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قنف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical characteristics, particularly of animals and people, such as the color of a horse's hindquarters, the size and shape of ears, or the size of a nose. It also extends to abstract concepts like portions of the night or abundant clouds.

Derived headwords

الأقنفadjective
  1. 1.
    white-hindquarteredclassical

    Describing a horse that has white hindquarters.

القنيفnoun
  1. 1.
    groups of peopleclassical

    Refers to gatherings or assemblies of people.

  2. 2.
    abundant cloudsclassical

    Describes clouds that are heavy with water.

مرقنيفnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of the nightclassical

    A portion or segment of the night.

القنفnoun
  1. 1.
    small, thick earsclassical

    Refers to ears that are small and thick in shape.

أقنفadjective
  1. 1.
    small-earedclassical

    Having small and thick ears.

قنفاءadjective
  1. 1.
    small-eared (female)classical

    A female having small and thick ears.

القنافnoun
  1. 1.
    large noseclassical

    Describing someone with a large nose.

Parallel reading

الأقنف: الأبيض القفا من الخيل.
Al-Aqnaf: The white-hindquartered one among horses.
القنيف مثل القنيب، وهم جماعات الناس.
Al-Qunayyif is like al-Qunayyib, and they are groups of people.
مرقنيف من الليل، أي قطعة منه، ويقال: طائفة منه.
A marqanif of the night, meaning a piece of it, and it is said: a portion of it.
والقنيف: السحاب ذو الماء الكثير.
And al-Qunayyif: the cloud with abundant water.
والقنف: صغر الأذنين وغلظهما.
And al-Qunf: the smallness and thickness of the ears.
والرجل أقنف، والمرأة قنفاء.
And the man is aqnaf, and the woman is qanfaa'.
وتمسح القنفاء ذات الفروة
And he wipes the qanfaa' with the fur
يعنى الذكر.
Meaning the male organ.
والقناف: الكبير الانف.
And al-Qunaf: the large-nosed one.