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قنفع

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to small, low, or contracted things, possibly with a negative connotation. It is associated with small animals like mice and hedgehogs, as well as physical attributes like shortness and baseness.

Derived headwords

القُنْفُذnoun
  1. 1.
    hedgehogboth

    A small, spiny mammal.

القُنْفُعnoun
  1. 1.
    short, base personclassical

    A person who is short and of low character or status.

القُنْفُعnoun
  1. 1.
    mouseclassical

    A small rodent, specifically a mouse.

القُنْفُعnoun
  1. 1.
    mouse (variant)classical

    A variant spelling or pronunciation of the word for mouse, with the 'qaf' before the 'fa'.

الفُنْقَعnoun
  1. 1.
    mouse (variant)classical

    A variant spelling or pronunciation of the word for mouse, with the 'fa' before the 'qaf'.

القُنْفُعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    anusclassical

    The opening at the end of the digestive tract, the anus.

القُنْفُعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female hedgehogclassical

    The female of the hedgehog.

تقنفعتverb
  1. 1.
    to contract, to draw inclassical

    To contract oneself or draw in parts of the body, as a hedgehog does.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari ignored it.
هو القصير الخسيس
He is short and base.
القنفع: الفأرة
Al-Qunfu'a: the mouse.
كالقنفع كزبرج
Like al-qunfua', like zubruj.
القاف قبل الفاء فيهما
The qaf is before the fa in both of them.
الفنقع بالضم الفاء قبل القاف
Al-Funqu'a with damma, the fa is before the qaf.
وقد تقدم
And it has been mentioned before.
القنفعة، بالضم الاست
Al-Qunfu'a, with damma, the anus.
وقنفعها طلاء الأرجوان
And its anus is like a coating of madder.
وذكره كراع أيضا
And Kra' also mentioned it.
ونقل فيه أيضا الفاء قبل القاف
And he also transmitted in it the fa before the qaf.
وقد ذكر في موضعه
And it has been mentioned in its place.
والقنفعة أيضا: من أسماء القنفذة الأنثى
And al-Qunfu'a is also one of the names for the female hedgehog.
فهو وزنا ومعنى سواء
So it is equal in weight and meaning.
نقله الليث
Al-Layth transmitted it.
تقنفعت القنفذة: إذا تقبضت
The hedgehog contracted: if it drew itself in.
عن ابن الأعرابي
From Ibn al-A'rabi.