الحنتف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to locusts, specifically prepared for cooking. It also appears in various proper names, including individuals and their lineage, and describes a person who plucks their beard.

Derived headwords

الحنتفnoun

1.
Locusts for cookingclassical
Locusts that have been plucked and prepared for cooking.
2.
Proper nameclassical
A proper name, specifically referring to Ibn al-Sijf bin Sa'd al-Yafi'i.

الحنتفانname

1.
Two brothersclassical
Refers to Hantaf and his brother Sayf, or alternatively al-Harith, sons of Aws bin Himyari.

حنتفname

1.
Proper nameclassical
A proper name, one of the sons of Aws bin Himyari.

سيفname

1.
Proper nameclassical
A proper name, brother of Hantaf.

الحارثname

1.
Proper nameclassical
A proper name, alternatively identified as the brother of Hantaf.

أبو يزيد بن حنتف المازنيname

1.
Proper nameclassical
A kunya (patronymic) referring to Abu Yazid bin Hantaf al-Mazini, though there is some disagreement about him.

من ينتف لحيتهother

1.
Beard pluckerclassical
Someone who plucks their beard due to intense anger or agitation of the bile.

Parallel reading

الحنتف، كجعفر: الجراد المنتف المنقى للطبخ

Al-Hantaf, like Ja'far: the plucked locusts prepared for cooking.

وابن السجف بن سعد اليافعي

And Ibn al-Sijf bin Sa'd al-Yafi'i.

والحنتفان: حنتف، وأخوه سيف، أو الحارث، ابنا أوس بن حميري

And al-Hantafan: Hantaf, and his brother Sayf, or al-Harith, sons of Aws bin Himyari.

وكزبرج: أبو يزيد بن حنتف المازني، وفيه اختلاف

And like Zubraj: Abu Yazid bin Hantaf al-Mazini, and there is disagreement about him.

وكزنبور: من ينتف لحيته من هيجان المرار به

And like Zanbur: one who plucks his beard from the agitation of bile within him.