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Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes parts of the hip bone and ribs, specifically the upper part of the hip joint and the ends of the ribs near the spine. It also extends to a small creature.

Derived headwords

الحِنْجَفnoun
  1. 1.
    hip bone partclassical

    The upper part of the hip bone, near the pubic bone.

الحِنْجَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hip bone partclassical

    The upper part of the hip bone, near the pubic bone. This is a variant form of الحنجف.

الحِنْجُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    hip bone endclassical

    The extremity of the hip bone, specifically the ilium.

  2. 2.
    rib endclassical

    The end of a rib, particularly near the spine.

الحناجفnoun
  1. 1.
    rib endsclassical

    The ends of the ribs, especially those near the spine. This is the plural of حنجفة.

الحنجوفnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small crawling creature or insect.

Parallel reading

الحنجف، كجعفر، وزبرج، وقنفذ، أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن دريد، واقتصر على الأخيرة، والأوليان عن ابن الأعرابي: رأس الورك مما يلي الحجبة، كالحنجفة، بالضم أيضا.
Al-hinjaf, like Ja'far, Zubruj, and Qunfudh, was neglected by Al-Jawhari. Ibn Duraid said, and he limited himself to the last, and the first two are from Ibn Al-A'rabi: the head of the hip bone next to the pubic bone, like al-hinjafah, with dammah also.
والحنجوف، كزنبور: طرف حرقفة الورك،
And al-hunjuf, like zunbur: the end of the hip bone's ilium,
وقال ابن الأعرابي: رأس الضلع مما يلي الصلب:
And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: the head of the rib next to the spine:
ج: حناجف،
Plural: hanajif,
وروى الخراز عنه: الحناجف: رؤوس الأضلاع،
And Al-Khazzaz narrated from him: Al-hanajif: the heads of the ribs,
ولم نسمع لها بواحد، والقياس: حنجفة،
And we have not heard a singular for it, and the analogy is: hinjafah,
قال ذو الرمة: (جمالية لم يبق إلا سراتها ... وألواح شم مشرفات الحناجف)
Dhu Al-Rummah said: (The camel's hump remained only its summit... and the high, sun-kissed slabs of the rib ends)
ومما يستدرك عليه: الحنجوف، بالضم: دويبة، نقله ابن دريد.
And among what is to be added to it: Al-hunjuf, with dammah: a small creature, narrated by Ibn Duraid.