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فرنب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to be extremely rare and possibly obscure, primarily referring to a mouse or its young, with a single poetic citation.

Derived headwords

الفِرْنَبnoun
  1. 1.
    mouseclassical

    A small rodent, commonly known as a mouse.

  2. 2.
    young of a jerboaclassical

    The offspring of a jerboa, a desert rodent.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: هي الفأرة
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: it is the mouse.
وأنشد: يدب بالليل إلى جاره كضيون دب إلى فرنب
And he recited: It creeps at night to its neighbor like a young jerboa creeping to a mouse (or its young).
أو ولدها من اليربوع
Or its young from the jerboa.
نقله الأزهري والصاغاني
Narrated by Al-Azhari and Al-Sagani.