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قفند

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something or someone with a strong, perhaps stubborn or unyielding, head. It is primarily used in a quadriliteral form to denote a specific characteristic of being "strong-headed."

Derived headwords

القُفَنْدَدnoun
  1. 1.
    strong-headed personclassical

    A person who is strong-headed, stubborn, or unyielding in their opinions or disposition.

قُفَنْدَدِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    strong-headedclassical

    An adjective describing someone as strong-headed, stubborn, or having a firm and unyielding nature.

Parallel reading

التهذيب في الرباعي القفند: الشديد الرأس.
Al-Tahdhib, concerning the quadriliteral root qafanda: the strong-headed.