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قنفد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the hedgehog, a small, spiny mammal. It also includes variations in the spelling or pronunciation of this animal's name.

Derived headwords

القُنْفُذnoun
  1. 1.
    hedgehogboth

    A small, nocturnal mammal characterized by its covering of stiff, sharp spines.

القُنْفُذnoun
  1. 1.
    variant spellingclassical

    An alternative or less common way of writing the word for hedgehog.

Parallel reading

القنفد: لغة في القنفذ
Al-qanafadu: a linguistic variant for al-qunfudhu.
حكاها كراع عن قطرب
Kurāʿ narrated it from Quṭrub.