خنف

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific type of gait or movement in animals, particularly horses and camels, characterized by a peculiar turning or bending of the legs or head. It also extends to describe a haughty or arrogant demeanor in humans, and refers to certain types of cloth and even a specific method of milking.

Derived headwords

خَنَفَverb

1.
to bend/turn legsboth
Said of a horse or camel when it walks and turns its foreleg towards its flank.
2.
to bend/turn headboth
Said of a horse when it bends its head and forelegs inward.
3.
to bend noseboth
Said of a horse that bends its nose towards its rider.
4.
to bend noseboth
Said of a camel that bends its nose away from the reins.
5.
to be haughtyboth
Said of a person who acts arrogantly.

خُنَافnoun

1.
leg weaknessclassical
A weakness or peculiar bending in the pasterns of a camel.
2.
quick leg movementclassical
A quick turning of a horse's foreleg.
3.
diseaseclassical
A disease affecting the upper arm of horses.
4.
bending of neckclassical
A camel's neck bending when its reins are pulled.

خَنُوفadjective

1.
bending legsboth
A camel or horse that bends its foreleg towards its flank while walking.
2.
haughtyboth
A person who is arrogant and holds their nose high.
3.
soft-leggedclassical
Said of a camel with soft or yielding forelegs during movement.

خَنَفَ البعيرُverb

1.
to turn forelegboth
When a camel walks and turns its foreleg towards its flank.

خَنَفَتِ الدابةُverb

1.
to bend legs/noseboth
When an animal bends its forelegs or nose sideways out of liveliness.

أَخْنَفadjective

1.
bent sideclassical
Having one side bent or lower than the other, said of a chest or back.

خَنَفَ الفرسُverb

1.
to bend noseboth
When a horse bends its nose towards its rider.

خَانِفadjective

1.
haughtyboth
One who holds their nose high out of arrogance.
2.
bending headclassical
One who bends their head towards the reins out of liveliness.

خَنَفَ الرجلُverb

1.
to be haughtyboth
When a man acts with arrogance.

خَنَفَ البعيرُ بأنفِهِverb

1.
to bend noseboth
When a camel bends its nose away from the reins.

مُخَنَّفadjective

1.
having خنافclassical
An animal that has the condition called خناف.

مُخْنَافadjective

1.
infertileclassical
Said of a female camel that does not conceive, analogous to an infertile man.

خَنِيفnoun

1.
coarse linenboth
A type of coarse, inferior linen, often white.
2.
thick clothclassical
A thick, coarse cloth, specifically of linen.
3.
thick veilclassical
A thick linen cloth used as a veil.
4.
thick milkclassical
A thick or rich portion of milk.

خَنَفَ الأترجةَverb

1.
to cutclassical
To cut a citron or similar fruit.

خُنْفَةnoun

1.
piececlassical
A piece or portion of a cut fruit.

خَنْفnoun

1.
milking methodclassical
A method of milking using four fingers and the thumb.

مِخْنَافname

1.
proper nameboth
A known proper name.

خَيْنِفname

1.
valley nameclassical
The name of a valley in the Hijaz region.

أبو مخنفname

1.
titleclassical
A kunya (patronymic title) for Lut ibn Yahya, a narrator of historical accounts.

خَنْدَفَverb

1.
to walk pompouslyclassical
To walk with a swagger, swinging the feet as if scooping, often associated with women.

خَنْدُوفadjective

1.
pompous walkerclassical
One who walks with arrogance and boastfulness.

خُنُوفnoun

1.
plural of خنوفboth
Plural of خنوف, referring to animals that bend their legs while walking.

خُنُفnoun

1.
plural of خنيفclassical
Plural of خنيف, referring to pieces of coarse linen cloth.

Parallel reading

الخناف: لين في أرساغ البعير.

Al-khinaf: a weakness in the pasterns of a camel.

الخناف سرعة قلب يدي الفرس

Al-khinaf is the quick turning of a horse's foreleg.

تقول: خنف البعير يخنف خنافا إذا سار فقلب خف يده إلى وحشيه

You say: a camel 'khanafa' if it walks and turns its foreleg towards its flank.

وناقة خنوف

And a camel that is khunuf (bending its legs).

وإن الإبل ضمز خنف

And indeed the camels are restless, bending their legs.

وهي الناقة التي إذا سارت قلبت خف يدها إلى وحشيه من خارج.

