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خنفق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something cunning, sly, or a great calamity. It is associated with a cunning person or a significant, perhaps disastrous, event.

Derived headwords

الخَنْفَقِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamity, disasterclassical

    A great calamity, a disaster, or a significant misfortune.

  2. 2.
    Cunning personclassical

    A cunning or sly person, someone who is deceitful.

العَنْقَفِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamity, disasterclassical

    A great calamity, a disaster, or a significant misfortune.

  2. 2.
    Cunning personclassical

    A cunning or sly person, someone who is deceitful.

خنفقيقاadjective
  1. 1.
    Cunning, slyclassical

    Describing someone as cunning, sly, or deceitful.

  2. 2.
    Disastrous, calamitousclassical

    Describing something as disastrous or calamitous.

Parallel reading

الخنفقيق والعنقفير وهو الداهية
Al-khanfaqīq and al-'unqafīr, and it is the calamity.
سهرت به ليلة كلها، ... فجئت به مؤدنا خنفقيقا
I stayed awake with him all night, ... and I brought forth a cunning one, a disaster.
يقول: ولدت للرأي ليلة كلها فجئت بداهية.
He says: I gave birth to a plan all night, and I brought forth a calamity.