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خنب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to weakness, particularly in the legs, and by extension, to being tall or elongated. It also describes specific anatomical features around the nose.

Derived headwords

خَنَبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to weakenclassical

    The leg became weak.

أَخْنَبْتُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to weaken (transitive)classical

    I weakened it (the leg).

أَخْنَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to weakenclassical

    He weakened the leg of Ibn al-Sa'q.

الخِنَابnoun
  1. 1.
    tall manclassical

    A tall man.

الخَنَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sides of the noseclassical

    The two sides of the nose, on the right and left, between which is the septum.

Parallel reading

خنبت رجله بالكسر، أي وهنت، وأخنبتها أنا.
His leg weakened (with kasra), meaning it became weak, and I weakened it.
أبى الذى أخنب رجل ابن الصعق إذ كانت الخيل كعلباء العنق
He refused, he who weakened the leg of Ibn al-Sa'q when the horses were like the neck's jugular vein.
والخناب: الطويل من الرجال.
And al-khinab: the tall man.
والخنابتان: ما عن يمين الأنف وشماله، بينهما الوترة.
And al-khanabatan: what is to the right and left of the nose, between them is the septum.
أكوي ذوي الأضغان كيا منضجا * منهم وذا الخنابة العفنججا
I cauterize those who hold grudges with a thoroughly cooked cautery, including him and the stout-flanked one.
ويقال الخنأبة بالهمز.
And it is said al-khan'abah (with hamza).