تَشَنَّنَتِ
Root: شن
Form: 5
Full Definition
تَشَنَّنَتِV
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, and
and
, The water-skin became old, and worn out: or
, said of skin, or a skin, does not signify thus, but signifies, or signifies also, and so تشنّن, said of the skin of a man, in extreme old age, it contracted, shrank, shrivelled, or wrinkled; or became contracted or shrunk &c.; and dried up: and
استشنّ is likewise said of the skin of a man, meaning it became old, and worn out, like the old, and worn-out,
شَنّ. It is said in a trad., القُرْآنُ لَا يَتْفَهُ وَلَا [expl. in art. تفه]. See also a tropical usage of
استشنّ in a trad. cited in the first paragraph of art. بل.
2 تشنّن is also said of the skin of a man as meaning It became altered [for the worse] in odour, in extreme old age.
2 تشنّن is also said of the skin of a man as meaning It became altered [for the worse] in odour, in extreme old age.
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