Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

كُنْتِىٌّ ذ Strong; robust. (Ibn-Buzruj, K.) An epithet applied to a man. (Ibn-Buzruj.) Formed from كُنْتُ “ I was ” because an old man speaks of himself in time past saying كُنْتُ كَذَا وَكُنْتُ كَذَا. (MF.) ― -b2- Also, [and ↓ كُنْتٌ, as implied in the TA, and in the S in art., عجن,] and ↓ كُنْتُنِىٌّ, i. q. كَبِيرٌ [app. Great in age; old: aged ]. (AZ, K.) A poet says, وَمَا كُنْتُ كُنْتِيًّا وَمَا كُنْتُ عَاجِنًا وَشَرُّ الرِّجَالِ الكُنْتُنِىُّ وَعَاجِنُ [ And I was not old, nor was I one who raised himself from the ground by the help of his hands: and the worst of men is the old, and one who raises himself so ]. (TA.)

كُنْتَنِىٌّ ذ : see كُنْتِىُّ.

كُنْتُبٌ ذ and كُنَاتِبٌ: see art. كنب.

كُنْثَةٌ ذ A نَوَرْدجَة (in the TA, نَوَرْدَحَة, with ح unpointed,) made of myrtle, and of the branches of the [ kind of willow called ] خِلَاف ( spread out, TA), upon which sweet-smelling plants are arranged, or disposed, in regular series, and which is then folded: (Lth, K:) the Nabathean word is كنثا. (L.) It is a circular thing (دَائِرَة) of myrtle, and of branches of willow, upon which sweet-smelling plants are disposed, or arranged, and which is then folded like a volume, or roll, and made in the form of a basket: the damsels prepare this for ornament in the days of the springseason, and amuse themselves with it. نوردجة is an arabicized word, from the Persian نَوَرْدهْ, pass. part. n. of نَوَرْدِيدَنْ, and meaning “ folded, ” or “ twisted ” (TK, [as explained to me by a very learned Turk, who, however, thinks the words not very clear.])

كَنْثَبٌ ذ and كُنْثُبٌ and كُنَاثِبٌ Hard and strong: (K:) but the ث in this case is corrupted from ت: see كُنْتُبٌ in art. كنب. (TA.)

كِنْثَابٌ ذ [in the TA written كنابث] Sand pouring down. (IAar, K.)

1 كَنَدَ ذ , (S, &c.), aor. كَنُدَ , (A, MS,) or كَنِدَ , (ElBasáïr,) or كَنَدَ نِعْمَةً, (TA,) inf. n. كُنُودٌ, (S. K, &c.) He was ungrateful; he disacknowledged a benefit. (S, A, K.) ― -b2- اـِنْ سَأَلْتَهُ نَكَدَ وَاـِنْ أَعْطَيْتَهُ كَنَدَ If thou ask of him, he refuseth; and if thou give him. he is ungrateful. (A.) ― -b3- كَنَدَ أَبَاهُ النِّعْمَة (K) He disacknowleged his father's beneficence. (TA.) ― -b4- كَنَذُهُ, (S, L,) inf. n. كَنْدٌ, (K,) He cut, or severed, it. (S, L, K.)

كُنَدٌ ذ : see كَنُودٌ.

كِنْدَةٌ ذ A portion of a mountain. (K.)

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.)

كَنَّادٌ ذ : see كَنُودٌ. ― -b2- Also, One who cuts, or severs; who is wont to do so. (S, L.)

كُنْدُثٌ ذ and كُنَادِثٌ Hard and strong: (K, L:) [as also كُنْبُثٌ and كُنْتُبٌ, &c.].

كُنْدُرٌ ذ [Greek χόνδρος λιβανωτοῦ , or λιβάνου χόνδροσ ] i. q. لُبَانٌ [q. v., i. e. Frankincense ], (S, in art. كدر; TA;) accord. to the physicians; (TA;) a kind of عِلْك [or resin ], very useful for stopping phlegm, (K,) and a dispeller of forgetfulness, and having other properties: n. un. with ة. (TA.)

