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كهبل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to descriptions of shortness and stoutness, possibly extending to large trees. It is noted as potentially being a variant or related to another root with a similar meaning.

Derived headwords

الكَهْبَلnoun
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    A person who is short in stature.

كَهْبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shortclassical

    To be short in stature.

كُنْهَبَلnoun
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    A short person, as described by Al-Jauhari.

  2. 2.
    large treeclassical

    A large tree, as described by others.

Parallel reading

الكهبل، كجعفر، كتبه بالحمرة
Al-kahbal, like Ja'far, is written with red ink.
مع أن الجوهري جعله أصل مادة كنهبل
Although Al-Jauhari made it the origin of the root kunhabil.
وقال: نونه زائدة
And he said: its 'nun' is extra.
وقال ابن دريد: هو القصير
And Ibn Duraid said: it is the short one.
قال غيره: شجر عظام كالكنهبل
Others said: large trees like al-kunhabil.
وقد تقدم ذلك
And that has been previously mentioned.