قنفذ، ر، ccرد۔ ت سمٰ، قفذ

قُنْفُذٌ ذ and قُنْفَذٌ [The male hedge-hog; ] (S, L, Msb, K;) i. q. شَيْهَمٌ: (M, L, K:) or the male and female: (Msb:) or the fem. is with ة, (S, L, Msb, K,) sometimes; and the male is called شَيْهَمٌ and دُلْدُلٌ: (Msb:) pl. قَنَافِذُ. (S.) Some hold that the ن is an augmentative letter: others, that it is a radical. (TA.)