1 كَنَزَ المَالَ ذ , aor. كَنِزَ , (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) and, accord. to MF, كَنُزَ also, but the former is that which commonly obtains, (TA,) inf. n. كَنْزٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) He buried the property, or treasure, (S, K, TA,) in the earth: (TA:) he collected the property together, (Mgh, Msb,) and treasured it, hoarded it, laid it up, reposited it, stowed it, or stored it, in secret: (Msb:) and المَالَ ↓ اكتنز signifies the same as كَنَزَهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- كَنَزَ الشَّىْءَ, (K,) aor. كَنِزَ , inf. n. كَنْزٌ, (TA,) He pressed the thing, meaning anything, (K,) with his hand or foot, (TA,) in a receptacle, or in the earth. (K.) ― -b3- كَنَزَالتَّمْرَ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. كَنِزَ , (K,) inf. n. كَنْزٌ, (Msb, TA,) and, accord. to Az, كَنَازٌ and كِنَازٌ, [but see the former of these two words below,] (Msb,) He stowed, or packed, the dates, (TA,) فِى الوِعَاآءِ in the receptacle, (A, Msb,) or فِى الجِلَالِ in the large receptacles of palm-leaves, [pl. of جُلَّة,] by throwing [ the contents of ] a bag (جِرَاب) into the bottom of the جُلَّة and pressing them with the feet until they became compacted, or commixed in a mass, and then bag after bag until the جلّة was pressed full, when it was sewed up with palm-leaf cord. (TA.) ― -b4- كَنَزَ البُرَّ فِى الجِرَابِ [ He stored up, or packed, the wheat in the bag ]. (TA.) [See an ex. of the pass. part. n. voce دَرٌّ.] ― -b5- كَنَزَ الجِرَابَ He filled the bag very full. (A.) And كَنَزَ السِّقَاآءَ He filled the skin of milk or water. (TA.) And شَدَّ كَنْزَ القِرْبَةِ He filled the water-skin. (TA.) ― -b6- كَنَزَ الرٌّمْحَ, (Sgh, TA,) inf. n. كَنْزٌ, (Sgh, K,) He stuck the spear into the ground. (Sgh, K, * TA.)

8 اكتنز ذ It (a thing, S, Mgh, Msb,) became collected together, or compacted; and full. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) ― -b2- اكتنز التَّمْرُ [ The dates became closely packed, or pressed together so as to be compact or commixed in a mass: see 1]. (TA; and K in art. وجأ; &c.) The like is also said of wheat. (TA.) ― -b3- اكتنز اللَّحْمُ The flesh became compact, or hard. (From an explanation of the part. n. in the A; &c.) -A2- اكتنز الجِرَابُ The bag became very full. (A.) And اكتنز السِّقَاآءُ The skin of milk or water became full. (TA.) -A3- اكتنز المَالَ: see 1.

كَنْزٌ ذ Treasure; property buried (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) in the earth: (TA:) an inf. n. used as a subst.: pl. كُنُوزٌ. (Mgh, Msb.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) it is applied in a trad. to (tropical:) Any property whereof the portion that should be given in alms is not given. (S, TA.) ― -b3- Property that is preserved in a receptacle. (TA.) ― -b4- Anything abundant, collected together, that is desired with emulation. (Sh, TA.) ― -b5- Gold: and silver. (K.) It is said in a trad., أُعْطِيتُ الكَنْزَيْنِ مِنَ الأَحْمَرِ وَالأَبْيَضِ I have been given gold and silver. (TA.) ― -b6- (tropical:) [ A treasure of knowledge or science ]. You say, مَعَهُ كَنْزٌ مِنْ كُنُوزِ العِلْمِ (tropical:) [ With him is a treasure of the treasures of knowledge or science ]. (A, TA.) In the Kur, xviii. 81, it is said to be used in a similar manner, as signifying not gold nor silver, but (tropical:) Science and books. (TA.) And it is said in like manner in a trad., أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَنْزًا مِنْ كُنُوزِ الجَنَّةِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ اـِلَّا بِا@للّٰهِ (tropical:) [ Ho! I will teach thee a treasure of the treasures of paradise: There is no power nor strength but in God ]: meaning, that a reward is stored up [in paradise] for him who says this, and who describes himself thereby, like as a treasure is stored up. (TA.) ― -b7- Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee says, that it is used in a verse of 'Alkamah, which he does not quote, as signifying (tropical:) Fat; as a subst.; and adds, that it is the only instance known to him of its being thus used. (TA.) -A2- Also, That in which property is preserved, or guarded: (K, * TA:) and ↓ مَكْنِزٌ [or rather both] that in which property is buried, treasured, hoarded, laid up, reposited, or stored, in secret: pl. of the latter, مَكَانِزُ. (A, TA.)

