كُنْبُثٌ
Root: كنبث
Full Definition
كُنْبُثٌ
and
كُنْبُوثