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1 شَنِجَ ذ , aor. شَنَجَ , inf. n. شَنَجٌ; and ↓ تشنّج , (S, A, Mgh, K,) and ↓ انشنج , (S, K,) and ↓ اشنج ; (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.) [↓ تَشَنُّجٌ is often used as meaning Spasmodic contraction of a muscle &c.] And one says, ↓ فِى أَعْضَائِهِ تَشَنُّجٌ and ↓ تَشْنِيجٌ [In his limbs, or members, is a contraction]. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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