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قنفش

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root قنفش (q-n-f-sh) primarily relates to the concept of contracting, gathering, or drawing oneself together. It can describe physical contraction, such as a person hunching over, or the act of quickly collecting or amassing something. It also has a specific meaning related to a small creature.

Derived headwords

القُنْفُشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    contractionboth

    The act of contracting or drawing oneself together.

  2. 2.
    small creatureclassical

    A small, crawling creature or insect.

قُنْفُشَةadjective
  1. 1.
    contractedclassical

    Describing an old woman who is contracted or hunched over.

قنفشverb
  1. 1.
    to gather quicklyclassical

    To collect or amass something rapidly.

Parallel reading

القنفشة: التقبض.
Al-qanafsha: contraction.
وعجوز قنفشة: متقبضة.
And an old woman qanafsha: contracted.
وقنفش الشيء: جمعه سريعا.
And qanafsha the thing: he gathered it quickly.
والقنفشة: دويبة.
And al-qanafsha: a small creature.
يقال أتانا فلان معنقشا لحيته ومقنفشا
It is said, 'So-and-so came to us, with his beard tucked in and contracted.'