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أَشْنَبُ ذ Having the quality termed شَنَبٌ meaning as expl. above; (A, O, K;) as also ↓ شَانِبٌ , (K,) which is irregular, (TA,) and ↓ شَنِيبٌ , (K,) [which is likewise irregular;] but the first of these three is the most common: (TA:) applied to a man, (O,) and to the ثَغْر [or front teeth], (A,) [and to the mouth, as in a verse cited voce زَرْنَبٌ:] fem. شَنْبَآءُ, (S, O, K,) applied to a woman, (S, O,) and also written شَمْبَآءُ, (K,) the ن being changed into م because of the following ب, and in like manner [the pl. شُنْبٌ is also written] شُمْبٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- شَنْبَآءُ also signifies A pomegranate (رُمَّانَةٌ) such as is termed إِِمْلِيسِيَّةٌ, having no grains, but only juice within the rind, (A, K, TA,) in the form of grains without stones. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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