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قنفع

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to smallness, shortness, and lowliness, often applied to animals like mice or to people of humble status. It also extends to describe the anus.

Derived headwords

القُنَفَّعnoun
  1. 1.
    Short, base personclassical

    Refers to a person who is short in stature and of low social standing or character.

القُنَفْذَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Female hedgehogboth

    The female of the hedgehog.

  2. 2.
    Mouseboth

    A small rodent, specifically a mouse.

تَقَنَّعَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    To grasp itclassical

    To hold or grasp something, likely referring to the female hedgehog.

الفَنْقَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Mouseboth

    A name for a mouse, with the letters 'f' and 'q' transposed compared to 'qanfa'.

القُنْفُعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Anusclassical

    Refers to the anus.

الفَنْقَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Anusclassical

    Also refers to the anus, similar to 'qanfa'.

القَفْرَنِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    Short womanclassical

    Describes a woman who is short in stature.

Parallel reading

القنفع: القصير الخسيس.
Al-qanaf'a: The short, base person.
والقنفعة: القنفذة الأنثى، وتقنفعها تقبضها.
And al-qanfa'a: The female hedgehog, and taqanna'uha means to grasp it.
والقنفعة أيضا: الفأرة.
And al-qanfa'a also: The mouse.
القنفع الفأر، القاف قبل الفاء.
Al-qanaf'a is the mouse, with the Qaf before the Fa.
من أسماء الفأر الفنقع، الفاء قبل القاف، وقد تقدم ذكره.
Among the names of the mouse is al-fanqa', with the Fa before the Qaf, and it has been previously mentioned.
والقنفعة والفنقعة جميعا: الاست؛ كلتاهما عن كراع؛
And al-qanfa'a and al-fanqa'a both: the anus; both are from Kara'.
قفرنية كأن بطيطبيها ... وقنفعها، طلاء الأرجوان
A short woman, as if her small buttocks... and her anus, dyed with madder.
والقفرنية: المرأة القصيرة.
And al-qafarniyya: The short woman.