شنبر شنج شنر
1. ⇒ شنج
شَنِجَ, aor. ـَ
2. ⇒ شنّج
شنّجهُ, inf. n. تَشْنِيجٌ, He [or it] contracted, shrunk, shrivelled, or wrinkled, it; namely, the skin [&c.]. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) See 1, last sentence. One says also, شنّج الخَيَّاطُ القَبَآءَ [The tailor puckered the tunic]. (A. [In the Mgh, the wrinkling around the anus is said to be like the تَشْنِيج of the قَبَآء.])
4. ⇒ اشنج
5. ⇒ تشنّج
see 1, in three places; and see مُشَنَّجٌ.
7. ⇒ انشنج
شَنَجٌ
شَنَجٌ inf. n. of 1. (Ṣ, &c.)
Also A camel: (Lth, IDrd, Ḳ:) or a heavy camel. (L in art. غنج.) غَنَجٌ عَلَىشَنَجٍ is a phrase of the tribe of Hudheyl, meaning A man upon a camel: (Lth, IDrd, O:) or a man, or an old man, upon a heavy camel. (L in art. غنج.)
It is also said, in the L, that it signifies An old man, in the dial. of Hudheyl. (TA.)
شَنِجٌ
شَنِجٌ, applied to the skin, &c., Contracted, shrunk, shrivelled, or wrinkled. (TA.) And, applied to a man, Contracted,, &c., in the skin, and in the arm, or hand; as alsoأَشْنَجُ↓. (M, TA.) And يَدٌ شَنِجَةٌ means ضَيَّقَةُ الكَفِّ [i. e. An arm contracted, or narrow, in the hand; or a hand contracted,, &c., in the palm, or in the palm and fingers]. (TA.) شَنِجُ النَّسَا means Contracted in the عِرْق called النسا [app., in this instance, the sciatic nerve]: (TA:) it is an epithet of commendation applied to a horse; because, when he is contracted therein, his hind legs are not relaxed: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or it is an epithet of commendation applied to a horse of good breed; but not so when applied to a hackney: it is also applied to some other animals, that do not walk with freedom; to a gazelle, and to a wolf: (T, TA:) and sometimes to the raven, or crow, (T, Ṣ,) which hops as though it were shackled. (T, TA.)
أَشْنَجُ
أَشْنَجُ: see شَنِجٌ.
شَنِجٌ أَشْنَجُ andشَنِجٌ مُشَنَّجٌ↓ are expressions sometimes used; [أَشْنَجُ being syn. with شَنِجٌ, as shown above, and in this case a corroborative; and] مُشَنَّجٌ↓ [when thus used] meaning Intensely contracted or shrunk, &c. (Lth, TA.)
Also Having one of his testicles smaller than the other; like أَشْرَجُ, which is more approved. (TA.)
مُشَنَّجٌ
مُشَنَّجٌ: see أَشْنَجُ, in two places.
قَبَآءٌ مُشَنَّجٌ [A puckered tunic: see 2]. (A, Mgh.) سَرَاوِيلُ مُشَنَّجَةٌ, mentioned in a trad., in which they are forbidden, are said to be Such [drawers, or trousers,] as are so ample that they fall down upon the boot so as to cover half of the foot; as though meaning that, being ample and long, they cease not to rise, and become puckered (فَتَتَشَنَّجُ↓). (TA.)