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خ د ن ق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of spiders, specifically their webs or the act of spinning them. It is noted as being neglected by some lexicographers but later documented by others.

Derived headwords

خَدْنَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    spider's webclassical

    A web spun by a spider.

كالخدنقother
  1. 1.
    like a spider's webclassical

    A simile used to describe something resembling a spider's web.

عَمِلَسother
  1. 1.
    spiderclassical

    A term for a spider, mentioned in the context of this root.

Parallel reading

كالخدنق، كعملس أهمله الجوهري، واستدركه ابن عباد وابن جنى، وهو ذكر العناكب.
Like the spider's web, like the spider, al-Jawhari neglected it, and Ibn 'Abbad and Ibn Jinni recovered it, and it is the male spider.