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حنزب

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'حنزب' primarily describes characteristics of being stout, short, and strong, often applied to animals like donkeys and humans. It also extends to specific types of plants and groups of birds.

Derived headwords

الحِنْزَابnoun
  1. 1.
    strong donkeyclassical

    A donkey that is well-built and powerful in its physique.

  2. 2.
    short and strong personclassical

    A man who is characterized by being short in stature but robust and strong.

  3. 3.
    stoutclassical

    Describing something or someone as thick, bulky, or stout.

  4. 4.
    roosterclassical

    A male chicken, specifically a rooster.

الحِنْزَابnoun
  1. 1.
    desert gourdclassical

    A type of wild plant, specifically a gourd that grows in arid regions. The singular form is 'حنزابة'.

الحِنْزَابnoun
  1. 1.
    flock of sandgrouseclassical

    A collective noun referring to a group or flock of sandgrouse birds.

  2. 2.
    male sandgrouseclassical

    Specifically referring to the male sandgrouse within a flock.

الحِنْزُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    desert gourdclassical

    A type of wild plant, specifically a gourd that grows in arid regions. It is synonymous with 'الحنزاب'.

الحِنْزُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    flock of sandgrouseclassical

    A collective noun referring to a group or flock of sandgrouse birds. It is synonymous with 'الحنزاب'.

  2. 2.
    male sandgrouseclassical

    Specifically referring to the male sandgrouse within a flock. It is synonymous with 'الحنزاب'.

حِنْزَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    single desert gourdclassical

    The singular form of 'الحنزاب' or 'الحنزوب', referring to one plant of the desert gourd species.

الوَزَأadjective
  1. 1.
    short and strongclassical

    Describing someone as being short in stature but powerfully built.

البَضِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    meatclassical

    Refers to flesh or meat, often used in a culinary context.

الخَاظِيadjective
  1. 1.
    plumpclassical

    Describing someone or something as being plump, well-fed, or corpulent.

خَظَابِظًاadjective
  1. 1.
    plumplyclassical

    Adverbial form indicating a state of being plump or corpulent, used to describe meat.

Parallel reading

الحنزاب: الحمار المقتدر الخلق.
Al-Hinzab: The donkey of powerful creation.
والحنزاب: القصير القوي.
And Al-Hinzab: The short and strong one.
وقيل: الغليظ.
And it was said: The stout one.
وقال ثعلب: هو الرجل القصير العريض.
And Tha'lab said: He is the short and broad man.
والحنزوب: ضرب من النبات.
And Al-Hinzub: A type of plant.
والحنزاب والحنزوب: جزر البر، واحدته حنزابة، ولم يسمع حنزوبة، والقسط: جزر البحر.
And Al-Hinzab and Al-Hinzub: The desert gourd, its singular is Hinzaba, and Hinzuba was not heard, and Al-Qist: the sea gourd.
والحنزوب والحنزاب: جماعة القطا؛ وقيل: ذكر القطا.
And Al-Hinzub and Al-Hinzab: A flock of sandgrouse; and it was said: the male sandgrouse.
والحنزاب: الديك.
And Al-Hinzab: The rooster.
يهجو سجاح التي تنبأت في عهد مسيلمة الكذاب: قد أبصرت سجاح، من بعد العمى، ... تاح لها، بعدك، حنزاب وزا، ملوح في العين مجلوز القرى، ... دام له خبز ولحم ما اشتهى، خاظي البضيع، لحمه خظابظا
He satirizes Sajaah, who prophesied in the time of Musaylimah the Liar: Sajaah has seen, after her blindness, ... there appeared for her, after you, a short and strong one, prominent in the eye, with abundant provisions, ... he had bread and meat as much as he desired, plump meat, his flesh was plump.
ويروى: حنزاب وأى، قال إلى القصر ما هو.
And it is narrated: Hinzab and Ayya, he said he is towards shortness, not tallness.
والوزأ: الشديد القصير.
And Al-Waza': The strong and short one.
والبضيع: اللحم.
And Al-Badi': The meat.
والخاظي: المكتنز؛ ومنه قولهم: لحمه خظابظا أي مكتنز.
And Al-Khazi: The corpulent; and from it is their saying: his flesh is Khazibathan, meaning corpulent.
هذه الأرجوزة كان يقال في الجاهلية إنها لجشم بن الخزرج.
This poem was said in the pre-Islamic era to be by Jusham bin Al-Khazraj.