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كند

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

كَنُودٌ ذ Ungrateful; who disacknowledges benefits; (El-Kelbee, S, A, L, K;) as also ↓ كَنَّادٌ: (L, K;) or a denier: (L:) the former applied also to a woman; and so ↓ كُنُدٌ: (S, A, L:) an unbeliever: (Zj, L:) a blamer of his Lord, (El-Hasan, L, K,) who takes account of evil accidents and forgets benefits: (El-Hasan, L:) rebellious. or disobedient, (K,) in the dial. of Kindeh: (TA:) niggardly; tenacious; avaricious; (K;) in the dial. of the Benoo-Málik: (TA:) who eats alone, and withholds his drinking-bowl (رَِفْدَهُ), and beats his slave: (Kh, L, K:) all these meanings are assigned to it in the verse [6 of ch. c.] of the Kur-án, اـِنَّ ا@لْاـِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ: but of the last, ISd remarks, that he knows no foundation for it in the classical language, and that it is not easily admissible coupled with لربّه. (L, TA.) ― -b2- A woman ungrateful for friendship, and for loving communion, commerce, or intercourse; (As, L, K;) as also ↓ كُنُدٌ. (As, L.) ― -b3- أَرْضٌ كَنُودٌ (tropical:) Land that produces nothing. (S, A, L, K.)

Derived headwords

كَنُودٌ
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اـِنَّ ا@لْاـِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ
أَرْضٌ كَنُودٌ