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غندب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes anatomical features around the throat and tongue, specifically fleshy parts and nodes. It also extends to describe the texture or appearance of these parts.

Derived headwords

الغندوبnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleshy part around the throatclassical

    A hard fleshy substance located around the throat.

الغندبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleshy part around the throatclassical

    A hard fleshy substance located around the throat.

  2. 2.
    Gland-like structureclassical

    A structure resembling glands, found in the tonsils or near the uvula.

الغندبتانnoun
  1. 1.
    Nodes at the base of the tongueclassical

    Two nodes situated at the base of the tongue.

  2. 2.
    Fleshy parts flanking the uvulaclassical

    Two fleshy parts that flank the uvula, with a gap between them.

  3. 3.
    Tonsilsclassical

    The tonsils.

  4. 4.
    Nodes that grip the neckclassical

    The nodes that grip the neck from the right and left sides.

  5. 5.
    Gland-like structures in the tonsilsclassical

    Structures resembling glands, located in each tonsil.

غنادبnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleshy parts around the throatclassical

    The collective term for the hard fleshy parts around the throat.

اللغانينnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleshy parts around the uvulaclassical

    The fleshy parts around the uvula, including what is on them.

لغنونةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleshy part around the uvulaclassical

    A single fleshy part around the uvula.

النغانغnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleshy parts around the uvulaclassical

    The fleshy parts around the uvula.

نغنغةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleshy part around the uvulaclassical

    A single fleshy part around the uvula.

Parallel reading

هما لحمة صلبة حوالي الحلقوم
They are a hard fleshy substance around the throat.
والغندبتان: عقدتان في أصل اللسان
And the two ghandabatan: two nodes at the base of the tongue.
واللغانين هي الغنادب بما عليها من اللحم حول اللهاة
And the laghanin are the ghanadib with the flesh upon them around the uvula.
واحدتها لغنونة، وهي النغانغ، واحدتها نغنغة
Its singular is laghnunah, and it is the naghanigh, its singular is naghnaghah.
أو الغندبتان: لحمتان قد اكتنفتا اللهاة وبينهما فرجة
Or the two ghandabatan: two fleshy parts that flank the uvula, with a gap between them.
وقيل: هما اللوزتان
And it was said: they are the tonsils.
وقيل: غندبتا العرشين: اللتان تضمان العنق يمينا وشمالا
And it was said: the ghandabatan of the two sides of the neck: those that grip the neck from the right and left.
أو ما شبه الغدتين في النكفتين، في كل نكفة غندبة
Or what resembles the two glands in the tonsils, in each tonsil is a ghandabah.
قال رؤبة: إذا اللهاة بلت الغباغبا حسبت في أرآده غنادبا
Ru'bah said: When the uvula wets the soft palate, I thought in its roots were ghanadib.