شَنُوْءَةٌ

The removing oneself far, or keeping aloof, from unclean things; (S, K, TA;) and the continual doing so, or the continual purification of oneself; as also ↓ شَنُوءَةٌ; and according to the K, شُنُوْءَةٌ, but this is not found elsewhere. (TA.)

Hence, (S,) أَزْدُ شَنُوْءَةَ, the appellation of a tribe of El-Yemen; (S, K; *) sometimes called أَزْدُ شَنُوَّةَ: (ISk, S, K:) [or] this tribe was so called because of شَنْان among them; (K, TA;) i. e. because of mutual hatred that occurred among them: (TA:) [whence it seems that شَنُوْءَةٌ signifies also Hatred:] or because of their removing far from their [original] district: or, according to El-Khafájee, because of their high lineage, and good deeds; from the phrase رَجُلُ شَنُوْدَةٍ, meaning A man of pure lineage and of manly virtue; and AO says the like. (TA.)

[And according to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, (who has written it ↓ شَنُوءَةٌ in all its senses,) it is explained by Meyd as meaning What is esteemed sordid, of words and of actions.]

-A2- Also One who removes himself far, or keeps aloof, from unclean things; (K, TA;) and so ↓ شَنُوءَةٌ. (TA.) Thus both of these words are epithets, as well as substs. (TA.)