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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of diminishing, reducing, or lacking. It is primarily used in the negative to indicate not being diminished or lacking, often in the context of numbers or resources.

Derived headwords

قَنَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to diminish, decreaseclassical

    To become less, to be reduced in quantity or number.

يَقْنِشُverb
  1. 1.
    he diminishesclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'قَنَشَ', indicating the act of diminishing or decreasing.

تَقْنِيشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    diminishing, reducingclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'قَنَشَ', signifying the act or process of diminishing or reducing something.

Parallel reading

لم يقنش، بفتح القاف والنون المشددة
He did not diminish, with fath on the qaf and the shaddah on the nun.
أي لم يقتر ولم ينقص
Meaning, he did not approach closely and he did not decrease.
إذا آب أبنا لم يقنش عديدنا
When our kin returned, our numbers did not diminish.
والرواية المشهورة لم يفتش
And the famous narration is 'he did not search'.
قنشه تقنيشا، إذا نقصه
He diminished it, a diminishing, meaning he reduced it.