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قنشر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific condition of women, possibly concerning menstruation or a lack thereof. It also seems to have a connection to a type of fruit or plant.

Derived headwords

القُنْشُورَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Woman who does not menstruateclassical

    A woman who does not experience menstruation. This term was noted as being omitted by Al-Jauhari and Al-Saghani but was later included by the author of Al-Lisan.

قشورnoun
  1. 1.
    Barkboth

    The outer layer of a tree trunk or branch. This is mentioned as a potential misreading of the term 'al-qunshurah'.

Parallel reading

القنشورة، كخرنوب ة: المرأة التي لا تحيض
Al-qunshurah, like kharnubah: the woman who does not menstruate.
أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني واستدركه صاحب اللسان
Al-Jauhari and Al-Saghani omitted it, and the author of Al-Lisan included it.
وليس بتصحيف قشور، كجعفر قاله ابن دريد
And it is not a misreading of 'qushur', like Ja'far, according to Ibn Duraid.