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حنزقر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe someone who is short and unattractive, and also a type of snake. The discussion also touches on linguistic principles regarding the addition of letters in Arabic morphology.

Derived headwords

الحِنْزِقَرَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    short, unattractive personclassical

    A person who is short and unattractive in appearance.

  2. 2.
    snakeclassical

    A type of snake.

حِنْزِقَرadjective
  1. 1.
    short and unattractiveclassical

    Describing a person who is short and unattractive.

حِنْزِقَرَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    snakesclassical

    The plural form of a type of snake.

Parallel reading

القصير الدميم من الناس
The short, unattractive one among people.
كالحنزقر
Like the short, unattractive person.
الحنزقرة
The snake.
ج حنزقرات
Plural: Hanzqarat.
النون إذا كانت ثانية ساكنة لا تجعل زائدة إلا بثبت
The letter 'noon' when it is the second letter and is silent, is not considered an addition unless it is firmly established.
كما في اللسان
As in Al-Lisan (likely referring to a linguistic text or source).
فليكن هاذا منك على ذكر لتعلم فائدة التكرار في مثل حندر وحنجر
Let this be in your memory so you may learn the benefit of repetition in examples like 'handara' and 'hanjara'.