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فرنب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to small rodents, specifically mice and their young. It may also extend to the young of a jerboa.

Derived headwords

الفِرْنَبnoun
  1. 1.
    mouseboth

    A small rodent, commonly known as a mouse.

الفِرْنَبnoun
  1. 1.
    young of a jerboaclassical

    The offspring of a jerboa, a desert rodent.

Parallel reading

الفِرْنَب: الفأرة
Al-firnab: the mouse.
والفرنب: ولد الفأرة من اليربوع
And al-firnab: the young of a mouse from the jerboa.
وفي التهذيب: الفرنب الفأر
And in Al-Tahdhib: al-firnab is the mouse.
يدب بالليل إلى جاره، ... كضيون دب إلى فرنب
It creeps by night to its neighbor, ... like a weasel creeping to a mouse.