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قرنب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes various small creatures, including rodents and insects, and by extension, refers to a relaxed or sagging body part. It also extends to metaphorical uses related to slow movement or appearance.

Derived headwords

القُرْنَبnoun
  1. 1.
    jerboaboth

    A desert rodent known for its long hind legs and hopping gait.

  2. 2.
    mouseclassical

    A small rodent, often associated with being small and quick.

  3. 3.
    offspring of a mouse and jerboaclassical

    A hybrid or offspring resulting from the mating of a mouse and a jerboa.

القُرْنَبَىٰnoun
  1. 1.
    small crawling creatureclassical

    A small insect-like creature, similar to a beetle but perhaps slightly larger, with long legs.

  2. 2.
    flaccid flankclassical

    A relaxed or sagging part of the side of the body, specifically the flank.

Parallel reading

القرنب: اليربوع؛ وقيل: الفأرة؛ وقيل: القرنب ولد الفأرة من اليربوع.
Al-Qurṇab: the jerboa; and it is said: the mouse; and it is said: Al-Qurṇab is the offspring of a mouse and a jerboa.
القرنبى، مقصور، فعنلى معتلا.
Al-Qurṇabā, short (vowel), fa'anlā, defective.
أنه دويبة شبه الخنفساء أو أعظم منها شيئا، طويلة الرجل
That it is a small creature resembling a beetle or slightly larger than it, with long legs.
ترى التيمي يزحف كالقرنبى ... إلى تيمية، كعصا المليل
You see Al-Taimi crawling like Al-Qurṇabā... towards a Taimi woman, like the staff of Al-Malīl.
وفي المثل: القرنبى في عين أمها حسنة؛ والأنثى بالهاء؛
And in the proverb: Al-Qurṇabā is beautiful in her mother's eye; and the feminine is with the 'hā'.
وقال يصف جارية وبعلها: يدب إلى أحشائها، كل ليلة، ... دبيب القرنبى بات يعلو نقا سهلا
And he said, describing a young woman and her husband: He creeps into her insides, every night, ... the creeping of Al-Qurṇabā who spent the night ascending an easy sand dune.
القرنب الخاصرة المسترخية.
Al-Qurṇab is the relaxed flank.