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ك ن ظ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of extreme hardship, distress, or being overwhelmed. It conveys the idea of something being difficult, burdensome, or causing intense suffering, often to the point of near-death.

Derived headwords

كَنَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to overwhelmboth

    To overwhelm someone with hardship or difficulty, making something strenuous and arduous for them.

  2. 2.
    to distressclassical

    To cause intense grief or distress, filling someone with sorrow.

يَكْنِظُهُverb
  1. 1.
    it overwhelms himboth

    The present tense form indicating that a matter or situation is overwhelming and difficult for someone.

تَكَنَّظَverb
  1. 1.
    to reach one's limitclassical

    To reach the extreme limit of one's endurance or capacity due to hardship.

مَكْنُوظadjective
  1. 1.
    overwhelmedclassical

    Describing someone who is overwhelmed by distress or hardship, experiencing intense sorrow.

كَنَظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipclassical

    A state of extreme difficulty, hardship, or distress.

  2. 2.
    suffocationclassical

    A feeling of being suffocated or overwhelmed by pressure or distress.

الكُنُوظnoun
  1. 1.
    extreme distressclassical

    The state of extreme distress or suffering, often to the point of near-death.

غَنَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to overwhelmboth

    To overwhelm someone with hardship or difficulty, making something strenuous and arduous for them.

  2. 2.
    to distressclassical

    To cause intense grief or distress, filling someone with sorrow.

مَغْنُوظadjective
  1. 1.
    overwhelmedclassical

    Describing someone who is overwhelmed by distress or hardship, experiencing intense sorrow.

غَنَظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    extreme distressclassical

    The state of extreme distress or suffering, often to the point of near-death.

الكَرْب الشَّديدnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    severe anguishclassical

    Severe anguish or distress that brings one close to death.

الضَّمّnoun
  1. 1.
    compressionboth

    The act of pressing or squeezing something tightly.

الضَّغْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a squeezeboth

    A single instance of pressing or squeezing.

Parallel reading

كنظه الأمر يكنظه ويكنظه، مثل غنظه، إذا جهده وشق عليه.
The matter overwhelmed him, making it strenuous and difficult for him, like 'ghanazahu', if it exhausted and burdened him.
ويقال: كنظه وتكنظه، إذا بلغ مشقته
And it is said: 'kanazahu' and 'takannazahu', if he reached his limit of hardship.
وقيل: كنظه: غمه وملأه مثل غنظه.
And it was said: 'kanazahu' means to grieve him and fill him [with sorrow], like 'ghanazahu'.
قال أبو تراب: سمعت أبا محجن يقول هكذا.
Abu Turab said: I heard Abu Mihjan say this.
وقال الليث: الكنظ: بلوغ المشقة من الإنسان
And Al-Layth said: 'Al-kanaz' is the reaching of hardship by a person.
تقول: إنه لمكنوظ مغنوظ، أي مغموم.
You say: He is 'maknuz' and 'maghnuz', meaning grieved.
وقال النصر: غنظه وكنظه، وهو الكرب الشديد الذي يشفى منه على الموت.
And Al-Nasr said: 'ghanazahu' and 'kanazahu', and it is the severe anguish from which one recovers only near death.
وقال ابن عباد: الكنظة الضم: الضغطه، كما في العباب.
And Ibn 'Abbad said: 'Al-kanazat' is the pressing: the squeeze, as in Al-'Abab.