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كنب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the hardening or callousing of the hands due to labor, and also refers to specific types of plants and a place name.

Derived headwords

الكِنَابnoun
  1. 1.
    branchletclassical

    A small branch or shoot, specifically a 'shamrakh'.

الكَنَبnoun
  1. 1.
    callousclassical

    Hardening of the skin on the hands, similar to a blister, resulting from manual labor.

  2. 2.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant, specifically mentioned as growing in the region of Najd among the 'talh' trees.

أَكْنَبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become callousedclassical

    The hands became hardened and calloused due to labor.

أكنبت يداه — His hands became calloused
كُنَيْبname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, mentioned in poetry.

Parallel reading

الكناب بالكسر: الشمراخ.
Al-kinab (with kasra) means a branchlet.
والكنب في اليد مثل المجل، إذا صلبت من العمل.
And al-kanab on the hand is like a blister, when it hardens from work.
يقال أكنبت يداه، ولا يقال كنبت يداه.
It is said 'aknaba yadahu' (his hands became calloused), and it is not said 'kanaba yadahu'.
قد أكنبت يداك بعد لين * وبعد دهن البان والمضنون
Your hands have become calloused after softness * and after anointing with ban and al-madnun (oils).
وهمتا بالصبر والمرون
And they intended patience and endurance.
والكنب أيضا: نبت.
And al-kanab also means a plant.
معاليات على الأرياف مسكنها * أطراف نجد بأرض الطلح والكنب
Elevated on the plains, their dwelling * is the edges of Najd, in the land of talh and kanab (plants).
وكنيب، مصغر: موضع.
And kunayb, the diminutive, is a place.
وعلى كنيب مالك بن حمار
And upon Kunayb of Malik bin Himar.