شَنَبٌ
Root: شنب
Full Definition
شَنَبٌ
Lustre, and fineness, or delicacy, or thinness, and coolness, and sweetness, in the teeth: or lustre, and fineness, or delicacy, or thinness, in the fore teeth: or these two qualities, together with coolness and sweetness, in the mouth, accord. to As, or in the teeth: or coolness and sweetness in the teeth: or sharpness of the teeth: or sharpness of the canine teeth, like غَرْبٌ, so that they appear like a saw: or white specks in the teeth: or the state of the teeth when they appear somewhat tinged with blackness, like the appearance of blackness in hail;
غُرُوبٌ signifying the “ lustre ” of the teeth; and ظَلْمٌ, their “ whiteness that is as though there were over it a blackness: ” Abu-l-'Abbás says, It is variously expl., as a serrated state of the teeth: and their clearness and cleanness: and their being separate, or apart, one from another: and the sweetness of their odour: El-Jarmee says, I heard As say that this word signifies coolness of the mouth and teeth; and I said, Our companions say that it is their sharpness when they come forth; by which is meant their new, or recent, and fresh state; for when they have undergone the lapse of years, they become abraded, or worn: but he said, It is nothing but their coolness: and the saying of Dhu-r-Rummeh,
2 [In the present day, it signifies The mustache.]
[which should be rendered And in the gums, and in her canine teeth, is coolness], corroborates the assertion of As; for there is no sharpness in the gum: it is also related of As that he said, I asked Ru-beh respecting the meaning of شَنَبٌ, and he took a grain of pomegranate, and pointed to its lustre: [and شُنْبَةٌ signifies the same:] a poet says,وَفِى اللِّثَاتِ وَفِى أَنْيَابِهَا شَنَبُ
[Her even set of front teeth are slender and white, side teeth in which are coolness and lustre adorning them].مُنَصَّبُهَا حَمْشٌ أَحَمُّ يَزِينُهُ عَوَارِضُ فِيهَا شُنْبَةٌ وَغُرُوبُ
2 [In the present day, it signifies The mustache.]
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