خنز

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of decay, putrefaction, and foul odor, particularly related to food. It also extends metaphorically to arrogance and pride, and semantically to certain animals like lizards and pigs.

Derived headwords

خَنَزَverb

1.
to rot, to putrefyboth
Describes food, such as meat, dates, or nuts, becoming rotten and emitting a foul smell.

خُنُوزًاnoun

1.
rotting, putrefactionclassical
The state or process of food decaying and becoming foul-smelling.

خِنْزًاnoun

1.
rotting, putrefactionclassical
The state or process of food decaying and becoming foul-smelling.

خَنِيزٌadjective

1.
rotten, putridclassical
Describing something that has decayed and become foul-smelling.

خَنَازٌnoun

1.
Jewsclassical
Specifically refers to Jews who hoarded meat until it rotted.
2.
lizardclassical
A type of reptile, also known as 'sam abres'.

خَنِيزٌnoun

1.
thickened soupclassical
A dish made of unleavened bread soaked in broth or soup.

خِنْزَوَةٌnoun

1.
arrogance, prideclassical
A feeling of excessive self-importance or haughtiness.

خِنْزَوَانَةٌnoun

1.
arrogance, prideclassical
A state of excessive pride or haughtiness, often leading to improper behavior.

خِنْزَوَانِيَّةٌnoun

1.
arrogance, prideclassical
A state of excessive pride or haughtiness.

خِنْزَوَانٌnoun

1.
arrogance, prideclassical
A state of excessive pride or haughtiness.
2.
male pigclassical
The male of the pig species.

خَنَازِيرnoun

1.
pigsboth
Plural of pig.

خَنُوزٌnoun

1.
hyenaclassical
A female hyena.

أُمُّ خَنُوزٍname

1.
hyenaclassical
A name for a female hyena.

خِنْزِيرٌnoun

1.
pigboth
A domestic or wild swine.

Parallel reading

خنز اللحم والتمر والجوز، بالكسر، خنوزا ويخنز خنزا، فهو خنز وخنز: كلاهما فسد وأنتن

Meat, dates, and nuts rot, with a kasra, undergoing khunuzan and yakhnizu khunzan, so it is khinz and khinz: both have become spoiled and foul-smelling.

مثل خزن [خزن] على القلب

Like khazana [khazana] with inversion.

لولا بنو إسرائيل ما أنتن اللحم ولا خنز الطعام، كانوا يرفعون طعامهم لغدهم أي ما نتن وتغيرت ريحه

Were it not for the Children of Israel, meat would not have become putrid nor food rotten; they used to keep their food for the next day, meaning it did not spoil and its smell change.

والخناز: اليهود الذين ادخروا اللحم حتى خنز

And al-khanaz: the Jews who hoarded meat until it rotted.

زعمت خناز بأن برمتنا ... تجري بلحم غير ذي شحم

Al-khanaz claimed that our cooking pot... runs with meat devoid of fat.

والخنيز: الثريد من الخبز الفطير

And al-khuniz: thick soup made from unleavened bread.

والخنزوة والخنزوانة والخنزوانية والخنزوان: الكبر؛ الأخيرة عن ابن الأعرابي

And al-khinzwah, al-khinzwanah, al-khinzwaniyyah, and al-khinzwan: arrogance; the last is from Ibn al-A'rabi.

إذا رأوا من ملك تخمطا ... أو خنزوانا، ضربوه ما خطا

If they saw a king acting arrogantly... or with pride, they would strike him, no matter how far he went.

لئيم نزت في أنفه خنزوانة ... على الرحم القربى أحذ أباتر

A base person, arrogance rose in his nose... towards close relatives, he was a sharp, decisive man.

وفي رأسه خنزوانة أي كبر

And in his head is khinzwanah, meaning arrogance.

فآض كصدر الرمح نهدا مصدرا ... يكفكف منه خنزوانا منازعا

And it became like the shaft of a spear, a prominent source... he would ward off from it struggling arrogance.

ويقال: لأنزعن خنزوانتك ولأطيرن نعرتك

And it is said: I will surely remove your arrogance and I will make your insolence fly away.

وفي الحديث ذكر الخنزوانة وهي الكبر لأنها تغير عن السمت الصالح

And in the Hadith, al-khinzwanah is mentioned, which is arrogance because it deviates from the right path.

والخناز: الوزغة

And al-khanaz: the lizard.

ما الخوافي كالقلبة، ولا الخناز كالثعبة

The hidden parts are not like the core, nor is the lizard like the tha'bah.

اسكت يا خناز

Be silent, O lizard!

والخنزوان، بالفتح: ذكر الخنازير

And al-khinzwan, with a fatha: the male of the pigs.