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خثعب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of camel, characterized by abundant milk. It also has a less common, potentially vulgar, meaning related to anatomy.

Derived headwords

الخُنَثْعَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel with abundant milkclassical

    A female camel that is very generous with her milk, producing it in large quantities.

خُنَثْعَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Anusclassical

    A term used to refer to the anus.

Parallel reading

الخنثعبة والخنثعبة والخنثعبة: الناقة الغزيرة اللبن.
The khunth'abah, the khunth'abah, and the khunth'abah: the camel with abundant milk.
النون في خنثعبة زائدة، وإن كانت ثانية، لأنها لو كانت كجردحل، كانت خنثعبة كجردحل.
The 'nun' in khunth'abah is an addition, even though it is the second letter, because if it were like 'jardahal', it would be khunth'abah like jardahal.
وجردحل: بناء معدوم.
And 'jardahal' is a non-existent structure.
والخنثعبة: اسم للاست، عن كراع.
And 'al-khunth'abah' is a name for the anus, according to Kra'a.