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كنثب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of hardness, solidity, and potentially sand dunes. The derived terms describe strong individuals and a specific type of shifting sand.

Derived headwords

الكَنَثَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Solid, strong personclassical

    A term referring to a person who is solid and strong.

كَنَثَبadjective
  1. 1.
    Solid, strongclassical

    Describing something or someone as solid and strong.

الكُثْنَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Solid, strong personclassical

    An alternative form referring to a solid and strong person.

كُثْنَبadjective
  1. 1.
    Solid, strongclassical

    An alternative form describing something or someone as solid and strong.

الكَناثِبnoun
  1. 1.
    Shifting sand duneclassical

    Refers to a sand dune that is shifting or collapsing.

Parallel reading

هو (كجعفر، وقنفذ، وعلابط: الصلب الشديد)
He is (like Ja'far, Qunfudh, and 'Alābiṭ: solid, strong).
وفيه لغة أخرى، وهو الكثنب، بتقديم المثلثة على النون، كجعفر
And there is another linguistic form for it, which is al-Kuthnab, with the thā' mu'aththalatah preceding the nūn, like Ja'far.
والكنثاب، بالكسر: الرمل المنهال
And al-Kanithāb, with kasrah: the collapsing sand.
وهاذا عن ابن الأعرابي
And this is from Ibn al-A'rābī.