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هنبض

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe physical characteristics, specifically a large belly, and also relates to the suppression or concealment of laughter.

Derived headwords

الهِنَبِضُnoun
  1. 1.
    Large-bellied personclassical

    A person characterized by a large or protruding belly.

هَنَبَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To suppress laughterclassical

    To conceal or hold back one's laughter.

Parallel reading

الهِنَبِضُ: العظيم البطن.
Al-hinbid: the large-bellied.
وهَنَبَضَ الضحك: أخفاه.
And hanabaḍa al-ḍaḥik: he concealed the laughter.