شنف

See also: سنف and شنق

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ن ف
1 term

Verb

شنف • (šanaf) I (non-past يشنف (yišnif), verbal noun شنف (šanf))

1. to sniff or sniffle

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Coptic ϫⲛⲟϥ (čnof), ϫⲉⲛⲟϥ (čenof, “basket”).

Noun

شنف • (šinf) m (plural اشناف (ʔišnaf) or شناف (šināf) or شنوف (šinūf) or شنوفة (šinūfa))

1. a basket that bends well or a cloth sack
2. (rustic) clodhopper, git

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 481b