شنــج

1 شَنِــجَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. شَنَــجٌ; and ↓ تــشنّــج, (S, A, Mgh, K,) and ↓ انــشنــج, (S, K,) and ↓ اشنــج; (TA;) said of the skin (S, Mgh, K) in consequence of the touch [or proximity] of fire [&c.], (Mgh,) and of the face, and of a member or limb, (A,) of a finger, &c., (TA,) It contracted, shrank, shrivelled, or wrinkled; or became contracted or shrunk &c. (S, A, Mgh, K, TA.) [↓ تَــشَنُّــجٌ is often used as meaning Spasmodic contraction of a muscle &c.] And one says, ↓ فِى أَعْضَائِهِ تَــشَنُّــجٌ and ↓ تَــشْنِــيجٌ [In his limbs, or members, is a contraction]. (A.) 2 شنّــجهُ, inf. n. تَــشْنِــيجٌ, He [or it] contracted, shrunk, shrivelled, or wrinkled, it; namely, the skin [&c.]. (S, K.) See 1, last sentence. One says also, شنّــج الخَيَّاطُ القَبَآءَ [The tailor puckered the tunic]. (A. [In the Mgh, the wrinkling around the anus is said to be like the تَــشْنِــيج of the قَبَآء.]) 4 أَــشْنَــجَ see 1.5 تَــشَنَّــجَ see 1, in three places; and see مُــشَنَّــجٌ.7 إِنْــشَنَــجَ see 1.

شَنَــجٌ inf. n. of 1. (S &c.) A2: Also A camel: (Lth, IDrd, K:) or a heavy camel. (L in art. غنج.) غَنَجٌ عَلَىــشَنَــجٍ 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.) b2: It is also said, in the L, that it signifies An old man, in the dial. of Hudheyl. (TA.) شَنِــجٌ, 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 also ↓ أَــشْنَــجُ. (M, TA.) And يَدٌ شَنِــجَةٌ 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.) شَنِــجُ 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: (S, K:) or it is an epithet of com-mendation 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, S,) which hops as though it were shackled. (T, TA.) أَــشْنَــجُ: see شَنِــجٌ. b2: شَنِــجٌ أَــشْنَــجُ and ↓ شَنِــجٌ مُــشَنَّــجٌ are expressions sometimes used; [أَــشْنَــجُ being syn. with شَنِــجٌ, as shown above, and in this case a corroborative; and] ↓ مُــشَنَّــجٌ [when thus used] meaning Intensely contracted or shrunk &c. (Lth, TA.) A2: Also Having one of his testicles smaller than the other; like أَشْرَجُ, which is more approved. (TA.) مُــشَنَّــجٌ: see أَــشْنَــجُ, in two places. b2: قَبَآءٌ مُــشَنَّــجٌ [A puckered tunic: see 2]. (A, Mgh.) سَرَاوِيلُ مُــشَنَّــجَةٌ, 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 (↓ فَتَتَــشَنَّــجُ). (TA.)