كَنِزٌ ذ : see مُكْتَنِزٌ.

كَنَازٌ ذ and ↓ كِنَازٌ: see كَنَزَ التَّمْرَ. [Accord. to Az, they are inf. ns.; but some seem to regard them as simple substs.] You say, هٰذَا زَمَنُ الكَنَازِ, (S, Msb, K. *) and ↓ الكِنَازِ, (K,) This is the time of packing the dates. (K, * TA.) And El-Umawee says, أَتَيْتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الكَنَازِ, and ↓ الكِنَازِ, I came to them when they were packing the dates. (TA.) ISk says, that it has been heard only with fet-h; (S, Msb;) but some say, that it is like جَدَادٌ and جِدَادٌ, and صَرَامٌ and صِرَامٌ. (S.) ― -b2- Also, sometimes, [The storing, or packing, ] of wheat. (TA.)

كِنَازٌ ذ : see كَنَازٌ: -A2- and see also مُكْتَنِزٌ, throughout.

كَنِيزٌ ذ Dates packed in [ the receptacles called ] قَوَاصِر [pl. of قَوْصَرَّةٌ] (K, TA) and جِلَال [pl. of جُلَّةٌ]. (TA,) for winter; (K, TA;) as also ↓ مَكْنُوزٌ. (TA.) See كَنَزَ التَّمْرَ. ― -b2- See also مُكْتَنِزٌ.

كَنَّازٌ ذ One who takes extraordinary pains in treasuring, or hoarding, gold and silver. (TA.)

مَكْنِزٌ ذ : see كَنْزٌ.

مَكْنُوزٌ ذ : see كَنِيزٌ: ― -b2- and مُكْتَنِزٌ.

مُكْتَنِزُ اللَّحْمِ ذ , and ↓ كَنِيزُهُ, (A, TA,) and ↓ كَنِزَهُ, and ↓ مَكْنُوزُهُ, (TA,) Compact, or hard, in flesh: (A:) and [in like manner] ↓ كِنَازٌ compact and strong in flesh. (TA.) You say, نَاقَةٌ كِنَازٌ, (S, K,) or كِنَازُ اللَّحْمِ, (A,) and جَارِيَةٌِ كِنَازٌ, (K,) and هَنٌ كِنَازٌ, (TA,) A she-camel, (S, A, K,) and a girl, (K,) and a woman's pudendum, (TA,) compact, (مُكْتَنِزَة, S, or كَنِيزَة, or, as in the K, abundant, كَثِيرَة, TA,) in flesh, (S, K,) and hard, or firm: (K:) pl. كُنْزٌ and كِنَازٌ; the latter being like the sing.; (K;) but the two vowels [namely the two kesrehs] and the two alifs are regarded as different; for the word is not, as some assert, of the same class as جُنُبٌ, since it has a dual form, namely كِنَازَانِ. (TA.) ― -b2- كِتَابٌ مُكْتَنِزٌ بِالفَوَائِدِ (tropical:) [ A book, or writing, stored with useful things ]. (A, TA.)

