Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كنخب كند كندث


1. ⇒ كند

كَنَدَ, (Ṣ, &c.), aor. ـُ {يَكْنُدُ}, (A, MṢ,) or ـِ, (El-Basáïr,) or كَنَدَ نِعْمَةً, (TA,) inf. n. كُنُودٌ, (Ṣ. Ḳ, &c.) He was ungrateful; he disacknowledged a benefit. (Ṣ, A, Ḳ.)

Root: كند - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

إِنْ سَأَلْتَهُ نَكَدَ وَإِنْ أَعْطَيْتَهُ كَنَدَ If thou ask of him, he refuseth; and if thou give him. he is ungrateful. (A.)

Root: كند - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

كَنَدَ أَبَاهُ النِّعْمَة (Ḳ) He disacknowleged his father's beneficence. (TA.)

Root: كند - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

كَنَذُهُ, (Ṣ, L,) inf. n. كَنْدٌ, (Ḳ,) He cut, or severed, it. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)


كُنَدٌ

كُنَدٌ: see كَنُودٌ.


كِنْدَةٌ

كِنْدَةٌ A portion of a mountain. (Ḳ.)


كَنُودٌ

كَنُودٌ Ungrateful; who disacknowledges benefits; (El-Kelbee, Ṣ, A, L, Ḳ;) as alsoكَنَّادٌ↓: (L, Ḳ;) or a denier: (L:) the former applied also to a woman; and soكُنُدٌ↓: (Ṣ, A, L:) an unbeliever: (Zj, L:) a blamer of his Lord, (El-Ḥasan, L, Ḳ,) who takes account of evil accidents and forgets benefits: (El-Ḥasan, L:) rebellious. or disobedient, (Ḳ,) in the dial. of Kindeh: (TA:) niggardly; tenacious; avaricious; (Ḳ;) in the dial. of the Benoo-Málik: (TA:) who eats alone, and withholds his drinking-bowl (رِفْدَهُ), and beats his slave: (Kh, L, Ḳ:) all these meanings are assigned to it in the verse [6 of ch. c.] of the Ḳur-án, إِنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ: but of the last, ISd remarks, that he knows no foundation for it in the classical language, and that it is not easily admissible coupled with لربّه. (L, TA.)

Root: كند - Entry: كَنُودٌ Signification: A2

A woman ungrateful for friendship, and for loving communion, commerce, or intercourse; (Aṣ, L, Ḳ;) as alsoكُنُدٌ↓. (Aṣ, L.)

Root: كند - Entry: كَنُودٌ Signification: A3

أَرْضٌ كَنُودٌLand that produces nothing. (Ṣ, A, L, Ḳ.)


كَنَّادٌ

كَنَّادٌ: see كَنُودٌ.

Root: كند - Entry: كَنَّادٌ Signification: A2

Also, One who cuts, or severs; who is wont to do so. (Ṣ, L.)


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