ظَعِينَةٌ
Root: ظعن
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ظَعِينَةٌ
A
هَوْدَج [or woman's camel-vehicle] in which is a woman, or whether there be in it a woman or not: this is [said to be] the primary signification: pl. ظَعَائِنُ and ظُعُنٌ and ظُعْنٌ and [pl. of pauc.] أَظْعَانٌ and pl. pl. ظُعُنَاتٌ. (TA. [But see, in what follows, an assertion of AZ respecting the pl. ظُعُنٌ.])
2 And A woman, whether in a هَوْدَج or elsewhere; the word being used in the sense of مَظْعُونَةٌ [for مَظْعُونٌ بِهَا]; because her husband journeys (يَظْعَنُ) with her: or a man's wife; because she journeys with her husband: or a woman as long as she is in the هودج; when not in it she is not thus called: or this is the primary meaning: then it was applied to her though in her tent, because she might become مَظْعُونَة [i. e. مَظْعُون بِهَا]: it is mostly applied to a woman riding [in a هودج]: then, to a هودج without a woman: and to a woman without a هودج. 'Amr Ibn-Kulthoom says,
3 And, accord. to Lth, A camel that is ridden by women: [like ظَعُونٌ:] and applied to signify a woman because she rides it: or, accord. to IAmb, a camel upon which one journeys: and hence the trad., لَيْسَ فِى جَمَلٍ ظَعِينَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ i. e. [There is no poor-rate in the case of] the camel upon which one journeys; if the phrase be thus: but if it be فِى جَمَلِ ظَعِينَةٍ, by the last word is meant a woman: AZ says, one should not say حُمُولٌ nor ظُعُنٌ except as meaning the camels upon which are هَوَادِج, whether there be in them women or not.
2 And A woman, whether in a هَوْدَج or elsewhere; the word being used in the sense of مَظْعُونَةٌ [for مَظْعُونٌ بِهَا]; because her husband journeys (يَظْعَنُ) with her: or a man's wife; because she journeys with her husband: or a woman as long as she is in the هودج; when not in it she is not thus called: or this is the primary meaning: then it was applied to her though in her tent, because she might become مَظْعُونَة [i. e. مَظْعُون بِهَا]: it is mostly applied to a woman riding [in a هودج]: then, to a هودج without a woman: and to a woman without a هودج. 'Amr Ibn-Kulthoom says,
[Pause thou before separation, O woman in theقِفِى قَبْلَ التَّفَرُّقِ يَا ظَعِينَا نُخَبِّرْكِ اليَقِينَ وَتُخْبِرِينَا
3 And, accord. to Lth, A camel that is ridden by women: [like ظَعُونٌ:] and applied to signify a woman because she rides it: or, accord. to IAmb, a camel upon which one journeys: and hence the trad., لَيْسَ فِى جَمَلٍ ظَعِينَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ i. e. [There is no poor-rate in the case of] the camel upon which one journeys; if the phrase be thus: but if it be فِى جَمَلِ ظَعِينَةٍ, by the last word is meant a woman: AZ says, one should not say حُمُولٌ nor ظُعُنٌ except as meaning the camels upon which are هَوَادِج, whether there be in them women or not.
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