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خنفث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily concern a type of small creature, possibly an insect or beetle. It discusses variations in its name and potential phonetic substitutions.

Derived headwords

الخنفخثةnoun
  1. 1.
    A small creatureclassical

    A small crawling creature, possibly an insect or beetle.

دويبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Small crawling creatureboth

    A diminutive form referring to a small, crawling animal, often an insect or worm.

الخنفسةnoun
  1. 1.
    Beetleboth

    A type of insect, commonly known as a beetle.

Parallel reading

الخنفخثة بالضم
Al-khanfakhthah (with dammah)
أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن دريد: هي دويبة
And Ibn Duraid said: it is a small crawling creature.
ويكسر
And it is pronounced with kasrah.
قيل: هو الخنفسة
It is said: it is the beetle.
لغة، أو لثغة، أو الثاء بدل من السين
A dialectal variation, or a lisp, or the letter thaa' is a substitute for the letter seen.
لأنها كثيرا ما تخلفها
Because it (the letter thaa') often replaces it (the letter seen).
قاله شيخنا
Our Sheikh said this.