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كنز

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of accumulating and storing wealth, particularly hidden treasure. It extends to the idea of something being gathered, full, or corpulent, especially in relation to livestock.

Derived headwords

الكَنْزnoun
  1. 1.
    buried treasureboth

    buried treasure

كَنَزَverb
  1. 1.
    To hoardboth

    To accumulate and store wealth, especially hidden treasure.

أَكْنِزُverb
  1. 1.
    I hoardboth

    The first-person singular imperfect form of the verb 'to hoard'.

اِكْتَنَزَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing: it gathered and became fullboth

    the thing: it gathered and became full

كَنَزَverb
  1. 1.
    To gather datesclassical

    To gather and store dates, implying accumulation.

الكَنَّازnoun
  1. 1.
    Time of gatheringclassical

    A period associated with gathering or abundance, specifically mentioned in relation to dates.

كَنَّازadjective
  1. 1.
    Corpulentclassical

    Describing a female camel that is plump and full of meat.

مُكْتَنِزَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Corpulentclassical

    Full of flesh, plump, referring to a female camel.

Parallel reading

المال المدفون
Buried wealth.
وقد كنزته أكنزه
And I have hoarded it, I hoard it.
كل مال لا تؤدى زكاته فهو كنز
Every wealth from which its Zakat (obligatory charity) is not paid is a treasure (hoarded wealth).
اكتنز الشئ: اجتمع وامتلا
Something gathered: it became abundant and full.
وقد كنزت التمر
And I gathered the dates.
وهذا زمن الكناز
And this is the time of gathering.
ناقة كناز بالكسر، أي مكتنزة اللحم
A female camel (called) 'kinaz' (with kasra), meaning full of flesh.