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دنخس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something or someone that is stout, fleshy, and robust. It is primarily used as an adjective to denote physical bulk and substantiality.

Derived headwords

الدَّنْحَسnoun
  1. 1.
    stoutness, robustnessclassical

    A state of being stout, fleshy, and physically substantial.

دَنِحِسadjective
  1. 1.
    stout, fleshyclassical

    Describing someone or something as having a lot of flesh, being stout and robust.

Parallel reading

الدنحس، كجعفر، والحاء مهملة.
Ad-danḥas, like Ja'far, and the ḥā' is omitted.
أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني في التكملة، وأورده صاحب اللسان، ولكن ضبطه بالخاء المعجمة، وقال: هو الشديد اللحم الجسيم وعزاه الصاغاني في العباب إلى ابن فارس.
Al-Jawharī and Al-Sāghānī omitted it in At-Takmilah, and the author of Lisan al-'Arab mentioned it, but he vocalized it with the dotted khā'. He said: It is the one who is strong in flesh and corpulent, and Al-Sāghānī attributed it in Al-'Ubāb to Ibn Fāris.
والخاء معجمة عنده، وضبطه بعض الأصول اللحم ككتف.
And the khā' is dotted with him, and some manuscripts vocalized it as 'al-laḥm' like 'katif'.