كنب

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to thickness, coarseness, and accumulation. It describes physical attributes like thickened hands or hooves, as well as abstract concepts like hoarding or being full. It also encompasses a specific type of plant.

Derived headwords

كَنَبَverb

1.
to be thick/coarseclassical
Appears to be from the form 'nasara' (to help), meaning to become thick or coarse.
2.
to be pleasedclassical
Recorded by Al-Saghani from the form 'faraha' (to be pleased), meaning to become thick or coarse.
3.
to become rich/independentclassical
From the form 'nasara' (to help), meaning to become rich or independent.

كُنُوبًاnoun

1.
thicknessclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) indicating the state of becoming thick or coarse.

الكَنَبnoun

1.
thickness (of hand, hoof, etc.)both
Thickness that appears on a person, hoof, hand, or foot. It can also be specific to the hand when it thickens from work.
2.
plantclassical
A type of plant described as having white stems, many thorns, and buds from which three thorns emerge.

كَنَبَتْverb

1.
to be thick/callousedclassical
Used for a hand that has become thick and calloused from hard labor.

أَكْنَبَتْverb

1.
to become thick/callousedboth
The hand became thick, its skin coarsened, and it became tough from enduring difficult tasks. It is like a callus that hardens from work.

قد أكنبت يداك بعد لين وبعد دهن البان والمضنون — Your hands have become calloused after softness and after the application of ban oil and precious oils.

رآه رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم وقد أكنبت يداه، فقال له: أكنبت يداك. فقال أعالج بالمر والمسحاة. — The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, saw him and his hands were calloused, and said to him: Your hands are calloused. He replied: I treat them with myrrh and a spade.

مُكْنِبَةadjective

1.
callousedclassical
A hand that has become thick and calloused from work.

مُكْنَبadjective

1.
thick/coarseclassical
Describes a hoof that is thick and coarse.
2.
thick/coarseclassical
Describes a foot that is thick and coarse.
3.
thick/coarseclassical
Describes a hand that is thick and coarse.

بكل مرثوم النواحي مكنب — With every side that is worn out and thick.

أَكْنَبَ عَلَيْهِ بَطْنُهُverb

1.
to become distended/swollenclassical
His stomach became distended or swollen.

أَكْنَبَ عَلَيْهِ لِسَانُهُverb

1.
to become hesitant/stammerclassical
His tongue became hesitant or he stammered.

كَنَبَهُverb

1.
to hoard/storeclassical
He stored it in his bag.

كَانِبadjective

1.
full (from eating)classical
Full from eating to satiety.
2.
hoarderclassical
One who hoards or stores things.

وأنت امرؤ جعد القفا متعكش من الأقط الحولي شبعان كانب — And you are a man with a curly nape, tangled, full of aged cheese, satiated, hoarding.

الكَنَبnoun

1.
plantclassical
A plant described as similar to 'qattad' (a type of thorny plant), with white stems, many thorns, and buds from which three thorns emerge. It is used for tanning and making ropes.

هذا الذي ينبت عندنا، وقد يخصف عندنا بلحائه، ويفتل منه شرط باقية على الندى. — This is what grows here, and its bark is used for tanning, and from it ropes are twisted that remain fresh in the dew.

الكُنَيْبnoun

1.
dry (of wood)classical
Dry wood, or what has broken and shattered from it.

كُنَيْبname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a valley or region.

وعلى كنيب مالك بن حمار — And at Kunayb of Malik bin Himar.

كُنْبname

1.
city nameclassical
A city located beyond the river, known in Persian texts as 'Ashrusana'.

المُكْنِئِبّadjective

1.
thick and strongclassical
Thick, strong, and short.

الكِنَابnoun

1.
flower stalkclassical
The flower stalk of a plant.

Parallel reading

غلظ يعلو الرجل والخف والحافر واليد، أو هو خاص بها إذا غلظت من العمل.

Thickness that appears on a person, hoof, hand, or foot, or it is specific to the hand when it thickens from work.

وقد كنبت يده كفرح، وأكنبت، فهي مكنبة، قاله ابن دريد.

His hand became thick, like 'faraha' (to be pleased), and 'aknabat', and it is 'muknabah', said Ibn Duraid.

أكنبت اليد: إذا ثخنت، وغلظ جلدها، وتعجر من معاناة الأشياء الشاقة.

The hand became calloused: if it thickened, its skin coarsened, and it became tough from enduring difficult tasks.

والكنب في اليد مثل المجل إذا صلب من العمل، كما في الصحاح.

And the thickness on the hand is like a callus when it hardens from work, as in Al-Sihah.

وحافر مكنب، كمحسن: غليظ.

And a thick hoof, like 'muhsin': coarse.

وخف مكنب، بفتح النون، كمكنب مثل منبر عن ابن الأعرابي، وأنشد:

And a thick hoof, with a fatha on the noon, like 'muknab' similar to 'minbar' from Ibn Al-A'rabi, and he recited:

وأكنب عليه بطنه: إذا اشتد.

And his stomach became distended: if it became severe.

وأكنب عليه لسانه: احتبس.

And his tongue became hesitant: it was held back.

وكنبه في جرابه، يكنبه، كنبا: كنزه فيه، نقله الصاغاني.

And he stored it in his bag, 'yakanibuhu', 'kanban': he hoarded it therein, as recorded by Al-Saghani.

والكانب: الممتلىء شبعا، قال دريد بن الصمة:

And 'al-kanib': the one full from satiety, said Durayd bin Al-Simmah:

وقال أبو زيد: كانب: كانز.

And Abu Zayd said: 'Kanib': hoarder.

قال أبو حنيفة: شبيه بقتادنا، هذا الذي ينبت عندنا، وقد يخصف عندنا بلحائه، ويفتل منه شرط باقية على الندى.

Abu Hanifa said: It is similar to our 'qattad', this is what grows here, and its bark is used for tanning here, and from it ropes are twisted that remain fresh in the dew.

وسألت بعض الأعراب عن الكنب، فأراني شرسة متفرقة من نبات الشوك، بيضاء العيدان، كثيرة الشوك، لها في أطرافها براعيم، قد بدت من كل برعومة شوكات ثلاث.

And I asked some of the Bedouins about 'al-kanab', and they showed me scattered thorny plants, with white stems, abundant thorns, and buds on their tips from which three thorns had emerged.

والكنب: نبت، قال الطرماح:

And 'al-kanab': a plant, said Al-Tirmmah:

وعن الليث: الكنب: شجر، قال: في حصد من الكراث والكنب

And from Al-Layth: 'al-kanab': a tree, he said: among a harvest of leeks and 'al-kanab'.

والكنيب، على فعيل: اليابس من الشجر، أو ما تحطم منه وتكسر شوكه.

And 'al-kunayb', on the pattern of 'fa'eel': dry wood, or what has broken and shattered from it.

وعلى كنيب مالك بن حمار

And at Kunayb of Malik bin Himar.

وكنب، بضمتين كجنب: د، بما وراء النهر، لقبها في كتب الأعاجم أشروسنه، بضم الهمزة وسكون الشين وفتح الراء، وسييذكر في محله.

And 'Kanb', with two dammah like 'janb': a city, beyond the river, its title in the books of the Persians is 'Ashrusana', with a dammah on the hamza, sukun on the sheen, and fatha on the ra, and it will be mentioned in its place.

والمكنئب، كمكفهر: الغليظ الشديد، العاسي، القصير.

And 'al-mukni'abb', like 'mukfahirr': the thick, strong, tough, short one.

والكناب، بالكسر: الشمراخ، والعاسي.

And 'al-kinab', with a kasrah: the flower stalk, and the tough one.