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خ ر ن ف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of abundance, fullness, and richness, particularly concerning livestock (especially camels and sheep) and their produce. It also extends to describe the fruit of certain trees and, metaphorically, a woman's wealth and possessions.

Derived headwords

خَرْنَفnoun
  1. 1.
    cottonclassical

    A substance identified as cotton.

خَرْنُفnoun
  1. 1.
    productive she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is abundant in milk.

  2. 2.
    fat she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is fat.

خَرَانِفnoun
  1. 1.
    productive she-camelsclassical

    The plural of 'kharunf', referring to she-camels abundant in milk.

خِرْنِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fruit of thorny treesclassical

    The fruit of thorny trees (al-'aḍāh), from which dragon's blood resin is derived.

خَرْنَافnoun
  1. 1.
    woman's wealthclassical

    A woman's wealth and possessions.

خَرَانِفadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing something or someone as tall.

خَرْنَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with a swordclassical

    To strike someone with a sword.

كَرْنَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with a swordclassical

    To strike someone with a sword.

Parallel reading

والخرنف من النوق: الغزيرة اللبن
And al-kharunf from the she-camels: the abundant in milk.
وقيل: هي السمينة منها
And it was said: she is the fat one among them.
والجمع: خرانف
And the plural: kharanif.
تمشون بالأسواق بدا كأنكم ... رذايا مرذات الضروع حرانف
You walk in the markets, appearing as if you are ... fat she-camels with full udders, abundant (in milk).
يلف منها بالخرانيف الغرر لفا بأخلاف الرخيات المصر
The finest parts are wrapped with the kharanif, wrapped with the udders of the soft, yielding ones.
والخرنفة، بهاء: ثمرة العضاه
And al-kharnafah, with the suffix 'ha': the fruit of the thorny trees.
ومنها يكون الأيدع: دم الأخوين
And from it comes al-ayda': dragon's blood.
ج: خرانف
Plural: kharanif.
الخرنوف، كزنبور: حر المرأة، ومتاعها
Al-kharnouf, like zunboor: a woman's wealth, and her possessions.
الخرانف، كعلابط: الطويل
Al-kharanif, like 'alaabit: the tall one.
خرنفه بالسيف: إذا ضربه به
He struck him with the sword: if he hit him with it.
وكرنفه به
And he struck him with it.