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شِجْنَةٌ ذ : see شَجَنٌ, in five places. ― -b2- Also, i. e. with kesr, (K,) or ↓ شَجَنٌ and ↓ شَجَنَةٌ , (L,) A branchlet of a bunch of a grape-vine of which all the grapes come to maturity. (L, K.) ― -b3- شِجْنَةٌ signifies also (assumed tropical:) Relationship closely, or intimately, connected. (L.) One says, بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ شِجْنَةُ رَحِمٍ, and رَحِمٍ ↓ شُجْنَةُ , (assumed tropical:) Between me and him is a relationship closely, or intimately, connected. (S.) And it is said in a trad., الرَّحِمُ شِجْنَةٌ مِنَ ا@للّٰهِ i. e. (tropical:) الرَّحِمُ is derived from الرَّحْمٰن: (S, L: [see رَحِمٌ:]) or, accord. to AO, (L,) the meaning is, [الرَّحِم is] relationship, from God, closely, or intimately, connected, like the roots of trees. (S, L.) ― -b4- Also A crack, or cleft, in a mountain. (Lh, L, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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