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قنف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes aspects of the ear, including its shape, size, and position relative to the head. It extends to describe physical characteristics like a large nose or a white nape in horses, and metaphorically refers to the glans of the penis and large gatherings.

Derived headwords

القُنْفnoun
  1. 1.
    ear boneclassical

    The bone of the ear and its prominence towards the face and distance from the head.

  2. 2.
    ear foldclassical

    The folding of its edge and its lying on the back of the other.

  3. 3.
    small, close-set earsclassical

    Smallness and closeness of the ears to the head.

  4. 4.
    ear thicknessclassical

    The thickness of the ears, like the head of a mended sandal.

  5. 5.
    dried mudclassical

    What dries from a puddle and its mud is peeled off.

  6. 6.
    mud splatterclassical

    What splatters from the flood mud off the face of the earth and cracks.

  7. 7.
    white patch on donkeyclassical

    The whiteness on the flanks of a wild ass.

قَنِفَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    prominent earsclassical

    An ear that is prominent towards the face and distant from the head.

  2. 2.
    small, close-set earsclassical

    Small ears that are close to the head.

  3. 3.
    folded earsclassical

    Ears with folded edges.

  4. 4.
    glans penisclassical

    Metaphorically refers to the glans penis, also called 'dhat al-farwah'.

أقنفverb
  1. 1.
    to have ears droopclassical

    A man becomes 'aqnaf' if his ear becomes relaxed or droops.

  2. 2.
    to gather one's affairsclassical

    A man's opinion and affairs in his livelihood come together.

  3. 3.
    to have a white napeclassical

    Describing a horse with a white nape.

استقنفverb
  1. 1.
    to gather one's affairsclassical

    A man's opinion and affairs in his livelihood come together.

  2. 2.
    to become circularclassical

    A gathering or مجلس becomes 'istaqnaffa' if it becomes circular.

القُنْفnoun
  1. 1.
    smallness and thickness of earsclassical

    The smallness and thickness of the ears.

  2. 2.
    ear bone and inversionclassical

    The bone of the ear and its inversion.

أقنفadjective
  1. 1.
    white-naped (horse)classical

    A horse with a white nape, while the rest of its color is whatever it may be.

القَنَفnoun
  1. 1.
    whiteness of napeclassical

    The source noun for a horse having a white nape.

القَنَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    large-nosed personclassical

    A person with a large nose.

  2. 2.
    large-headed and bearded personclassical

    A person with a large head and beard.

  3. 3.
    tall, stout personclassical

    A person who is tall and stout in body.

قَنَّافadjective
  1. 1.
    large-nosedclassical

    Describing someone with a large nose.

  2. 2.
    large-headed and beardedclassical

    Describing someone with a large head and beard.

  3. 3.
    tall and stoutclassical

    Describing someone who is tall and stout.

القُنَيْبnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    A gathering or group of men and women.

القُنَيْفnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    Groups of people.

  2. 2.
    cloakclassical

    A type of cloak or outer garment.

  3. 3.
    heavy rain cloudclassical

    A cloud with abundant water.

  4. 4.
    piece of nightclassical

    A portion or segment of the night.

قنيفadjective
  1. 1.
    circularclassical

    Describing a gathering that has become circular.

قنافةname
  1. 1.
    Qanafahboth

    A proper name.

Parallel reading

القنف: عظم الأذن وإقبالها على الوجه وتباعدها من الرأس
Al-Qunf: the bone of the ear and its prominence towards the face and its distance from the head.
وقيل: انثناء طرفها واستلقاؤها على ظهر الأخرى
And it was said: the folding of its edge and its lying on the back of the other.
وقيل: صغرها ولصوقها بالرأس، أذن قنفاء.
And it was said: its smallness and its closeness to the head, a qanfā' ear.
القنف صغر الأذنين وغلظهما
Al-Qunf is the smallness and thickness of the ears.
والرجل أقنف والمرأة قنفاء.
And the man is aqnaf and the woman is qanfā'.
والقنف في الشاة انثناء أذنها إلى رأسها حتى يظهر بطنها
And al-Qunf in a sheep is the folding of its ear towards its head until its belly appears.
وأقنف الرجل إذا استرخت أذنه.
And a man becomes aqnaf if his ear becomes relaxed.
وأقنف الرجل واستقنف: اجتمع له رأيه وأمره في معاشه
And a man becomes aqnaf and istaqnaffa: his opinion and his affair in his livelihood come together.
وكمرة قنفاء على التشبيه
And a qanfā' kumlah (glans) by way of simile.
والأقنف الأبيض القفا من الخيل.
And al-aqnaf is the white-naped one among horses.
وفرس أقنف: أبيض القفا ولون سائره ما كان
And a horse is aqnaf: white-naped, and the color of the rest of it is whatever it may be.
والقناف والقناف: الكبير الأنف.
And al-Qannāf and Qannāf: the large-nosed one.
ورجل قناف وقناف: ضخم الأنف
And a man is qannāf and Qannāf: large-nosed.
والقنيب والقنيف: الجماعة من الرجال والنساء
And al-Qunayb and al-Qunayf: the group of men and women.
والقنيف: السحاب ذو الماء الكثير.
And al-Qunayf: the cloud with abundant water.
ومر قنيف من الليل أي قطعة منه
And a qunayf of the night passed, meaning a piece of it.
والقنف: ما يبس من الغدير فتقلع طينه
And al-Qunf: what dries from a puddle and its mud is peeled off.
والقنف والقلف ما تطاير من طين السيل عن وجه الأرض وتشقق.
And al-Qunf and al-Qalf are what splatters from the flood mud off the face of the earth and cracks.
والقنف واللخن البياض الذي على جردان الحمار.
And al-Qunf and al-Lakhn are the whiteness on the flanks of a wild ass.