زَنَنٌ

Root: زن

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زَنَنٌ , and مِيَاهٌ زَنَنٌ, [which suggests that زَنَنٌ is an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet,] A water, and waters, small in quantity, and narrow: [for] زَنَنٌ signifies strait, or narrow; like زَنَآءٌ and زَنِىٌّ [which do not belong to this art.]: or مَآءٌ زَنَنٌ means [a place of water] of which one knows not whether there be in it water or not.

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