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Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the upper parts, edges, or extremities of things, particularly mountains. It also extends to describe negative character traits like ill-temper and unpleasantness, as well as a state of being stout or corpulent.

Derived headwords

شَنَظْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    upper part, side, edgeboth

    The upper part, the side, or the edge of a mountain.

شَنَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    upper part, side, edgeboth

    The upper part or side of something, often a mountain.

شَنَاظِيnoun
  1. 1.
    upper partsclassical

    The upper parts or extremities, used here in the context of a mountain.

شَنَظْيَانadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-tempered, quarrelsomeclassical

    Describing a woman who is ill-tempered, quarrelsome, and loud.

نَظْيَانadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-tempered, quarrelsomeclassical

    Used in conjunction with 'شنظيان' to describe a woman who is ill-tempered, quarrelsome, and loud.

ذَات شَنَاظphrase
  1. 1.
    corpulent, stoutclassical

    Describing a woman who is stout, fleshy, and corpulent.

شَنَظَى بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to cause distressclassical

    To cause someone to hear unpleasant or offensive things; to inflict harm through words.

Parallel reading

شنظوة الجبل، كقنفذة: أعلاه وناحيته وطرفه.
The upper part of the mountain, like 'qunfudhah': its top, its side, and its edge.
وشناظه، بالكسر: أعلاه
And its 'shanazhuhu', with kasra: its upper part.
ج: شناظ، كثمان
Plural: 'shanazh', like 'thaman'.
في شناظي أقن دونها ... عرة الطير كصوم النعام
In the upper parts of a peak, beyond which is ... the bird's carrion like the ostrich's fasting.
امرأة شنظيان بنظيان بالكسر فيهما، أي سيئة الخلق صخابة.
A woman 'shanziyan binziyan', with kasra in both, meaning ill-tempered and loud.
امرأة ذات شناظ، ككتاب، أي مكتنزة اللحم كثيرته.
A woman 'dhat shanaz', like 'kitab', meaning stout, fleshy, and corpulent.
يقال: شنظى به، إذا أسمعه المكروه.
It is said: 'shanza bihi', if he made him hear what is disliked.