شَطَنٌ
Root: شطن
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شَطَنٌ
A rope, in a general sense: or a long rope: or a long and strongly-twisted rope by means of which one draws water: pl. أَشْطَانٌ. Mention is made, in a trad., of a horse as being مَرْبُوطٌ بِشَطَنَيْنِ [i. e. Tied with two ropes, or long ropes, &c.,] because of his strength. And one says of a strong-spirited horse, إِنَّهُ لَيَنْزُو بَيْنَ
شَطَنَيْنِ [Verily he leaps between two ropes, or long ropes, &c.]: a saying applied as a prov. to him who exults, or exults greatly, or excessively, and behaves insolently and ungratefully, and is strong. An Arab of the desert described a horse that did not become abraded in the sole of his hoof by saying, كَأَنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ فِى أَشْطَانٍ [As though he were a devil in ropes, or long ropes, &c.].
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