أَنْقَدُ
Root: نقد
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أَنْقَدُ
The hedge-hog;
القُنْفُذُ; a proper name, like أَسَامَةُ applied to the lion: as also الأَنْقَدُ; but some disallow the prefixing of the art.; and الأَنْقَذُ. Hence the saying, بَاتَ بِلَيْلِ أَنْقَدَ, or بِلَيْلَةِ أَنْقَدَ, He passed the night of the hedge-hog; i. e. sleepless: because the hedge-hog remains sleepless all night: and أَسْرَى مِنْ أَنْقَدَ [A greater journeyer by night than the hedge-hog].
2 أَنْقَدُ لَيْلٍ A calumniator; a slanderer; as also قُنْفُذُ لَيْلٍ. (L, art. قنفذ.)
3 Also, الأَنْقَدُ [L, K,) and الإِنْقِدَانُ The tortoise: or the latter, the male tortoise: as also with ذ.
2 أَنْقَدُ لَيْلٍ A calumniator; a slanderer; as also قُنْفُذُ لَيْلٍ. (L, art. قنفذ.)
3 Also, الأَنْقَدُ [L, K,) and الإِنْقِدَانُ The tortoise: or the latter, the male tortoise: as also with ذ.
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