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الفنطيس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes negative personal attributes, specifically referring to males who are base or ignoble by birth, and physically characterized by a broad nose or flared nostrils. It also extends to describe parts of a pig or wolf's snout and nautical terms related to a ship's bilge and water storage.

Derived headwords

الفُنْطَيْسnoun
  1. 1.
    Maleclassical

    A male person.

  2. 2.
    Ignoble maleclassical

    A base or ignoble person, particularly from birth or lineage.

  3. 3.
    Broad-nosed manclassical

    A man characterized by a broad nose.

  4. 4.
    Flared nostrilclassical

    A nose whose nostril has widened.

فَنَاطِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    Flared nostrilsclassical

    The plural of 'fanṭīs', referring to widened nostrils.

بَهَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Snoutclassical

    The snout of a pig or a wolf.

الفُنْطَيْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Areaclassical

    A protected or guarded territory or domain.

  2. 2.
    Noseclassical

    The nose, particularly in the context of being guarded or protected.

الفُنْطَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    Ship's bilgeclassical

    A basin in a ship where the water from the bilge collects.

  2. 2.
    Water troughclassical

    A trough or container made of planks for carrying fresh drinking water.

  3. 3.
    Water cupclassical

    A cup or measure used to divide fresh water.

Parallel reading

الفُنْطَيْس، بالكسر: الذكر، واللئيم من قبل ولادته، والرجل العريض الأنف، وأنف اتسع منخره، وانبطحت أرنبته ج: فناطيس
Al-funṭays (with kasra): the male, and the ignoble by birth, and the broad-nosed man, and a nose whose nostril has widened, and its tip flattened, plural: fanāṭīs.
وبهاء: خطم الخنزير والذئب.
And bahā': the snout of the pig and the wolf.
وهو منيع الفنطيسة: منيع الحوزة، حمي الأنف.
And he is manīʿ al-funṭaysah: protected in his territory, guarding his nose.
والفُنْطَاس، بالكسر: حوض السفينة يجتمع إليه نشافة مائها، وسقاية لها من الألواح يحمل فيها الماء العذب للشرب، وقدح يقسم به الماء العذب فيها.
And al-funṭās (with kasra): a basin of the ship to which the water from the bilge collects, and a trough for it made of planks in which fresh water is carried for drinking, and a cup by which fresh water is divided in it.