ءشن

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with a specific type of aromatic plant or substance, and places associated with it. It also extends to actions related to washing with such substances and individuals associated with them.

Derived headwords

الأَشَنَةnoun

1.
aromatic substanceclassical
A substance that wraps around oak and pine trees, resembling peeled bark, and is a white perfume.

أَشْنَىname

1.
place nameclassical
A town in Upper Egypt, in the district of al-Banhawiyya, located west of Tantā. It and Tantā are called 'the two brides' due to their beauty and fertility.

إِشْنِينname

1.
place nameclassical
The original name for the town of Ashna, pronounced with kasra on the alif and nun, and sukun on the shin.

أَشْوَنَةname

1.
fortress nameclassical
A fortress in Al-Andalus, in the region of al-Sabkha.

الأَشْوَنِيّname

1.
nisba nameclassical
A nisba referring to someone from the fortress of Ashuna.

الأَشْنَانnoun

1.
soapwort plantboth
A well-known plant used for washing clothes and hands. It is beneficial for scabies and itching, acts as a cleanser, is diuretic, induces menstruation, and can cause miscarriage. Its sellers are sometimes referred to by this name.

تَأَشَّنَverb

1.
to wash with ashnanclassical
A man washed his hand with ashnan (soapwort).

الأَوْشَنnoun

1.
table companionclassical
One who adorns a man and sits with him at his table to eat his food.

قَنْطَرَة الأَشْنَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A neighborhood in Baghdad, to which Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ashnani was attributed.

الأَشْنَانِيّname

1.
nisba nameclassical
A nisba referring to someone from the neighborhood of Qantarat al-Ashnan or a village named Ashnah.

أَشْنَهname

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village nameclassical
A village located between Irbil and Armiya, from which Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Ashnani hailed.

الأَشْنَاهِيّname

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nisba nameclassical
A nisba, considered irregular, possibly referring to someone from Ashnah.

أَشْنَانْذَانname

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place nameclassical
A place meaning 'the place of al-Ashnan'. Abu Uthman Sa'id ibn Harun al-Ashnanidani was attributed to it.

الأَشْنَانْذَانِيّname

1.
nisba nameclassical
A nisba referring to someone from the place called Ashnanthan.

Parallel reading

هو (شيء يلتف على شجر البلوط والصنوبر كأنه مقشور من عرق، وهو عطر أبيض)

It is (a substance that wraps around oak and pine trees, like peeled bark, and it is a white perfume).

ة بصعيد مصر من كورة البنهاوية إلى طنتدا على غربيها، وتسمى هي وطنتدا العروسين لحسنهما وخصبهما

A town in Upper Egypt, from the district of al-Banhawiyya to Tantā on its western side, and it and Tantā are called 'the two brides' for their beauty and fertility.

وهي غير إسنى بالسين المهملة

And it is different from Isna, which is spelled with the unpointed sin.

وهو حصن بالأندلس من نواحي السبخة

It is a fortress in Al-Andalus, in the regions of al-Sabkha.

منه: الأديب غانم بن الوليد المخزومي الأشوني

From it: the man of letters Ghanim ibn al-Walid al-Makhzumi al-Ashuni.

معروف، تغسل به الثياب والأيدي، والضم أعلى

Known, with which clothes and hands are washed, and the damma pronunciation is preferred.

نافع للجرب والحكة جلاء، منق مدر للطمث مسقط للأجنة

Beneficial for scabies and itching, cleansing, diuretic, induces menstruation, and causes miscarriage.

وينسب إلى بيعه محدثون، منهم، أبو طاهر محمد بن أحمد بن هلال الرقي الأشناني، وأبو بكر محمد بن عبد الله بن إبراهيم الأشناني وغيرهما

And narrators are attributed to its sale, among them Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hilal al-Raqqi al-Ashnani, and Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ibrahim al-Ashnani, and others.

الرجل: غسل يده به

A man: he washed his hand with it.

الذي يزين الرجل ويقعد معه على مائدته يأكل طعامه

One who adorns a man and sits with him at his table eating his food.

قنطرة الأشنان: محلة ببغداد، حرسها الله تعالى

Qantarat al-Ashnan: a neighborhood in Baghdad, may God protect it.

وإليها نسب محمد بن يحيى الأشناني روى عن يحيى بن معين

And Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ashnani, who narrated from Yahya ibn Ma'in, is attributed to it.

وأما أبو جعفر محمد بن عمر الأشناني فإنه من قرية أشنه، بضم الألف والنون وسكون الشين وهاء محضة، قرية بين إربل وأرمية

As for Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Ashnani, he is from the village of Ashnah, with damma on the alif and nun, and sukun on the shin and a pure ha', a village between Irbil and Armiya.

وربما قالوه الأشنائي بالهمز على غير قياس؛ قالوا: والقياس أشنهي، كما سيأتي في موضعه

And perhaps they say al-Ashnā'i with hamza, which is irregular; they say the regular form is Ashnāhi, as will come in its place.

معناه موضع الأشنان؛ وإليه نسب أبو عثمان سعيد بن هارون الأشنانذاني عن أبي محمد التوزي، وعنه ابن دريد

Its meaning is the place of al-Ashnan; and Abu Uthman Sa'id ibn Harun al-Ashnanidani, who narrated from Abu Muhammad al-Tuzi, and from whom Ibn Duraid narrated, is attributed to it.