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قنفد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This entry discusses variations of the word for 'hedgehog' and mentions geographical locations and a historical figure associated with the root.

Derived headwords

القنفدnoun
  1. 1.
    Hedgehogboth

    The common name for the spiny mammal, often used interchangeably with القنفذ.

القنفذnoun
  1. 1.
    Hedgehogboth

    The standard term for the spiny mammal.

القنفدةnoun
  1. 1.
    Region near Adenclassical

    A geographical area located near the sea of Aden, situated between two mountains.

  2. 2.
    Village near Meccaclassical

    A village found on the coasts of Mecca.

  3. 3.
    Water sourceclassical

    A water source belonging to the Banu Numayr tribe.

قنفد بن عمير بن جدعانname
  1. 1.
    Companion of the Prophetclassical

    A companion who was appointed governor of Mecca by Umar, later dismissed. He was from the Taym tribe.

Parallel reading

هي لغة في (القنفذ) ، بالذال المعجمة، ولذا أطلقه ولم يضبطه، حكى ذالك عن قطرب.
It is a dialectal variation of (al-qinfudh), with the emphatic 'dh', and therefore he mentioned it without vocalization, narrating this from Qutrub.
القنفدة: ناحية من بحر عدن بين جبلين، وقرية بسواحل مكة، وماء من مياه بني نمير.
Al-Qunfudhah: a region of the sea of Aden between two mountains, and a village on the coasts of Mecca, and a water source from the waters of Banu Numayr.
قنفد بن عمير بن جدعان، له صحبة، ولاه عمر مكة ثم عزله، وروى عنه سعيد بن أبي هند، وهو تيمي.
Qunfud ibn 'Umayr ibn Jud'an, he had companionship (with the Prophet), Umar appointed him to Mecca then dismissed him, and Sa'id ibn Abi Hind narrated from him, and he was from Taym.