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خنطر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something old, withered, or sagging, particularly an elderly woman. It focuses on physical descriptions related to aging and decay.

Derived headwords

الخُنْطِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    An old woman characterized by sagging eyelids and facial flesh.

خُنْطِرَverb
  1. 1.
    to sagclassical

    To become slack or withered, referring to facial features like eyelids and flesh.

Parallel reading

هاكذا بالطاء المهملة بعد النون ومثله في التكملة.
Thus, with the unpointed 'taa' after the 'noon', and the like in Al-Takmila.
والذي في اللسان وغيره بالظاء المشالة والأول الصواب
And what is in Al-Lisan and others is with the dotted 'dhaa', and the former is correct.
وقد أهمله الجوهري
And Al-Jawhari omitted it.
وقال اللحياني: (هي العجوز المسترخية الجفون ولحم الوجه)
And Al-Laythiyani said: (She is the old woman with sagging eyelids and facial flesh).
أعاذنا الله منها.
May Allah protect us from it.