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رنز

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be a variant or dialectal form related to the concept of pears. It is noted as a linguistic substitution where a 'zayn' sound is replaced by a 'noon'.

Derived headwords

الرِّنْزnoun
  1. 1.
    pearclassical

    A dialectal variant of 'al-ijjaas' (pears), specifically used by the tribe of Abd al-Qays.

أَرْزnoun
  1. 1.
    pearboth

    The standard Arabic word for pear.

إِجَّاصnoun
  1. 1.
    pearboth

    The standard Arabic word for pear.

إِنْجَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    pearclassical

    A variant form of 'ijjaas' (pear), illustrating a phonetic substitution.

Parallel reading

الرنز، بالضم، أهمله الجوهري.
Al-runz, with damma, was neglected by Al-Jawhari.
وقال ابن سيده: لغة في الأرز، لعبد القيس، كرهوا التشديد فأبدلوا من الزاي الأولى نونا، كما قالوا إنجاص في إجاص.
And Ibn Sidah said: It is a dialect for 'al-aruzz' (pears), used by Abd al-Qays. They disliked the doubling (of the 'zayn' sound) and substituted a 'noon' for the first 'zayn', just as they said 'injass' for 'ijjaas'.