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الكندر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of thickness, coarseness, and bulkiness, often applied to animals like donkeys or to physical attributes. It also extends to specific substances like mastic and astronomical terms.

Derived headwords

الكِنْدَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Masticboth

    A type of chewing gum, highly beneficial for cutting through phlegm.

  2. 2.
    Thickset manclassical

    A man who is stout and short.

  3. 3.
    Large donkeyclassical

    A donkey that is large in size.

كالكنادرadjective
  1. 1.
    Thicksetclassical

    Describing something or someone as stout and coarse, similar to the masculine noun form.

الكِنْدَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated groundclassical

    A portion of land that is thick, coarse, elevated, or raised.

  2. 2.
    Falcon's perchclassical

    The place where a falcon or hawk perches.

  3. 3.
    Astrology termclassical

    A term from Roman arithmetic used in astronomy.

الكِنْدَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fish with a humpclassical

    A type of fish characterized by having a hump or prominent back.

الكُنَيْدَرadjective
  1. 1.
    Thicksetclassical

    Describing someone as thickset or stout.

الكِنْدِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Thickset donkeyclassical

    A donkey that is thickset or large.

  2. 2.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name.

كِنْدِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bulkinessclassical

    A state of being thickset, stout, or large in size.

Parallel reading

الكِنْدَر، بالضم: ضرب من العلك، نافع لقطع البلغم جدا
Al-kindar, with damma: a type of mastic, very beneficial for cutting phlegm.
والرجل الغليظ القصير
And a stout, short man.
والحمار العظيم
And a large donkey.
كالكنادر فيهما
Like the thickset ones in both [man and donkey].
والكندرة: ماغلظ من الأرض وارتفع
And al-kindarah: what is thick and elevated from the ground.
ومجثم البازي
And the perch of the falcon.
وبلا هاء: ضرب من حساب الروم في النجوم
And without haa': a type of Roman calculation in astronomy.
والكندارة، بالكسر: سمكة لها سنام
And al-kindarah, with kasra: a fish that has a hump.
والكنيدر، كقنيفذ وسميدع: الغليظ
And al-kunaydir, like qunayfidh and sumaydi': the thickset.
والكندير، بالكسر: الحمار الغليظ
And al-kindir, with kasra: the thickset donkey.
وإنه لذو كنديرة: غلظ وضخامة
And indeed he is of bulkiness: thickness and largeness.