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خ ر ق ف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to shortness or being stunted, particularly in reference to a person's stature. It is a very limited root with few derived forms.

Derived headwords

الخَرَنْقَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    A short person, referring to someone of stunted stature.

Parallel reading

الخرنقفة: القصير، وهكذا أورده صاحب اللسان هنا
Al-kharnaqafah: the short one, and thus the author of Al-Lisan mentioned it here.
وقد تقدم للمصنف، في حرقف، بالحاء والراء، فانظره
And it has preceded the author, under harqaf, with the letter Haa and Raa, so refer to it.