ق ر ب ض

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to shortness or being compact, particularly when describing women. It is noted as being omitted by some lexicographers but defined by others.

Derived headwords

القُرُنْبُظَةnoun

1.
short womanclassical
A woman who is short in stature. This is likely the intended meaning, drawing a parallel to the masculine form.

القُنْبُظَةnoun

1.
short personclassical
A person, likely a woman, who is short. This term is mentioned as being cited by al-Layth and al-Jawhari.

Parallel reading

القُرُنْبُظَة، بالضم، أهمله الجوهري.

Al-Qurunbuẓah, with dammah, was omitted by al-Jawhari.

وقال ابن دريد: هي القصيرة، هكذا نقله صاحب اللسان والصاغاني في كتابيه،

And Ibn Duraid said: it is the short one (female), thus was it transmitted by the author of al-Lisan and al-Saghani in their books,

وكأنه يعني من النساء،

and it seems he means from among women,

كالقُنْبُظَة الذي أورده الليث والجوهري وغيرهما، كما سيأتي.

like al-Qunbuẓah which was cited by al-Layth and al-Jawhari and others, as will be mentioned later.