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شعنب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something that is straight, then curves or twists, particularly in relation to animal horns. It also seems to have a less common usage related to the shape of horns.

Derived headwords

الشَّعْنَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    straightness, then curvingclassical

    The act or state of being straight and then curving, specifically mentioned in relation to the horn of a ram.

مُشَعْنَبadjective
  1. 1.
    curved hornclassical

    Describing a ram or he-goat whose horn is twisted and curves back towards its ear, resembling a ring.

  2. 2.
    straightclassical

    Describing something that is straight.

Parallel reading

هو أن يستقيم قرن الكبش ثم يلتوي على رأسه قبل أذنه
It is when the ram's horn is straight then twists over its head before its ear.
إنه لمشعنب القرن
Indeed, he is twisted of horn.
حتى يصير كأنه حلقة
Until it becomes like a ring.
ومثله: إنه معنكب القرن
And like it: he is twisted of horn.
والمشعنب أيضا: المستقيم
And al-musha'nab also: straight.
تكسر نونه وتفتح
Its noon is kasraed and fathad.