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خدنق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to the male spider. It also encompasses the spider itself, particularly a large one, and a plural form derived from the word for male spider.

Derived headwords

الْخَدَنْقُnoun
  1. 1.
    male spiderclassical

    The male of the spider species.

الْخُذُنْقُnoun
  1. 1.
    male spiderclassical

    The male of the spider species, with a variant pronunciation using 'dhāl'.

الْخَدَرْنَِقُnoun
  1. 1.
    male spiderclassical

    A variant form for the male spider, considered more common by some.

  2. 2.
    spiderclassical

    The spider itself, not specifically the male.

  3. 3.
    large spiderclassical

    A large-sized spider.

الْخَذَرْنَِقُnoun
  1. 1.
    male spiderclassical

    A variant form for the male spider, using 'dhāl'.

خَدَارِنُnoun
  1. 1.
    male spidersclassical

    The plural form of 'khadranq', referring to male spiders.

Parallel reading

الْخَدَنْقُ والْخُذُنْقُ، بِالدَّالِ وَالذَّالِ: ذَكَرُ الْعَنَاكِبِ؛ عَنْ ابْنِ جِنِّي
Al-khadanq and al-khudhanq, with dāl and dhāl: the male of the spiders; according to Ibn Jinni.
وَالْأَعْرَفُ الْخَدَرْنَِقُ، وَسَنَذْكُرُهُ.
And the more recognized is al-khadranq, and we will mention it.
خَدَرْنَِقٌ: الْخَدَرْنَِقُ وَالْخَذَرْنَِقُ، بِالدَّالِ وَالذَّالِ: ذَكَرُ الْعَنَاكِبِ
Khadranq: Al-khadranq and al-khadharanq, with dāl and dhāl: the male of the spiders.
وَفِي الصِّحَاحِ بِالدَّالِ الْمُهْمَلَةِ
And in Al-Sihah it is with the undotted dāl.
وَأَنْشَدَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ لِلزَّفْيَانِ السَّعْدِيِّ
And Abu Ubaidah recited for Al-Zufyan Al-Sa'di
وَمَنْهَلٍ طَامٍ عَلَيْهِ الْغَلْفَقُ، ... يُنِيرُ أَوْ يُسْدِي بِهِ الْخَدَرْنَِقُ
And a water source covered by the darkness, ... illuminated or traversed by the male spider.
فَإِذَا جَمَعْتَ حَذَفْتَ آخِرَهُ فَقُلْتَ خَدَارِنَ
And when you pluralize it, you omit its last letter and say khadārin.
وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَالَ الْخَدَرْنَِقُ الْعَنْكَبُوتُ وَلَمْ يَخُصَّ بِهِ الذَّكَرَ
And among them are those who said al-khadranq is the spider and did not specify it for the male.
وَقَالَ أَبُو مَالِكٍ: الْعَنْكَبُوتُ الضَّخْمَةُ.
And Abu Malik said: the large spider.