حَبَنْطًى
, with tenween, and حَبَنْطَأٌ, the ن and the ا [which latter is written in the former word ى being added to render the word quasi-coordinate to سَفَرْجَلٌ, the derivation being from حَبَطٌ, A man short and bigbellied; as also حَبَنْطَاةٌ and
مُحْبَنْطٍ: [see the last of these words below:] or filled with wrath, or rage; or by repletion of the belly; as also حِبَنْطًى and حَبَنْطَاةٌ: and this last, a woman short, ugly, and bigbellied; also related with ء [i. e. حَبَنْطَأَةٌ, or, as it is written in the L, حَبَنْطَآءَةٌ, but this I think a mistranscription]. When you form the dim., you may reject the ن, and change the ا [which is the final letter] into ى, so that [the dim. becomes originally حُبَيْطِىٌ, for which, accord. to a wellknown rule,] you say
حُبَيْطٍ, with kesr to the ط, and with tenween; for the ا is not to denote the fem. gender, that the letter preceding it should be with fet-h, as in [حُبَيْلَى and بُشَيْرَى] the dims. of حُبْلَى and بُشْرَى: you may also retain the ن, and reject the ا; saying
حُبَيْنِطٌ: and thus you may do in the case of any noun having two letters added for the purpose of quasi-coordination: you may also put a compensation for the letter rejected in either place, or not: if you put a compensation in the former instance, you say
حُبَيْطِىٌّ, with teshdeed to the ى, and with kesr to the ط; and in the latter instance, you say
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