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كنعد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific type of sea fish. It appears in classical poetry to describe this fish, often in the context of food preparation.

Derived headwords

الكِنْعِدnoun
  1. 1.
    Sea fishboth

    A type of fish found in the sea.

كِنْعِدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Sea fishboth

    A type of fish found in the sea, used here in the accusative case.

Parallel reading

الكنعد: ضرب من سمك البحر.
Al-Kin'ad: A type of sea fish.
كانوا إذا جعلوا في صيرهم بصلا * ثم اشتووا كنعدا من مالح جدفوا
They used to put onions in their cooking pot, then roast a kin'ad fish from the salted sea.