شن

العربية

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شن

/ʃan.na/

Where it comes from

Middle Iranian borrowings related to Persian شنا (šanā, “swimming”).

verb شَنَّ · šanna · يَشُنُّ · شَنّ · شَانّ

to launch (war; campaign)
obsolete to pour, to let flow, to toss يَا كَرَوَانًا ضُكَّ فَأَكْبَأَنَّا فَشَنَّ بِٱلسَلْخِ فَلَمَّا شَنَّا … بَلَّ ٱلذُنَابَى عَبَسًا مُبِنَّا
obsolete to don, to put on (دِرْع (dirʕ))

noun شَنّ · šann · شَنَّة · شِنَان · الشَّنّ

collective waterskin " إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ مَاءٌ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ فَٱسْقِنَا وَإِلَّا كَرَعْنَا " . قَالَ عِنْدِي مَاءٌ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ . فَٱنْطَلَقَ وَٱنْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ إِلَى ٱلْعَرِيشِ فَحَلَبَ لَهُ شَاةً عَلَى مَاءٍ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَٰلِكَ بِصَاحِبِهِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ .

In English

wage to conduct or carry out

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {شن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}