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قُنْفُذٌ

Root: قنفذ

Full Definition

قُنْفُذٌ and قُنْفَذٌ [The male hedge-hog;] i. q. شَيْهَمٌ: or the male and female: or the fem. is with ة, sometimes; and the male is called شَيْهَمٌ and دُلْدُلٌ: pl. قَنَافِذُ. Some hold that the ن is an augmentative letter: others, that it is a radical.
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