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قنحل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe something extremely bad or vile, specifically in relation to slaves or servants. It is noted as being omitted by major lexicographers and its meaning is derived from later sources.

Derived headwords

القُنْحُلnoun
  1. 1.
    Worst of slavesclassical

    Refers to the lowest or worst type of slave or servant.

Parallel reading

كالقنحل، بالحاء، وقد أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني.
Like al-qunḥul, with the letter ḥāʼ, and al-Jawharī and al-Ṣāghānī omitted it.
أو هو شر العبيد، كما في اللسان.
Or it is the worst of slaves, as in al-Lisān.