قنذع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the concept of a cuckold or a man lacking jealousy, often with a Syriac origin. It also extends to terms for ugly or offensive speech, and a specific type of scattered hair on the head.

Derived headwords

القُنَذْعnoun

1.
cuckoldclassical
A man who is not jealous of his wife's infidelity; a cuckold. This term is noted as possibly being of Syriac origin.

القُنَذْعnoun

1.
cuckoldclassical
A man who is not jealous of his wife's infidelity; a cuckold. This term is noted as possibly being of Syriac origin.

القُنْذُوعnoun

1.
cuckoldclassical
A man who is not jealous of his wife's infidelity; a cuckold. This term is noted as possibly being of Syriac origin.

القَنَازِعnoun

1.
ugly speechclassical
Offensive or ugly speech. It is noted that the pronunciation with 'zay' (ز) is heard in this context.

القَنَاذِعnoun

1.
ugly speechclassical
Offensive or ugly speech. It is noted that the pronunciation with 'dhal' (ذ) is considered equivalent to 'zay' (ز) in this context.

قُنْذَعَةnoun

1.
scattered hairclassical
The remaining scattered hair on the head, similar to 'qanza'ah' (قنزعة).

Parallel reading

القنذع والقنذع والقنذوع، كله: الديوث، سريانية ليست بعربية محضة

Al-qanadh, al-qanadh, and al-qanudh, all mean the cuckold; it is Syriac and not purely Arabic.

وقد يقال بالدال المهملة

And it may be said with the unpointed dal (د).

ذلك القنذع ، هو الديوث الذي لا يغار على أهله

That is the qanadh, he is the cuckold who has no jealousy over his family.

القنازع والقناذع القبيح من الكلام

Al-qanazi' and al-qanadh' are ugly speech.

فاستوى عندهما الزاي والذال في القبيح من الكلام

So the zay and the dhal became equivalent for them in ugly speech.

فأما في الشعر فلم أسمع إلا القنازع

But in poetry, I have only heard al-qanazi'.

وهذا راجع في المخازي «3» والقبائح

And this refers to disgraceful matters and ugliness.

ما من مسلم يمرض في سبيل الله إلا حط الله عنه خطاياه وإن بلغت قنذعة رأسه

No Muslim falls ill in the cause of Allah except that Allah removes his sins, even if they reach the qanadhah of his head.

هي ما يبقى من الشعر مفرقا في نواحي الرأس كالقنزعة

It is what remains of hair scattered in the areas of the head, like al-qanza'ah.

وذكره الهروي في القاف والنون على أن النون أصلية

And Al-Harawi mentioned it under Qaf and Nun, considering the Nun to be original.

وجعل الجوهري النون منه ومن القنزعة زائدة

And Al-Jawhari considered the Nun in it and in al-qanza'ah to be superfluous.