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الخرنف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of abundance, growth, and perhaps something substantial or valuable. It encompasses terms for cotton, a fertile she-camel, a fruit, and even a woman's hair, suggesting a connection to things that are plentiful or well-formed.

Derived headwords

الخَرَنَفnoun
  1. 1.
    cottonboth

    Refers to the plant or fiber of cotton.

  2. 2.
    fertile she-camelclassical

    A description of a she-camel that is abundant in milk.

  3. 3.
    fruit of thorny treesclassical

    The fruit borne by thorny desert trees (Acacia species).

خَرَانِفnoun
  1. 1.
    plurals of الخرنفboth

    The plural form for the meanings associated with the root noun الخرنف.

الخَرْنُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    woman's hairclassical

    Refers to the luxuriant or abundant hair of a woman.

  2. 2.
    tallclassical

    Describes someone or something that is tall or lengthy.

خَرْنَفهverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with a swordclassical

    To hit or strike someone with a sword.

Parallel reading

الخرنف، كزبرج: القطن
Al-Kharnaf, like Zubruj: cotton.
و من النوق: الغزيرة
And among she-camels: the abundant (in milk).
وبهاء: ثمرة العضاه
And Bahā': the fruit of the thorny trees.
ج: خرانف
Plural: kharanif.
والخرنوف، كزنبور: حر المرأة
And al-Kharnūf, like Zunbūr: a woman's hair.
وكعلابط: الطويل
And like 'Alābiṭ: the tall one.
وخرنفه بالسيف: ضربه به
And kharnafahu bil-sayf: he struck him with it (the sword).