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حبطء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root describes a person who is short, stout, and pot-bellied. It can also refer to someone filled with rage or whose belly has become distended.

Derived headwords

رجل حبنطأnoun
  1. 1.
    short, stout, pot-bellied manboth

    A man characterized by shortness, stoutness, and a large belly.

حبنطأةnoun
  1. 1.
    short, stout, pot-bellied personboth

    A description of a person who is short, stout, and has a prominent belly.

حبنطىnoun
  1. 1.
    short, stout, pot-bellied personboth

    An alternative form describing a person who is short, stout, and has a prominent belly, without the hamza.

المحبنطئadjective
  1. 1.
    short, stout, pot-belliedboth

    Describing someone who is short, stout, and has a large belly.

  2. 2.
    full of rageclassical

    Figuratively, someone who is filled with anger or indignation.

احبنطأverb
  1. 1.
    to become distendedclassical

    Used to describe the belly or gut becoming swollen or distended.

Parallel reading

رجل حبنطأ وحبنطأة
A short, stout, pot-bellied man.
وحبنطى أيضا بلا همز
And also حبنطى without the hamza.
قصير سمين ضخم البطن
Short, fat, with a large belly.
وكذلك المحبنطئ يهمز ولا يهمز
And likewise المحبنطئ, with or without the hamza.
ويقال: هو الممتلئ غيظا
And it is said: he is the one full of rage.
أبو زيد: احبنطأ الرجل، إذا انتفخ جوفه
Abu Zayd said: The man احبنطأ, when his belly became distended.