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شَاطِنٌ

Root: شطن

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شَاطِنٌ [Distant, or remote, in respect of the place of alighting or abode]; i. q. شَاطِبٌ [q. v.]. (TA in art. شطب. [See also شَطُونٌ, and شَطِينٌ.])
2 And Far from the truth [and from the mercy of God: see 1].
3 And i. q. خَبِيثٌ [Bad, corrupt, &c.; like سَاطِنٌ]. Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s-Salt, referring to Solomon, says, أَيُّمَا شَاطِنٍ عَصَاهُ عَكَاهُ ثُمَّ يُلْقَى فِى السِّجْنِ وَالأَغْلَالِ [Whatever bad one disobeyed him, he bound him in irons; then he was cast into the prison and the shackles for the neck and hands].
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