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ع ن ش ط

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes tallness and length, particularly in relation to people and animals. It also extends to negative character traits like bad temper and clinging behavior.

Derived headwords

العَنَشِطnoun
  1. 1.
    tall personboth

    A tall individual, used as a descriptive noun.

العَنَشْطnoun
  1. 1.
    tall personboth

    A tall individual, used as a descriptive noun. This form is noted as having the 'n' before the 'sh'.

العَشْنَطnoun
  1. 1.
    tall personboth

    A tall individual, used as a descriptive noun. This form is noted as having the 'sh' before the 'n'.

العَشْنَطadjective
  1. 1.
    tallboth

    Describing someone or something as tall or long.

رجل وجمل عشنط — a tall man and a tall camel
عَنَشِطadjective
  1. 1.
    bad-temperedboth

    Having a bad disposition or character.

غير عنشط — not ill-tempered
عَنَشِطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tallnessclassical

    The state or quality of being tall.

  2. 2.
    angerclassical

    The state of being angry or wrathful.

عَنَشَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be tallclassical

    To possess the quality of being tall or long.

  2. 2.
    to become angryclassical

    To enter a state of anger.

تَعَنَّشَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to cling to (for dispute)classical

    A woman clinging to her husband, typically in the context of a dispute or argument.

Parallel reading

العشنط والعنشط معا: الطويل، الأول بتشديد النون، والثاني بتسكين النون قبل الشين
Al-'ashnaṭ and al-'anashṭ both mean: the tall one, the first with a shaddah on the noon, and the second with a sukun on the noon before the shin.
العنشط: الطويل، وكذلك: العشنط، مثال العشنق
Al-'anashṭ: the tall one, and likewise: al-'ashnaṭ, like 'al-'ashnaq'.
ويقال: رجل وجمل عشنط
And it is said: a tall man and a tall camel.
والجمع عشانطة وعشانقة
And the plural is 'ashāniṭah and 'ashāniqah.
بويزلا ذا كدنة معلطا من الجمال بازلا عشنطا
A young camel, stout and strong, among the camels, a tall one.
يوفي بممتد الجديل عنشطه
It reaches with its extended forelock, its tallness.
العنشط: السيئ الخلق
Al-'anashṭ: the ill-tempered.
أتاك من الفتيان أروع ماجد صبور على ما نابه غير عنشط
There has come to you from the young men a noble, glorious one, patient with what befalls him, not ill-tempered.
امرأة عنشط، وعنشطة: طويلة
A woman 'anashṭ, and 'anashṭah: tall.
عنشط الرجل عنشطة، إذا غضب
The man became 'anashṭah, if he became angry.
تعنشطت المرأة زوجها، إذا تعلقت به لخصومة
The woman clung to her husband, if she clung to him for a dispute.