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قنبص

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of shortness or being stout. It is primarily used to describe a short person, with specific forms for male and female.

Derived headwords

القُنْبُصnoun
  1. 1.
    short personboth

    A male person who is short in stature.

قُنْبُصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short womanboth

    A female person who is short in stature.

القُنْبُصَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    short womenclassical

    The plural form referring to short women.

Parallel reading

القنبص، بالضم: القصير
Al-Qunbuṣ, with dammah: the short one.
والأنثى قنبصة
And the female is Qunbaṣah.
إذا القنبصات السود طرقن بالضحى ... رقدن عليهن الحجال المسدف
When the short black women are approached in the forenoon... the veiled women sleep upon them.