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كنفث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very rare and is primarily associated with the meaning of being short or stunted. It is noted as being omitted by al-Jawhari and defined by Ibn Duraid.

Derived headwords

الكَنَفْثnoun
  1. 1.
    shortnessclassical

    A state or quality of being short or stunted in stature.

قصيرadjective
  1. 1.
    shortboth

    Having little height or length.

Parallel reading

الكَنَفْث بالفاء كقنفذ وعلابط
Al-kanfath, with the fa', like qanfaḏ and 'alaabaṭ.
أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari omitted it.
وقال ابن دريد: هو القصير
And Ibn Duraid said: it is 'short'.
نقله الصاغاني وصاحب اللسان
Al-Saghani and the author of Al-Lisan transmitted it.