Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

Toggle Menu

زنم زنو زنى


1. ⇒ زنوزنى

زَنَا, [aor. يَزْنُو,] inf. n. زُنُوٌّ, It was, or became, strait, or narrow; a dial. var. of زَنَأَ; (ISd, Ḳ, TA;) said of a place. (TA.)


2. ⇒ زنّوزنّى

زنّى عَلَيْهِ He straitened, or oppressed, him; made strait, or close, to him: (ISd, Ḳ:) it occurs thus, without ء, by poetic license, for زَنَّأَ, in a saying of a rájiz cited in art. شدخ, as an ex. of the word شَادِخَةٌ. (Ṣ in art. زنأ.)

Root: زنو - Entry: 2. Dissociation: B

زنّى also signifies He (a man) became lax in his joints. (TA in art. زن.)


زَنَآءٌ


زَنِىٌّ

زَنِىٌّ Strait, or narrow; (Ḳ;) as alsoزَنَآءٌ↓: (TA in art. زنأ from the Fáïk; and in art. زن:) the former mentioned in this sense by IAạr; (TA;) applied to a bag, or other receptacle. (Ḳ, TA.) [See also زَنِىْءٌ, in art. زنأ.]


زِنَوِىٌّ


Indication of Authorities

Lexicological and Grammatical Terms

Lexicologists and Grammarians Cited