خنعب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to descriptions of physical features, particularly elongated or dangling parts, and also to a specific type of long poetry.

Derived headwords

الخُنَعِبnoun

1.
long poetryclassical
A term referring to a long or lengthy type of poetry.

خُنْعَبَةnoun

1.
nostrilclassical
Refers to the nostril, specifically the fleshy part.
2.
hanging part of upper lipclassical
The fleshy part that hangs down in the middle of the upper lip.
3.
groove between lipsclassical
The groove or cleft located between the upper lip and the nose, aligned with the philtrum.

Parallel reading

الخنعب ، كجعفر، أهمله الجوهري

Al-khun'ab, like Ja'far, was neglected by Al-Jawhari.

وقال الصاغاني: هو الطويل من الشعر

And Al-Saghani said: it is the long type of poetry.

قال ابن الأعرابي: والخنعبة بالضم هي النونة

Ibn Al-A'rabi said: And al-khun'abah (with dammah) is the fleshy part of the nostril.

والثومة والهزمة والوهدة والقلدة والهرتمة والعرتمة والحثرمة

And the fleshy part of the nostril, the fleshy part of the nostril, the fleshy part of the nostril, the fleshy part of the nostril, the fleshy part of the nostril, the fleshy part of the nostril, and the fleshy part of the nostril.

أو هي الهنة المتدلية وسط الشفة العليا في بعض اللغات

Or it is the hanging part in the middle of the upper lip, in some languages.

نقله ابن دريد

This was transmitted by Ibn Duraid.

أو هي مشق ما بين الشاربين حيال الوترة

Or it is the groove between the mustache area and the nose, aligned with the philtrum.

نقله الليث

This was transmitted by Al-Layth.