Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كنبت كنبث كنت


Q. 1. ⇒ كنبث

كَنْبَثَ andتَكَنْبَثَ↓ He became hard and strong: (L:) he became contracted; syn. تَقَبَّضَ: (Ḳ:) [app. in disposition; see كُنْبُثٌ: or in make; the second verb being also expl. in the L, with reference to a man, by the words تَدَاخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ].


Q. 2. ⇒ تكنبث


كُنْبُثٌ

كُنْبُثٌ andكُنْبُوثٌ↓ andكُنَابِثٌ↓ Hard (L, Ḳ) and strong. (L.) [Epithets applied to a man.]

Root: كنبث - Entry: كُنْبُثٌ.1 Signification: A2

Also, all the three words, Contracted [in disposition], and niggardly, or stingy. (Ḳ.)

Root: كنبث - Entry: كُنْبُثٌ.1 Signification: A3

Mentioned before in art. كبث; and like كُلْبُثٌ. (TA.)

Root: كنبث - Entry: كُنْبُثٌ.1 Signification: A4

[Accord. to the L, these epithets seem also to apply to a man Contracted in make: the first and third being expl. by the words تَدَاخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ.]


كُنْبُوثٌ

كُنْبُوثٌ: see كُنْبُثٌ.


كُنَابِثٌ


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