And it is the she-camel that, when it walks, turns its foreleg outwards towards its flank.

مالت بيديها في أحد شقيها من النشاط

It bent its forelegs to one side out of liveliness.

هو إذا لوى الفرس حافره إلى وحشيه

It is when a horse twists its hoof towards its flank.

يكون الخناف في الخيل أن يثني يده ورأسه في شق إذا أحضر.

Al-khinaf in horses is when it bends its leg and head inward when preparing to strike.

والخناف: داء يأخذ في الخيل في العضد.

And al-khinaf is a disease that affects horses in the upper arm.

صدر أخنف وظهر أخنف

A chest that is akhnaf and a back that is akhnaf.

خنفه انهضام أحد جانبيه.

One of its sides being bent caused it to be akhnaf.

خنفت الدابة تخنف بيدها وأنفها في السير أي تضرب بهما نشاطا وفيه بعض الميل

The animal 'khanafat' with its leg and nose while walking, meaning it strikes with them out of liveliness with some inclination.

والخنوف من الإبل: اللينة اليدين في السير.

And al-khunuf from camels: those soft-legged in their gait.

والخناف في عنق الناقة: أن تميله إذا مد بزمامها.

And al-khinaf in a camel's neck: that it bends it when its reins are pulled.

وخنف الفرس يخنف خنفا، فهو خانف وخنوف: أمال أنفه إلى فارسه.

And a horse 'khanafa' (verb), so it is khanif and khunuf: it bent its nose towards its rider.

وخنف الرجل بأنفه: تكبر فهو خانف.

And a man 'khanafa' with his nose: he became arrogant, so he is khanif.

والخانف: الذي يشمخ بأنفه من الكبر.

And al-khanif: one who holds their nose high out of arrogance.

رأيته خانفا عني بأنفه.

I saw him turning his nose away from me haughtily.

وخنف بأنفه عني: لواه.

And he turned his nose away from me: he twisted it.

وخنف البعير يخنف خنفا وخنافا: لوى أنفه من الزمام.

And a camel 'khanafa' (verb), it twisted its nose away from the reins.

والخانف: الذي يميل رأسه إلى الزمام ويفعل ذلك من نشاطه

And al-khanif: one who bends their head towards the reins and does so out of liveliness.

وبعير مخنف «2»: به خنف.

And a camel mukhannaf: it has khunuf.

والمخناف من الإبل: كالعقيم من الرجال، وهو الذي لا يلقح إذا ضرب.

And al-mukhnāf from camels: like an infertile man, it is one that does not conceive when mated.

والخنيف: أردأ الكتان.

And al-khunif: the worst kind of linen.

وثوب خنيف: رديء ولا يكون إلا من الكتان خاصة

And a khunif garment: it is poor quality and is only made of linen.

فقالوا: تخرقت عنا الخنف وأحرق بطوننا التمر

So they said: 'The khunuf (coarse linen garments) have worn out on us, and dates have burned our bellies.'

والخنيف: الغزيرة.

And al-khunif: the thick (milk).

ومذقة كطرة الخنيف

And a drink like the edge of al-khunif (referring to the color of thick milk).

أن يمشي مفاجا ويقلب قدميه كأنه يغرف بهما وهو من التبختر، وقد خندف، وخص بعضهم به المرأة.

To walk with wide steps and swing the feet as if scooping, which is a form of swaggering; and some have specified this for women.

الخندوف الذي يتبختر في مشيه كبرا وبطرا.

Al-khunduf: one who walks pompously out of arrogance and vanity.

وخنف الأترجة وما أشبهها: قطعها، والقطعة منه خنفة.

And he 'khanafa' (verb) the citron and its like: he cut it, and a piece from it is khunfah.

والخنف: الحلب بأربع أصابع وتستعين معها بالإبهام

And al-khanf: milking with four fingers and using the thumb as well.

كيف تحلب هذه الناقة أخنفا أم مصرا أم فطرا؟

How do you milk this camel: with akhnaf, or misr, or fatr (methods)?

وخينف عن شمالي والبهيم

And Khaynaf was to my left, and al-Bahim.

وأبو مخنف، بالكسر: كنية لوط بن يحيى رجل من نقلة السير.

And Abu Makhnaf, with a kasra: is the kunya of Lut ibn Yahya, a man from the transmitters of history.