1 كَنَسَ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) aor. كَنُسَ , (S, Msb,) or كَنِسَ , (Mgh,) inf. n. كَنْسٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) He swept (Mgh, TA) a house, or chamber, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) or place, (TA,) with a مِكْنَسَة [or broom]. (A, Mgh.) ― -b2- مَرُّوا بِهِمْ فَكَنَسُوهُمْ (tropical:) They passed by them and swept them away, or destroyed them; syn. كَسَحُوهُمْ. (A, TA.) -A2- كَنَسَ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. كَنِسَ , (S, Msb, K,) or كَنُسَ , (Mgh,) inf. n. كُنُوسٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) He (an antelope) entered his كِنَاس, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) i. e., his covert, or hiding-place, among trees; (S, K;) or abode; (Msb;) or cave; (TA;) as also ↓ تكنّس (S, A, Mgh, K) and ↓ اكتنس;) (A, TA;) which two verbs are likewise said of a wild bull or cow, in the same sense. (TA.) [Hence,] ↓ تكنّس also signifies (tropical:) He (a man, TA) entered the tent: (K:) or hid himself, and entered the tent. (TA.) And ↓ تكنّست (tropical:) She (a woman) entered the هَوْدَج [or camel-litter ]: (K:) app. taken from the saying of Lebeed, فَتَكَنَّسُوا قُطْنًا, meaning, and they entered هَوَادِج [or camel-litters ] covered with cloths of cotton. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence also,] كَنَسَتِ النُّجُومُ, (Zj,) aor. كَنِسَ , (AO, Zj, S, K,) inf. n. كُنُوسٌ, (Lth, Zj,) (tropical:) The stars hid themselves in their place, or places, of setting, (AO, Zj, S, K, *) like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]: (K:) [or] continued in their courses and then departed, returning: (Zj:) or the stars [here meaning planets ] became stationary in their circuiting or revolving. (Lth.) See كَانِسٌ.

5 تَكَنَّسَ see 1; the former, in four places.

8 اـِكْتَنَسَ see 1; the former, in four places.

كِنَاسٌ ذ A gazelle's covert, or hiding-place, among trees: (S, K:) so called because he sweeps (يكنس) the sand, or in the sand, [accord. to different copies of the K,] until he reaches the soil, or moist earth: (K, * TA:) or his abode: (Msb:) or cave: (TA:) and [in like manner] ↓ مَكْنِسٌ a place into which a gazelle or a wild bull or cow enters to protect itself therein from the heat: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَكْنِسَةٌ (TA) and [of mult.] كُنُسٌ and كُنَّسٌ (K) and [pl. pl., i. e., pl. of كُنُسٌ,] كُنُسَاتٌ. (TA.)

كُنَاسَةٌ ذ Sweepings; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) the dust of a house that is swept and thrown into a heap. (Lh.) ― -b2- Also, The place of sweepings; (Mgh;) the place where sweepings are thrown. (TA.)

كَنِيسَةٌ ذ A place of worship (K) of the Christians; [ a Christian church: ] (S, A, K:) or of the Jews; (Sgh, K;) i. e., of the Jews only: [ a Jewish synagogue; ] that of Christians being called بِيعَةٌ: (Sgh:) [Chald כְנישָׁה : (Golius:)] or both; (Mgh, Msb;) being sometimes applied to the former [in classical times, as it is in the present day, as well as to the latter]: (Msb:) or of unbelievers, (K,) absolutely: (TA:) an arabicized word, [from the Chaldee mentioned above, or] from [the Persian word] كُنِسْتْ (Az, Mgh) or كَنَسْتْ (TA) [signifying “ a firetemple ”]: pl. كَنَائِسُ. (A, Msb.) -A2- A thing resembling [ the kind of camel-litter called ] a هَوْدَج, composed of twigs, or branches, stuck in a مَحْمِل or a رَحْل, with a cloth thrown over them, in which the rider sits in the shade and conceals himself: (Mgh, Msb:) of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ from كُنُوسٌ [an inf. n. of كَنَسَ]: (Mgh:) pl. as above. (Msb.)

كَنَّاسٌ ذ One who sweeps حُشُوش [meaning privies ]. (A, TA.)

