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الكنز

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of storing, accumulating, and hiding wealth, particularly treasure. It extends to the physical act of burying or concealing objects, and by extension, to things that are densely packed or full.

Derived headwords

كَنَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to hoard treasureboth

    To bury or store wealth, especially gold and silver, for safekeeping.

  2. 2.
    to buryboth

    To conceal something in the ground or in a container.

كَنْزnoun
  1. 1.
    treasureboth

    Hidden wealth, typically gold and silver, buried underground.

  2. 2.
    stored wealthboth

    Anything that is kept or preserved, especially money.

  3. 3.
    buried objectboth

    Anything that has been buried or concealed in the earth or in a container.

اِكْتَنَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to accumulateboth

    To gather or collect things, leading to a state of abundance.

  2. 2.
    to be fullboth

    To be filled to capacity or to be very dense.

اِكْتِنَازnoun
  1. 1.
    accumulationclassical

    The act of gathering or accumulating wealth or possessions.

  2. 2.
    fulnessclassical

    The state of being full or densely packed.

كِنّيزnoun
  1. 1.
    winter datesclassical

    Dates stored in containers for consumption during winter.

  2. 2.
    sea creatureclassical

    A type of sea creature, possibly a whale or dolphin.

زَمَن الكَنَّازnoun
  1. 1.
    date harvesting seasonclassical

    The time of year when dates are harvested and stored for winter.

كَنَّازadjective
  1. 1.
    plumpboth

    Describing a female camel or slave girl as having abundant, firm flesh.

  2. 2.
    solidboth

    Describing a female camel or slave girl as being robust and strong.

كَنَزةname
  1. 1.
    place name

    A valley located in the region of Yamama.

  2. 2.
    personal name

    The name of a mother of Shamla bin Burd al-Minqari, and the grandfather of Muhammad bin Ali al-Hudathi.

  3. 3.
    horse name

    The name of a horse belonging to al-Muq'ad bin Shamas al-Sa'di.

كِتَّانname
  1. 1.
    man's name

    A man from the tribe of Dhabbah.

  2. 2.
    companion's name

    Ibn Hisn or Hisn al-Ghanawi, a companion of the Prophet.

  3. 3.
    poet's name

    Ibn Sarim and Ibn Nu'aym, both poets.

كُنَيْزname
  1. 1.
    narrator's name

    A narrator of hadith, possibly a servant.

  2. 2.
    musician's name

    A musician known as Dubbah's Kunayz.

Parallel reading

المال المدفون
Buried money
وقد كنزه يكنزه
And he buried it, he buries it.
والذهب والفضة
And gold and silver
وما يحرز به المال
And what is preserved with it (the money)
وكل شيء غمزته في وعاء أو أرض، فقد كنزته
And everything you push into a container or the ground, you have buried it.
واكتنز: اجتمع، وامتلأ
And 'iktanza': it gathered, and it became full.
والكنيز: التمر في قواصر للشتاء
And al-kiniz: dates in containers for winter.
وزمن الكناز، ويكسر: أوان كنز التمر
And the time of al-kinaz, and its variant: the season of storing dates.
وقد كنزوه يكنزونه
And they stored it, they store it.
وناقة وجارية كناز، ككتاب: كثيرة اللحم، صلبة
And a she-camel and a slave-girl, kinnaz, like kitāb: having abundant flesh, firm.
ج: كنز وكناز كالواحدة
Plural: kunuz and kinnaz, like the singular.
وكنزة: واد باليمامة
And Kanzah: a valley in Yamama.
واسم أم شملة بن برد المنقري
And the name of the mother of Shamla bin Burd al-Minqari.
وفرس المقعد بن شماس السعدي
And the horse of al-Muq'ad bin Shamas al-Sa'di.
وككتان: رجل من ضبة
And Kuttan: a man from Dhabbah.
وابن حصن أو حصين الغنوي، صحابي
And Ibn Hisn or Hisn al-Ghanawi, a companion.
وكنيز الخادم، كزبير: محدث
And Kunayz the servant, like Zubayr: a hadith narrator.