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قنور

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something or someone that is large, stout, and imposing, often with negative connotations of coarseness, harshness, or ill-temper. It can also refer to a slave or an adopted person, and has some specific applications to objects and places.

Derived headwords

القنورadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-headed, stoutboth

    Describing something or someone as having a large, stout head, or being generally large and imposing.

  2. 2.
    Coarse, roughboth

    Referring to someone or something that is coarse, rough, or unrefined in nature.

  3. 3.
    Ill-tempered, harshboth

    Describing someone as having a bad disposition, being harsh, difficult, or ill-tempered.

  4. 4.
    Slaveclassical

    A term used to refer to a slave.

  5. 5.
    Adopted personclassical

    A person who is adopted or not of true lineage; this usage is considered uncertain.

قنورadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-headed, stoutboth

    Describing something or someone as having a large, stout head, or being generally large and imposing.

  2. 2.
    Coarse, roughboth

    Referring to someone or something that is coarse, rough, or unrefined in nature.

  3. 3.
    Ill-tempered, harshboth

    Describing someone as having a bad disposition, being harsh, difficult, or ill-tempered.

  4. 4.
    Slaveclassical

    A term used to refer to a slave.

  5. 5.
    Adopted personclassical

    A person who is adopted or not of true lineage; this usage is considered uncertain.

قنورname
  1. 1.
    Name of a water sourceclassical

    A proper name for a specific water source or well.

  2. 2.
    Name of a salt flatclassical

    A proper name for a salt flat or saline area.

بعير قنورadjective
  1. 1.
    Harsh, difficult camelboth

    A camel that is harsh, difficult to manage, or ill-tempered.

القنارnoun
  1. 1.
    Wooden beam for hanging meatclassical

    A wooden beam or pole from which butchers hang meat.

القنارةnoun
  1. 1.
    Wooden beam for hanging meatclassical

    A wooden beam or pole from which butchers hang meat.

مقنورadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, coarse, or dullclassical

    Describing a man as large, coarse, unpleasant, or dull-witted.

مقنرadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, coarse, or dullclassical

    Describing a man as large, coarse, unpleasant, or dull-witted.

مكنورadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, coarse, or dullclassical

    Describing a man as large, coarse, unpleasant, or dull-witted.

مكنرadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, coarse, or dullclassical

    Describing a man as large, coarse, unpleasant, or dull-witted.

Parallel reading

القنور، بتشديد الواو: الشديد الضخم الرأس من كل شيء.
Al-qunūru, with a shaddah on the wāw: the intensely large-headed of everything.
وكل فظ غليظ: قنور؛
And every coarse, rough person: qunūr;
حمال أثقال بها قنور
Carriers of burdens, in them are stout ones.
أرسل فيها سبطا لم يقفر، ... قنورا زاد على القنور
He sent forth in it a descendant who did not become barren, ... qunūran, exceeding the qunūr.
والقنور: السيئ الخلق، وقيل: الشرس الصعب من كل شيء.
And al-qunūr: the ill-tempered, and it was said: the fierce, difficult of everything.
والقنور: العبد؛ عن كراع.
And al-qunūr: the slave; according to Kurāʿ.
والقنور الدعي، وليس بثبت؛
And al-qunūr: the adopted one, and it is not firmly established;
وبعير قنور.
And a qunūr camel.
ويقال: هو الشرس الصعب من كل شيء.
And it is said: he is the fierce, difficult of everything.
القنور الطويل والقنور العبد؛
Al-qunūr is the tall one, and al-qunūr is the slave;
أضحت حلائل قنور مجدعة، ... لمصرع العبد قنور بن قنور
The wives of Qunūr have become mutilated, ... for the death of the slave Qunūr son of Qunūr.
والقنار والقنارة: الخشبة يعلق عليها القصاب اللحم، ليس من كلام العرب.
And al-qanār and al-qanārah: the wooden beam on which the butcher hangs the meat; it is not from the speech of the Arabs.
وقنور: اسم ماء؛
And Qunūr: a name of a water source;
ورأيت في البادية ملاحة تدعى قنور، بوزن سفود، قال: وملحها أجود ملح رأيته.
And I saw in the desert a salt flat called Qunūr, on the pattern of safūd, he said: and its salt is the finest salt I have seen.
ورجل مقنور ومقنر ورجل مكنور ومكنر إذا كان ضخما سمجا أو معتما عمة جافية.
And a man maqnūr and muqannar, and a man maknūr and muknar, if he is large, unpleasant, or wearing a coarse, rough garment.