خِنْزِيرٌ
Root: خزر
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خِنْزِيرٌ
[The swine; the hog; the pig;] a certain foul animal, well known; said to be forbidden [to be eaten] by every prophet: [fem. with ة:] pl. خَنَازِيرُ: not, as some say, خُزْرٌ: [though this is an epithet applicable to swine:] accord. to some, it is of the measure فِعْلِيلٌ; because ن is not [generally] added as a second letter: but accord. to others, of the measure فِنْعِيلٌ; because ن is sometimes added as a second letter, and because it is held to be derived from خَزِرَ, since all خنازير are خُزْر; as it is said in the A, كُلُّ خِنْزِيرٍ أَخْزَرُ.
2 خَنَازِيرُ also signifies A well-known disease; [scrofula; or glandular swellings in the neck;] ulcers, or hard ulcers, which arise in the neck: or ganglions, or hard or nodous lumps beneath the skin, in the neck, and in soft parts, such as the armpits; but most frequently in the neck.
2 خَنَازِيرُ also signifies A well-known disease; [scrofula; or glandular swellings in the neck;] ulcers, or hard ulcers, which arise in the neck: or ganglions, or hard or nodous lumps beneath the skin, in the neck, and in soft parts, such as the armpits; but most frequently in the neck.
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