شَنْان
1.
, of which the feminine is شَنْانَةٌ and شَنْأَى, [so that one may say either شَنْانٌ or شَنْانُ,] is an epithet applied to a man; (K;) [signifying either Hating or (like مَشْنُوْءٌ) hated; the former meaning seeming to be indicated by what immediately precedes it in the K; but the latter appears from what here follows to be the right meaning, and perhaps it may be that which is meant in the K;] as also
شَنَانِيءَةٌ or
شَنَايءِيَةٌ [q. v. voce شَنَاءَةٌ]: so according to different copies of the K. (TA.)
2.
In the Qur'an, 5:3 and 11, it is according to some a verbal noun, and some read there شَنَان: [see 1, first sentence:] according to others, it is an epithet, signifying مُبْغَضٌ or بَغِيضٌ [i. e. Hated or odious]. (TA.)
3.
شَنْانُ الشِّتَاءِ, in a tradition of Kaab, is said to be a metaphorical expression for بَرْدُ الشِّتَاءِ (tropical:) [The cold of winter]; because it is hated: or, as some say, by the بَرْد thereof is meant ease and repose: and the meaning intended is either mutual hatred or ease and repose. (TA.)