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ش ن م

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of wounding, cutting, or tearing, particularly the skin or flesh. It also extends to metaphorical meanings of intense anger and, in a less common usage, refers to cold water.

Derived headwords

شنمnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchboth

    A scratch or a superficial wound.

شنمهverb
  1. 1.
    to woundboth

    To wound, cut, or lacerate someone.

شنمnoun
  1. 1.
    cut-off earsclassical

    Refers to individuals whose ears have been cut off.

شنمnoun
  1. 1.
    cold waterclassical

    Refers to cold water, specifically the best kind of water.

شلمهverb
  1. 1.
    to tearboth

    To tear or rip something.

شنمهverb
  1. 1.
    to tear the skinboth

    To tear or pierce the edge of the skin.

Parallel reading

هو (الخدش)
It (al-shanam) is the scratch.
وقد شنمه يشنه شنما: جرحه وعقره
And he wounded him, wounding him a shanam: he injured and gashed him.
ركوب على السوءات قد شنم استه
Riding on shameful acts, he has wounded his posterior.
والشنم بضمتين: المقطعو الآذان
And al-shanmu (with two dammah) means those with cut-off ears.
يقال: رمى فشنم: إذا خرق طرف الجلد
It is said: he shot and shanam: meaning he pierced the edge of the skin.
وهو يتطاير شنمه كشلمه
And he is scattering his shanam like his shalam.
أي: شرره من الغضب
Meaning: his sparks of anger.
خير الماء الشنم يعني البارد
The best water is al-shanam, meaning cold.