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شنء

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of hatred, aversion, and strong dislike. It extends to meanings of giving something up, releasing it, or being stingy with it, often as a consequence of this dislike. It can also relate to the act of giving or bestowing something.

Derived headwords

شَنِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to hateboth

    To feel intense dislike or aversion towards someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to dislike intenselyboth

    To have a strong feeling of disapproval or repugnance.

شَنِئَ بهverb
  1. 1.
    to be displeased withclassical

    To feel dissatisfaction or annoyance with someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to give up onclassical

    To cease to support or have faith in someone or something.

فلو كان هذا الأمر في غير ملككم } شنئت به أو غص بالماء شاربه — If this matter were not under your rule, I would be displeased with it or its drinker would choke on the water.
شَنِئَ (أو أعطاه)verb
  1. 1.
    to giveclassical

    To bestow or grant something, often implying a release or giving up of possession.

شَنِئَ (وتبرأ منه)verb
  1. 1.
    to disownclassical

    To renounce or reject someone or something, to declare oneself free from.

شَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to give upclassical

    To release or let go of something.

  2. 2.
    to give outclassical

    To produce or emit something, to let it leave one's possession.

شنيء الشيء: أخرجه من عنده — To give up a thing: to take it out from one's possession.
شَنَأَ (كعَلِمَ)verb
  1. 1.
    to acknowledge and releaseclassical

    To admit to something and then give it up or let it go.

شنيء حقه، أي كعلم إذا أقر به وأخرجه من عنده — To give up his right, meaning like 'to know' if he acknowledged it and released it from his possession.
شَنِئَ (كَمَنَعَ)verb
  1. 1.
    to preventclassical

    To stop or hinder someone from doing something.

شَوَانِئnoun
  1. 1.
    things not begrudgedclassical

    Possessions or things that one does not hold back or be stingy with.

شوانىء المال: التي لا يضن أي لا يبخل بها — Things not begrudged of wealth: those which one does not hold back, meaning does not act stingy with.
شُنِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hatedboth

    To be the object of hatred or strong dislike.

مَشْنُوءadjective
  1. 1.
    hatedboth

    Detested or strongly disliked.

  2. 2.
    dislikedboth

    Regarded with aversion or disapproval.

مَشْنِيئةadjective
  1. 1.
    hatedclassical

    Detested or strongly disliked, particularly in a passive sense.

  2. 2.
    unpleasantclassical

    Causing dislike or aversion.

عليكم بالمشنيئة النافعة التلبينة — You should have the beneficial 'hated' thing, which is Talbina (a type of porridge).
شَنَآنnoun
  1. 1.
    hatredboth

    Intense dislike or animosity.

  2. 2.
    winter's coldclassical

    Used metaphorically to refer to the harshness or coldness of winter.

  3. 3.
    ease and comfortclassical

    Used metaphorically to refer to a state of relaxation and ease.

يفيض فيكم شنآن الشتاء — And hatred of winter will spread among you.
تَشَانَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to hate each otherboth

    To mutually feel intense dislike or animosity.

  2. 2.
    to be estrangedboth

    To become alienated or distant from one another.

وتشانئوا أي تباغضوا — And hate each other, meaning be mutually hateful.

Parallel reading

فلو كان هذا الأمر في جاهلية عرفت من المولى القليل حلائبه ولو كان هذا الأمر في غير ملككم } شنئت به أو غص بالماء شاربه
If this matter were in the pre-Islamic era, I would know the master's few virtues. And if this matter were not under your rule, I would be displeased with it or its drinker would choke on the water.
لا يخفى أن الإعطاء مع التبري من معاني شنأ بالفتح إذا عدي بإلى، كما قاله ثعلب، فلو قال: وإليه: أعطاه وتبرأ منه كان أجمع للأقوال
It is not hidden that giving along with disowning are meanings of 'shana' (with fathah) when it is transitive with 'ila', as Tha'lab said. So if he had said: 'and to him': 'he gave him and disowned him', it would have been more comprehensive of the sayings.
شنيء الشيء: أخرجه من عنده
To give up a thing: to take it out from one's possession.
شنيء حقه، أي كعلم إذا أقر به وأخرجه من عنده
To give up his right, meaning like 'to know' if he acknowledged it and released it from his possession.
شوانىء المال: التي لا يضن أي لا يبخل بها
Things not begrudged of wealth: those which one does not hold back, meaning does not act stingy with.
كأنها} شنئت أي يغضب فجيد بها أي أعطي بها لعدم عزتها على صاحبها، فهو يجود بها لبغضه إياها
As if they were 'shuni'at' (made hated), meaning angered, so they are generously given away, meaning given because they are not precious to their owner, so he is generous with them due to his dislike of them.
عليكم {بالمشنيئة النافعة التلبينة، تعني الحساء وهي مفعولة من شنئت إذا أبغضت
You should have the beneficial 'hated' thing, which is Talbina (a type of porridge), meaning the soup, and it is a passive participle from 'shan'i'ta' if you hated.
يوشك أن يرفع عنكم الطاعون ويفيض فيكم شنآن الشتاء، قيل: ما شنآن الشتاء؟ قال: (برده)
It is almost time that the plague be lifted from you and the hatred of winter overflow among you. It was asked: What is the hatred of winter? He said: Its coldness.
والمعنى: يرفع عنكم الطاعون والشدة، ويكثر فيكم التباغض أو الراحة والدعة
And the meaning is: the plague and hardship are lifted from you, and mutual hatred or ease and comfort increases among you.
وتشانئوا) أي (تباغضوا) كذا في (العباب)
And 'tashana'u', meaning 'to hate each other', as stated in 'Al-Abab'.