كرنف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the tough, fibrous bases of palm fronds that remain attached to the trunk after the fronds are cut. It also extends to the act of stripping these bases from the trunk and, metaphorically, to striking or cutting something forcefully.

Derived headwords

الكَرَنافnoun

1.
palm frond basesboth
The tough, fibrous bases of palm fronds that remain attached to the trunk after the fronds have been cut.

الكَرَنافnoun

1.
cut frondsclassical
What has been cut from the palm fronds, referring to the fronds themselves.

كَرْنَافَةnoun

1.
palm frond base (sg.)both
A single, thick base of a palm frond, attached to the trunk.

كُرْنُوفَةnoun

1.
palm frond base (sg.)classical
An alternative form for the thick base of a palm frond attached to the trunk.

الكَرَانِيفnoun

1.
thick palm frond bases (pl.)both
The thick, broad bases of palm fronds, which become like shoulders when dried.

كَرْنَفَverb

1.
to strip palm frond basesboth
To strip a palm tree's trunk of its tough frond bases.

المُكَرْنِفnoun

1.
date pickerclassical
One who collects dates from the bases of the palm frond stalks.

كَرْنَفَهُverb

1.
to strike with a stickboth
To strike someone or something with a stick, particularly a thick or sturdy one.

خَرْنَفَهُverb

1.
to strike with a swordclassical
To strike with a sword.

كَرْنَفَهُverb

1.
to cut with a swordclassical
To cut something with a sword.

Parallel reading

الكرناف والكرناف: أصول الكرب التي تبقى في جذع السعف

Al-karnaf and al-karnaf: the bases of the fronds that remain in the trunk of the palm.

وما قطع من السعف فهو الكرب

And what is cut from the fronds is al-karb.

الواحدة كرنافة وكرنافة

The singular is karnafah and karnafah.

ابن سيده: الكرنافة والكرنافة والكرنوفة أصل السعفة الغليظ الملتزق بجذع النخلة

Ibn Sidah: Al-karnafah, al-karnafah, and al-kurnufah are the thick base of the frond attached to the palm trunk.

وقيل: الكرانيف أصول السعف الغلاظ العراض التي إذا يبست صارت أمثال الأكتاف

And it was said: Al-kranif are the thick, broad bases of the fronds which, when dried, become like shoulders.

وقد ضافه رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، فأتى بقربته نخلة فعلقها بكرنافة

And the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, was hosted by him, so he brought his waterskin and hung it on a karnafah (a thick frond base).

إلا بعث عليه يوم القيامة سعفها وكرانيفها أشاجع تنهشه

Except that on the Day of Resurrection, its fronds and their bases will be sent against him like serpents biting him.

والقرآن في الكرانيف ، يعني أنه كان مكتوبا عليها قبل جمعه في الصحف

And the Quran was in the kranif, meaning it was written on them before being collected in the codices.

وكرنف النخلة: جرد جذعها من كرانيفه

And karnafa the palm tree: to strip its trunk of its bases.

والمكرنف: الذي يلقط التمر من أصول الكرانيف

And al-mukarnif: one who collects dates from the bases of the kranif.

وكرنفه بالعصا: ضربه بها

And karnafahu with a stick: to strike him with it.

وخرنفته بالسيف وكرنفته إذا ضربته

And kharnaftuhu with the sword and karnaftuhu if you struck him.

وقيل: كرنفه بالسيف إذا قطعه

And it was said: karnafahu with the sword if you cut it.