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كنث

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of woven or layered structure, possibly a mat or tray, used for arranging fragrant plants. It also seems to have a connection to a place name or a specific term in Nabataean.

Derived headwords

الكِنْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Woven tray/matclassical

    A tray or mat made from myrtle branches and other boughs, spread out and arranged with fragrant herbs, then folded.

نوردجةnoun
  1. 1.
    Tray/matclassical

    A specific type of tray or mat, possibly made from myrtle branches, used for arranging fragrant plants.

كنثجةnoun
  1. 1.
    Tray/mat (grammatical form)classical

    A grammatical variation or form related to the term for a tray or mat.

كنثاnoun
  1. 1.
    Tray/mat (Nabataean)classical

    The term for a tray or mat in the Nabataean language.

Parallel reading

هو نوردجة بفتح الأول والثاني وسكون الراء ففتح الدال والحاء المهملات، هكذا في أكثر الأصول، والصواب بالجيم تتخذ من آس وأغصان
It is nūrdajah, with the first and second letters open, a sakin ra, then dal and ha unpointed, as in most manuscripts, and the correct reading is with jim, made from myrtle and branches.
تبسط و تنضد عليها الرياحين، ثم تطوى
It is spread out and fragrant herbs are arranged upon it, then it is folded.
وإعرابه كنثجة
And its grammatical form is kanthajah.
وبالنبطية كنثا
And in Nabataean it is kanthā.