Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

استشنّ

Root: شن

Form: 10

Full Definition

استشنّX : see 5, in three places.
2 Also, said of a man, and of a camel, He became lean, or emaciated, like the water-skin that has become old, and worn out: so says Aboo-Kheyreh: or, said of an animal, he became dried up, and lean, or emaciated.
3 And استشنّ إِلَى اللَّبَنِ i. q. عَامَ, i. e. He betook himself to milk, or the milk, and desired it eagerly, or longed for it.


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