شنخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to elevated or prominent parts, particularly of mountains and date palms. It also extends to the concept of something being pruned or trimmed.

Derived headwords

الشَّنَاخnoun

1.
mountain peakclassical
The prominent, elevated part of a mountain, often referring to its summit or a high ridge.

شَنَخَverb

1.
to pruneclassical
To prune or trim a date palm, specifically removing the spathes (sheaths) that cover its fruit stalks.

تَشْنِيخًاnoun

1.
pruningclassical
The act of pruning or trimming a date palm, as described in the verb form.

المُشَنَّخnoun

1.
pruned palmclassical
A date palm from which the spathes (sheaths) have been removed.

شَنَاخِيبnoun

1.
summitsclassical
The plural of 'shanakh', referring to the heads or summits of mountains or elevated areas.

Parallel reading

الشناخ، ككتاب: أنف الجبل

Al-shanakh, like kitāb: the nose of the mountain.

إذا شناخ أنفه توقدا

When the summit of its nose blazed.

إذا شناخي قورها توقدا

If the summits of its valleys blazed.

أراد شناخيب قورها، وهي رؤسها

He meant the summits of its valleys, which are their heads.

والمشنخ، كمعظم من النخل: ما نقح عنه سلاؤه

And al-mushanakh, like mu'aẓẓam, from date palms: what its spathes have been pruned from.

وهو شوكه

And it is its thorns.

وقد شنخ عليه نخله تشنيخا

And he pruned his date palm with pruning.