خ ن د ف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific manner of walking, characterized by pride, swagger, or haste. It also encompasses concepts of stealth, snatching, and lineage, particularly through a proper name derived from this root.

Derived headwords

الخَنْدُوفnoun

1.
A type of beeclassical
A large bee, similar to a hornet, used as a simile.

خَنْدَفَverb

1.
To walk proudlyclassical
To walk with a swagger, characterized by pride and arrogance.
2.
To hurryclassical
To move quickly or hasten.
3.
To snatchclassical
To seize or take something stealthily or quickly.
4.
To trace lineageclassical
To claim descent from or associate oneself with a particular ancestor or lineage.

فقالت: ما زلت أخندف في إثركم — And she said: I have been hastening after you.

وخندف: اختلس بسرعة — And khndf: to snatch quickly.

الخَنْدَفname

1.
A proper nameclassical
The name of a woman, Layla bint Hilwan, who was the mother of Elias's sons. It also became a name for her descendants.

خَنْدَفَverb

1.
To walk with a swaggerclassical
To walk with pride and arrogance, characterized by a particular gait.

قال ابن الأعرابي: الخندف، بالضم: المتبختر في مشيه كبرا وبطرا — Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-khandaf, with damma, is one who walks with a swagger out of pride and arrogance.

الخَنْدَفَةnoun

1.
A manner of walkingclassical
A specific way of walking, characterized by pride, swagger, and a wide stride, as if scooping with the feet.
2.
Hasteclassical
Speed or quickness in movement.

قال أبو عمرو: الخندفة، والنعثلة: أن يمشي الرجل مفاجا، ويقلب قدميه، كأنه يغرف بهما — Abu Amr said: Al-khandafah, and al-na'thalah, is when a man walks suddenly, turning his feet as if scooping with them.

الخَنْدَقَةnoun

1.
A type of walkingclassical
A manner of walking, similar to 'harwalah' (a quick, short-paced walk).
2.
Snatchingclassical
The act of snatching or stealing, derived from the root meaning 'to snatch'.

الخندقة، كالهرولة — Al-khandaqah, like al-harwalah.

مُخَنْدِفname

1.
A descendant of Khandafclassical
A person who traces their lineage back to Khandaf, a progenitor.

الخَنْدَفِيّname

1.
Attributed to Khandafclassical
A nisba (adjective of relation) indicating attribution to Khandaf, often used as a surname for individuals.

حسين بن ميمون الخندفي، محدث — Husayn ibn Maymun al-Khandafi, a traditionist.

خَنْدَفَverb

1.
To claim lineageclassical
To associate oneself with or claim descent from Khandaf.

وخندف: انتسب إلى خندف — And khndf: to claim lineage from Khandaf.

Parallel reading

كتبه بالحمرة إشارة إلى أصالة نونه، وأن ذكر الجوهري إياه في تركيب خ د ف ليس على أصل التصريف، لاقتضائه زيادة النون، وإلا فالجوهري أورده، فلا معنى لتميزه إلا لهذا

He wrote it in red ink to indicate the originality of its 'nun', and that Al-Jawhari's mention of it in the root Kh-D-F is not based on the principle of derivation, as it implies an added 'nun', otherwise Al-Jawhari would have included it, so there is no meaning to its distinction except for this.

غير أنه سبق أن ابن الأعرابي قال: الخندقة مشتق من الخدف، وهو الاختلاس

However, it was previously stated that Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-khandaqah is derived from al-khadaf, which means snatching.

قال ابن سيده: إن صح ذلك فالخندقة ثلاثية، فتأمل

Ibn Sidah said: If that is correct, then al-khandaqah is triliteral, so ponder.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: الخندف، بالضم: المتبختر في مشيه كبرا وبطرا

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-khandaf, with damma, is one who walks with a swagger out of pride and arrogance.

وكان إلياس خرج في نجعة له، فنفرت إبله من أرنب، فخرج إليها عمر و، فأدركها، فسمي مدركة، وخرج عامر، فتصيدها وطبخها فسمي طابخة، وانقمع عمير في الخباء، فسمي قمعة وخرجت أمهم تسرع، فقال لها إلياس: أين تخندفين

Elias had gone out on a grazing expedition, and his camels were startled by a rabbit. Umar went out after it and caught it, so he was named Mudrikah. Amir went out, hunted it, and cooked it, so he was named Tabikhah. Umayr hid in the tent, so he was named Qum'ah. Their mother came out running, and Elias said to her: Where are you hastening?

فقالت: ما زلت أخندف في إثركم، فلقبوا: مدركة، وطابخة، وقمعة، وخندف

And she said: I have been hastening after you, so they were nicknamed: Mudrikah, Tabikhah, Qum'ah, and Khandaf.

قال: والخندفة: ضرب من المشي

He said: And al-khandafah is a type of walking.

وحسين بن ميمون الخندفي، محدث، من طبقة الأعمش، روى له أبو داود

And Husayn ibn Maymun al-Khandafi, a traditionist, from the generation of Al-A'mash, Abu Dawud narrated from him.

قال أبو عمرو: الخندفة، والنعثلة: أن يمشي الرجل مفاجا، ويقلب قدميه، كأنه يغرف بهما، وهو من التبختر، وخص بعضهم بها المرأة

Abu Amr said: Al-khandafah, and al-na'thalah, is when a man walks suddenly, turning his feet as if scooping with them, and it is a form of swaggering, and some have specified it for women.

الخندقة، كالهرولة

Al-khandaqah, like al-harwalah.

وخندف: أسرع

And khndf: to hasten.

وخندف: انتسب إلى خندف، قال رؤبة: إن إذا ما خندف المسمي

And khndf: to claim lineage from Khandaf, Ru'bah said: Indeed, when the one named claims lineage.

وخندف: اختلس بسرعة

And khndf: to snatch quickly.