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قنفذ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the hedgehog, its physical characteristics, and by extension, things that are spiny, dense, or clustered. It also extends to specific geographical features and anatomical terms.

Derived headwords

القُنْفُذُnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the hedgehogsboth

    one of the hedgehogs

القُنْفُذُnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the hedgehogsboth

    one of the hedgehogs

القُنْفُذُnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the hedgehogsboth

    one of the hedgehogs

قُنْفُذَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the femaleboth

    the female

قُنْفُذُ الدَّرَّاجِnoun
  1. 1.
    Qunfudh al-Darrajclassical

    A specific place name, likely referring to a location known for dense vegetation or a particular geographical feature.

Parallel reading

القنفذ والقنفذ: واحد القنافذ
The hedgehog and the hedgehog: the singular of hedgehogs.
والأنثى قنفذة
And the female is a qanfudhah.
والقنفذ: مسيل العرق من خلف أذنى البعير
And the qanfudh: a sweat channel from behind the camel's ears.
كأن بذفراها عنية مجرب * لها وشل في قنفذ الليت ينتح
As if its dewlap were a tested waterskin * with a trickle in the groove of its flank.
والقنفذ: المكان الذي ينبت نبتا ملتفا
And the qanfudh: a place where vegetation grows densely.
ومن قنفذ الدراج، وهو موضع
And from it is Qunfudh al-Darraj, which is a place.