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كرف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific action of a donkey related to smelling and reacting to a female donkey's urine. It also pertains to the basal parts of a date palm's trunk after the fronds have been cut.

Derived headwords

كَرَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to sniff and reactclassical

    The action of a male donkey smelling the urine of a female donkey and then raising its head and curling its upper lip.

الكُرْنافnoun
  1. 1.
    palm trunk basemodern

    The basal parts of a date palm's trunk that remain after the fronds have been cut off.

الكَرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    and likewise 'al-karb'.both

    and likewise 'al-karb'.

  2. 2.
    that which remains on the palm trunk after cutting the frondsboth

    that which remains on the palm trunk after cutting the fronds

كُرْنافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the singular formboth

    the singular form

كَرَانِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    bases of palm trunksmodern

    The plural of 'kurnaf', referring to the basal parts of date palm trunks.

Parallel reading

كرف الحمار، إذا شم بول الأتان ثم رفع رأسه وقلب شفته
The donkey 'karafa' when it smells the urine of the female donkey, then raises its head and curls its lip.
والكرناف: أصول الكرب التى تبقى في جذع النخلة بعد قطع السعف
And 'al-kurnaf' are the bases of the fronds that remain in the trunk of the date palm after the fronds are cut.
وما قطع مع السعف فهو الكرب
And what is cut with the frond is 'al-karab'.
الواحدة كرنافة
The singular unit is 'kurnafah'.
وجمع الكرناف كرانيف
And the plural of 'al-kurnaf' is 'kranif'.