شَنُوْءَةٌ
Root: شنأ
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شَنُوْءَةٌ
The removing oneself far, or keeping aloof, from unclean things; and the continual doing so, or the continual purification of oneself; as also
شَنُؤَةٌ ; and accord. to the K, شُنُوْءَةٌ, but this is not found elsewhere.
2 Hence, أَزْدُ شَنُوْءَةَ, the appellation of a tribe of El-Yemen; sometimes called أَزْدُ شَنُوَّةَ: [or] this tribe was so called because of شَنْآن among them; i. e. because of mutual hatred that occurred among them: [whence it seems that شَنُوْءَةٌ signifies also Hatred:] or because of their removing far from their [original] district: or, accord. to El-Khafájee, because of their high lineage, and good deeds; from the phrase رَجُلُ شَنُوْدَةٍ, meaning A man of pure lineage and of manly virtue; and AO says the like.
3 [And accord. to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, (who has written it شَنُؤَةٌ in all its senses,) it is expl. by Meyd as meaning What is esteemed sordid, of words and of actions.]
def.2 Also One who removes himself far, or keeps aloof, from unclean things; and so شَنُؤَةٌ . Thus both of these words are epithets, as well as substs.
2 Hence, أَزْدُ شَنُوْءَةَ, the appellation of a tribe of El-Yemen; sometimes called أَزْدُ شَنُوَّةَ: [or] this tribe was so called because of شَنْآن among them; i. e. because of mutual hatred that occurred among them: [whence it seems that شَنُوْءَةٌ signifies also Hatred:] or because of their removing far from their [original] district: or, accord. to El-Khafájee, because of their high lineage, and good deeds; from the phrase رَجُلُ شَنُوْدَةٍ, meaning A man of pure lineage and of manly virtue; and AO says the like.
3 [And accord. to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, (who has written it شَنُؤَةٌ in all its senses,) it is expl. by Meyd as meaning What is esteemed sordid, of words and of actions.]
def.2 Also One who removes himself far, or keeps aloof, from unclean things; and so شَنُؤَةٌ . Thus both of these words are epithets, as well as substs.
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