صنو

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ص ن و (ṣ-n-w)

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

صِنْو (ṣinw) (masculine plural صِنْوَان (ṣinwān) or صُنْوَان (ṣunwān) or أَصْنَاء (ʔaṣnāʔ), feminine plural صِنْوَات (ṣinwāt))

  1. equivalent, equal duplicate, parallel, counterpart
    Synonyms: نَظِير (naẓīr), مَثِيل (maṯīl)
    لَا صِنْوَ لَهُṣinwa lahuunparalleled
    1. (in the dual صِنْوَان (ṣinwān)) doublet
  2. (botany, obsolete) two or more branches or shrubs of a tree from the same root, or two or more trees derived from the same tree.
    1. (by extension, obsolete) any branch or tree taken from a bigger tree.
  3. (figuratively, by extension, obsolete) full-brother; (in the feminine) full-sister.
    Synonyms: شَقِيق (šaqīq), شَقِيقَة (šaqīqa)
  4. (obsolete) son
  5. (obsolete) uncle
  6. (obsolete) a type of hole dug in earth.

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