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غسنب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of stirring up or agitating water. It is noted as being omitted by major lexicographers and potentially confused with a similar root using the letter 'ayn instead of ghayn.

Derived headwords

غَسْنَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to stir upclassical

    To agitate or stir up water.

غَسْنَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to agitateclassical

    To stir up or agitate something, particularly water.

Parallel reading

غسنب الماء
to stir up water
أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني
Al-Jawhari and Al-Sagani omitted it.
وفي اللسان أي إذا ثوره وهيجه
And in Al-Lisan, it means if it stirred it up and agitated it.
ولكن الذي في تهذيب ابن القطاع أنهما بالعين المهملة
But what is in Tahdhib Ibn Al-Qatta' is that they are with the unpointed 'ayn.
نقلته عن نسخة قديمة مصححة
I have transcribed it from an old, corrected copy.
وقد أشرنا إليهما آنفا
And we have referred to them previously.