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زَنْجَرَ

Root: زنجر

Form: Q. 1

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زَنْجَرَ
Q. 1 Verbal.Noun زَنْجَرَةٌ, (S in art. زجر,) He [fillipped, or] struck the thumb upon, or against, the middle finger with the fore finger: (S in art. زجر:) or he fillipped with the nail of his thumb and that of his fore finger: you say زَنْجَرَ لَهُ, meaning he put the nail of his thumb upon that of his fore finger, and then fillipped with them to him, saying وَلَا مِثْلَ هٰذَا [Nor, or not even, the like of this will I give thee]; meaning thus, وَلَا أُعْطِيكَ مِثْلَ هٰذَا. The subst., or the name of this [action], is زِنْجِيرٌ .
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