water-lifting wheels.
ويروى: " ومنجنى "، وهما بمعنى.
And it is narrated: 'and a manjani', and they both have the same meaning.