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دنب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being short or stunted, often referring to a tail. It also includes a proper noun derived from a place name associated with this root.

Derived headwords

الدنبnoun
  1. 1.
    short tailboth

    A short tail, often referring to an animal's tail.

  2. 2.
    short personclassical

    Figuratively, a short or stunted person.

الدنبةnoun
  1. 1.
    short tailboth

    A short tail, similar to الدنب.

الدنابةnoun
  1. 1.
    shortnessclassical

    The state or quality of being short or stunted.

الدنبائيname
  1. 1.
    Al-Dunba'iclassical

    A nisba (attribution) referring to a person from a place called Dunba' or related to the root 'd-n-b'. Specifically, it refers to the hadith scholar Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Thabit al-Azaji al-Dunba'i.

دنبانname
  1. 1.
    Dunbanclassical

    A proper name, possibly a given name or part of a longer lineage name.

Parallel reading

الدنب بالكسر والتشديد كقنب والدنبة بالهاء والدنابة بالكسر وتخفيف النون هو القصير
Al-dhanab (with kasra and shadda, like qanab) and al-dhanaba (with ha') and al-danaba (with kasra and light nun) means short.
ودنب كجند، فارسية، استعمل معناه الذنب
And 'dhanab', like 'jund', is Persian, its meaning 'tail' has been adopted.
الحافظ أبو بكر أحمد بن محمد بن علي بن ثابت الأزجي بن أحمد بن دنبان كعثمان الدنبائي بالضم محدث
The preserver Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Thabit al-Azaji ibn Ahmad ibn Dunban, like Uthman, al-Dunba'i (with damma), a hadith scholar.
من باب الأزج
From the gate of al-Azaj.
روى عن الأرموي
He narrated from al-Armawi.
ومات سنة 601
And he died in the year 601.