كَانِسٌ ذ An antelope, (S, A, TA,) and a wild bull, (TA,) entering his كِنَاس, (S, A, TA,) i. e., his covert, or hiding-place, among trees: (S:) fem. with ة: (Zj:) pl. كُنَّسٌ, both of the masc. and fem., (Zj,) and كَوَانِسُ, of the masc., (A,) [and of the fem. also accord. to rule,] and كُنُوسٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الكُنَّسُ, (S,) or الجَوَارِى الكُنَّسُ, (K,) [in the Kur, lxxxi. 16,] (tropical:) The stars; because they hide themselves in their place of setting: (AO, S:) or the stars that rise running their course, and hide themselves in their places of setting: (Zj:) or all the stars; because they appear by night and lie hidden by day: (K:) or i. q. الخُنَّسُ, (K, TA,) i. e., السَّيَّارَةُ, (TA,) or السَّيَّارَاتُ, (Bd,) or الخُنَّسُ السَّيَّارَةُ, (S,) the five stars, [or planets, ] Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury; (TA;) because they hide themselves in their place of setting, like antelopes in their كُنُس [or coverts]; (K;) or because they become hidden beneath the light of the sun: (Bd:) or the stars [meaning plants ] that become hidden in their courses, and run their courses and become stationary in their places of circuiting, and then circuit [ again ]; every star [of those thus named] having a circuit in which it becomes stationary, and [then] revolves [again], and then it departs, returning: (Lth:) or the angels: (K:) or the wild bulls or cows, and the wild antelopes, (Zj, K,) that enter their كُنُس [or coverts ] when the heat is vehement. (Zj.)

مَكْنِسٌ ذ : [pl. مَكَانِسُ:] see كِنَاسٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] مَكَانِسُ الرَّيْبِ (assumed tropical:) The places of suspicion. (TA.)

مِكْنَسَةٌ ذ A broom; a thing with which one sweeps: (S, A, Msb:) pl. مَكَانِسُ. (A, TA.)

مُكَنِّسٌ ذ A maker of brooms. (Golius, from Meyd.)

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كَنْعَتٌ ذ . A species of fish; (AO, TS, L, K;) as also كَنْعَدٌ; from which it appears to be formed by the substitution of ت for د. (TS, L.)

Q. 2 تَكَنْعَثَ ذ It (a thing) became collected together. (L.)

كَنْعَدٌ ذ A kind of sea-fish; (S, L, K;) as also كَنْعَتٌ, in which the ت seems to be a substitute for the د. (L.)

See Supplement

كُنْفُثٌ ذ and كُنَافِثٌ Short. (K.)

See Supplement

1 كَهِبَ ذ , (S, K,) and كَهُبَ, (K,) inf. n. كَهَبٌ and كُهْبَةٌ, (TA,) He (a camel, S,) was, or became, of the colour called كُهْبَة. (S, K.)

Q. Q. 4 اـِكْهَأَبَّ لَوْنُهُ ذ His complexion was, or became, changed, [or darkened by the sun &c. ]. (TA.)

كَهْبٌ ذ A buffalo (or camel, A; and so in the CK;) advanced in years. (K.)

كَهَبٌ ذ : see كُهْبَةٌ

كُهْبَةٌ ذ The colour which is also called قُهْبَة: (As, S, K:) or that which is called دُهْمَة: or dust-colour intermixed, or tinged over, with black: (K:) used absolutely, (TA,) or only with reference to camels, (K,) i. e., to their colours: (TA:) or a colour not purely red, but applied specially to a red colour: (AA, S:) or any colour inclining to that of dust: (Yaakoob, who does not particularize anything [to which it is applied] exclusively: TA): Az says, I have not heard كهبة as a colour of camels on the authority of any one but Lth; and perhaps it is used as a colour of clothes: (TA:) it is also said that ↓ كَهَبٌ signifies the colour of the buffalo. (IAar, cited by Az.)

بَنُو كُهَيْبَةَ ذ , an expression used by the poet Hassán Ibn-Thábit, meaning (tropical:) Sons of a base, or an ignoble, woman: كهيبة being thus used as though it were a proper name. (RA.)

كَاهِبٌ ذ : see أَكْهَبُ.

أَكْهَبُ ذ (Az, S, K) and ↓ كَاهِبٌ (K) A camel (Az, S) of the colour called كُهْبَة: (Az, S, K) fem. of the former كَهْبَاءٌ, (Az) [and pl. كُهْبٌ]. ― -b2- رَجُلٌ أَكْهَبُ اللَّوْنِ (tropical:) A man whose complexion is changed, [or darkened by the sun &c. ]. (TA.)