القناف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical characteristics related to size and shape, particularly of the nose, beard, ears, and general build. It also extends to descriptions of terrain, weather phenomena, and actions involving cutting or shaping.

Derived headwords

القُنَافadjective

1.
large-nosedboth
Describing someone with a large nose.
2.
thick-beardedboth
Describing someone with a thick or bushy beard.
3.
tall and stoutboth
Describing someone who is tall and thickset.
4.
large, prominent featureboth
Referring to a large, prominent feature, such as a large, fleshy part.

القُنَافِيadjective

1.
large-nosedboth
An adjective similar to القناف, describing someone with a large nose.

قُنَافَةname

1.
name of a personclassical
A proper name, mentioned as the father of a hadith narrator.

الأَقْنَفadjective

1.
white-backed (horse)classical
Describing a horse that has a white hindquarters or back of the neck.

القُنْفnoun

1.
small, thick earsboth
Referring to ears that are small, thick, and close to the head.
2.
white patch on a donkeyclassical
The white marking found on the hindquarters of a wild ass (jirdan).

القُنْفَاءadjective

1.
thick-eared (goat)both
Describing the ear of a goat that is thick, resembling a patched sole.
2.
earlessboth
Describing something that lacks prominent edges or rims.
3.
large bellyboth
Referring to a large, prominent belly or paunch.

القَنِيفnoun

1.
crowds of peopleboth
Referring to large gatherings or multitudes of people.
2.
light eaterboth
A person who eats very little.
3.
thin-haired manboth
A man with sparse hair on his head.
4.
cloudsboth
Referring to clouds.
5.
rain cloudsboth
Clouds that are heavy with water.
6.
part of the nightboth
A portion or segment of the night.

قَنَفَverb

1.
to crack (mud)classical
The mud of a dried-up watercourse cracking.

القُنْفnoun

1.
cracked mudclassical
The mud from a flood that has splattered on the ground and cracked.

أَقْنَفَverb

1.
to have a relaxed earclassical
To have an ear that is relaxed or drooping.
2.
to have a large armyclassical
To possess or command a large military force.
3.
to consolidate opinion/affairsclassical
For one's opinion or affairs to become unified or well-arranged.

اسْتَقْنَفَverb

1.
to consolidate opinion/affairsclassical
To have one's opinion or affairs become unified or well-arranged; synonymous with أقنف.

مُقْنِفَةadjective

1.
spaciousclassical
Describing a shield (حجفة) that is wide or spacious.

قَنَّفَverb

1.
to cut (with a sword)both
To cut something with a sword.

Parallel reading

القناف، كغراب وكتاب: الكبير الأنف، والضخم اللحية، والطويل الغليظ، والفيشلة الضخمة، كالقنافي.

Al-Qunaf, like ghurab and kitab: the large-nosed, the thick-bearded, the tall and stout, and the large fleshy part, like al-Qunafi.

وقبيصة بن هلب بن قنافة، وأبوه: محدثان.

And Qabisa bin Hilb bin Qunafa, and his father, were hadith narrators.

والأقنف: الأبيض القفا من الخيل.

And al-Aqnaf: the white-backed from horses.

والقنف، محركة: صغر الأذنين وغلظهما ولصوقهما بالرأس، والبياض الذي على جردان الحمار.

And al-Qunf, haraka: smallness of the ears, their thickness, and their closeness to the head, and the whiteness that is on the wild asses.

والقنفاء من آذان المعزى: الغليظة، كأنها نعل مخصوفة، و منا: ما لا أطر لها، والكمرة العظيمة

And al-Qunfa' from the ears of goats: the thick one, as if it were a patched sole, and from it: that which has no edges, and the large belly.

فقالت أخرى: ما صنعت شيئا، ولكني أقول: أهمام بن مرة إن همي ... لفي قنفاء مشرفة القذال

Then another said: You have done nothing, but I say: O Humam bin Murra, if my concern... is with a prominent-backed (ear) overlooking the nape of the neck.

فقال: وما قنفاء؟ تريدين معزى؟

He said: And what is Qunfa'? Do you mean a goat?

والقنيف، كأمير: جماعات الناس، والرجل القليل الأكل، والأزعر القليل شعر الرأس، والسحاب، أو الكثير الماء، و من الليل: هوي منه.

And al-Qunif, like amir: crowds of people, and the man of little eating, and the sparse-haired man, and clouds, or abundant with water, and from the night: a portion of it.

وقنف القاع، كفرح: تشقق طينه.

And the bottom of the valley, ka-farah: its mud cracked.

والقنف، كقنب: ما تطاير من طين السيل على وجه الأرض وتشقق.

And al-Qunf, like qanab: what splattered of the flood's mud on the face of the earth and cracked.

وأقنف: استرخت أذنه، وصار ذا جيش كثير، واجتمع له رأيه وأمره، كاستقنف.

And Aqnafa: his ear became relaxed, and he became possessed of a large army, and his opinion and affair became consolidated for him, like istaqnafa.

وحجفة مقنفة، كمعظمة: موسعة.

And a spacious shield, ka-mu'adhdhama: wide.

وقنفه بالسيف تقنيفا: قطعه.

And Qannafahu bil-sayfi taqnifan: he cut it.