كهر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily relate to concepts of largeness, thickness, and density, particularly when describing clouds, men, and camels. It also extends to geographical features and potentially a specific location.

Derived headwords

الكُنْهُورnoun

1.
Massive cloudsclassical
Refers to clouds that are large, like mountains, or thick and accumulated.
2.
Large manclassical
A large and stout man, used metaphorically.
3.
Thick cloudclassical
A thick, accumulated, or dense cloud.

الكُنْهُورَةnoun

1.
Large she-camelclassical
A large and massive female camel.
2.
Old female camelclassical
An old female camel.

كُنْهَرَةnoun

1.
Place nameclassical
A place in Al-Dahna, situated between two mountains, described as pools that fill with rainwater.

Parallel reading

الكُنهور من السحاب، قطع كالجبال

Al-Kanhūr is from the clouds, in pieces like mountains.

كُنْهُور كان من أعقاب السمي أو المتراكم المتراكب الثخين منه

A Kanhūr that was from the aftermath of rain, or accumulated, piled up, and thick from it.

لها قائد دهم الرباب وخلفه ... روايا يبجسن الغمام الكنهورا

She has a leader, the dark clouds, and behind him... carriers that pierce the thick clouds.

وقيل: هو الأبيض العظيم منه.

And it was said: it is the white, great one of them.

الكُنهور: الضخم من الرجال، على التشبيه.

Al-Kanhūr: the stout one among men, by way of simile.

الكُنهورة، بهاء: الناقة العظيمة الضخمة، نقلهما الصاغاني.

Al-Kanhūrah, Baha': the great, massive she-camel, Al-Saghani transmitted them.

الكُنهورة: الناب المسنة.

Al-Kanhūrah: the old female camel.

قال أبو عمرو: كُنْهَرَة، كمرحلة: ع بالدهناء بين جبلين فيه، كذا في النسخ، ونص أبي عمرو فيها ومثله في اللسان: قلات يملؤها ماء السماء.

Abu Amr said: Kunharah, like Marhalah: a place in Al-Dahna between two mountains, containing it, as is in the manuscripts, and Abu Amr's text in it, and similarly in Al-Lisan: pools that fill with the water of the sky.

والكنهور منه أخذ.

And Al-Kanhūr is derived from it.