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الخنصاب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root relates to fatness and corpulence, specifically referring to the fat of the eye and describing a fat or plump woman.

Derived headwords

الخِنْصَابnoun
  1. 1.
    fat of the eyeclassical

    Refers to the fatty tissue found around the eye.

خِنْصَبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    fat, plumpmodern

    Describes a woman who is corpulent, well-fed, and fleshy.

Parallel reading

الخنصاب، بالكسر: شحم المقل.
Al-khinṣāb, with a kasra: the fat of the eye.
وامرأة خنصبة، بالضم: سمينة.
And a woman khinṣabah, with a damma: fat.