Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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قرن قرنب قرنبط


قَرْنَبٌ

قَرْنَبٌ The jerboa; or a rat, or mouse; syn. قَأْرَةٌ: or the young one generated between it and a jerboa: (Ḳ:) and فرنب [i. e. فِرْنِبٌ, with kesr,] is a dial. var. thereof. (So in the TA. [But I incline to think that قَرْنَبٌ is a mistranscription for فِرْنِبٌ.])


قُرْنُبٌ

قُرْنُبٌ The flank: (IAạr, O, Ḳ:) or a flabby flank. (TA.)


قَرَنْبَى

قَرَنْبَى An insect resembling the [beetle called] خُنْفَسَآء, or somewhat larger than the latter, with long hind-legs: (Aṣ, T, TA:) or an insect with long hind-legs, resembling the خنفسآء, (Ṣ, O, Meyd,) but somewhat larger, (Ṣ, O,) having a speckled back. (Meyd.) It is said in prov., القَرَنْبَى فِى عَيْنِ أُمِّهَا حَسَنَةٌ [The karembà in the eye of its mother is beautiful]. (Ṣ, O, Meyd. [Mentioned in the Ṣ and O, in art. قرب.]) [See اِبْنُ الفَاسِيَآءِ, in art. فسو.]


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