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الخنثر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes something small, insignificant, or leftover. It also extends to refer to calamities and household belongings, and appears in tribal and personal names.

Derived headwords

الخُنْثَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Trifleboth

    A small, insignificant, or worthless thing.

  2. 2.
    Leftoversclassical

    The remaining possessions of a people after they have moved on, considered as meager or worthless.

خُنْثَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Trifleboth

    A small, insignificant, or worthless thing.

  2. 2.
    Leftoversclassical

    The remaining possessions of a people after they have moved on, considered as meager or worthless.

خُنْثُرnoun
  1. 1.
    Trifleboth

    A small, insignificant, or worthless thing.

  2. 2.
    Leftoversclassical

    The remaining possessions of a people after they have moved on, considered as meager or worthless.

الخَنَاثِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamitiesclassical

    Great misfortunes or disasters.

  2. 2.
    Household belongingsclassical

    The general furnishings and possessions of a house.

خُنْثَرname
  1. 1.
    Tribal nameclassical

    A name associated with the lineage of Tamim, Asad Khuzaymah, and Qays 'Aylan.

عمرو بن خنثرname
  1. 1.
    Personal nameclassical

    A historical figure, one of the heroes of the Jahiliyyah period, and the maternal grandfather of Khadijah.

Parallel reading

الشيء الحقير، والخسيس يبقى من متاع القوم إذا تحملوا
The insignificant, base thing that remains of a people's possessions when they move on.
كالخنثر والخنثر والخنثر
Like the trifle, the trifle, and the trifle.
الخناثير: الدواهي، وقماش البيت
Al-Khanathir: calamities, and household belongings.
خنثر: في نسب تميم، وفي أسد خزيمة، وفي قيس عيلان
Khunthar: in the lineage of Tamim, in Asad Khuzaymah, and in Qays 'Aylan.
وعمرو بن خنثر: من أبطال الجاهلية، جد أم المؤمنين خديجة لأمها
And 'Amr ibn Khunthar: one of the heroes of the Jahiliyyah, the maternal grandfather of the Mother of the Believers, Khadijah.