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ش ن ح ف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something tall or long, possibly with a connotation of being robust or sturdy. It is primarily used as an adjective for people or objects.

Derived headwords

الشَّنْحَفnoun
  1. 1.
    tall personclassical

    A tall person, described as being long and possibly robust.

شِنْحِفadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing someone or something as tall or long.

شَنَاحِفnoun
  1. 1.
    tall onesclassical

    The plural form of 'شنحف', referring to tall people.

Parallel reading

الشنحف، كجعفر، هكذا ضبطه ابن دريد، في المحيط: مثل جردحل: هو الطويل
Al-shanhaf, like Ja'far, this is how Ibn Duraid vocalized it, in Al-Muhit: like Jardahal: it is the tall one.
والجمع: شناحف
And the plural is: shanāḥif.