Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مَا أَبْيَضُ شَطْرًا أَسْوَدُ ظَهْرًا يَمْشِى قِمْطَرًا وَيَبُولُ قَطْرًا What is white in one half, black in the back, that walks contractedly, and makes water in drops? An enigma: to which the answer is, The قُنْفُذ [q. v.]. (L.)

قُنْفُذُ لَيْلٍ One who sleeps not [during the night]; because the قنفذ sleeps not: (L:) and a calumniator; a slanderer; (L, Ḳ;) as also أَنْقَدُ لَيْلٍ. (L.)

Also قُنْفُذٌ and قُنْفَذٌ The rat, or mouse; syn. فَارٌ: (Ḳ:) fem. with ة {قُنْفُذَةٌ}. (TA.)

قُنْفُذٌ † The part behind the ear of a camel, whence the sweat exudes. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

And, with ة {قُنْفُذَةٌ}, † The part of the head that is below that which is called the قَمَحْدُوَة. (L.)

قُنْفُذٌ † A place that produces tangled herbage: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) an elevated place abounding with trees: AḤn says, that what is thus termed is in hard ground, between what is termed قُفّ and sand. (L.)

قُنْفُذُ رَمْلٍ † Sand collected together, (Aboo-Kheyreh, L, Ḳ,) and elevated, (Ḳ,) or somewhat elevated: (Aboo-Kheyreh, L:) or the abundance of trees of sand: or, as some say, قُنْفَذُ رَمْلٍ, with fet-ḥ, signifies abundance and tallness of trees of sand. (L.)

قُنْفُذٌ (L, Ḳ) and with ة {قُنْفُذَةٌ} (L) † A tree in the midst of sand. (L, Ḳ.)

قَنَافِذُ † Mountains that are not long: or long and narrow tracts, (أَحْبُل, L, Ḳ, TA: in the CK, أَجْبُل, or mountains,) of sand: (L, Ḳ:) or hills with pointed heads (نَبَكٌ) lying in the way, or road. (Th, L, Ḳ.)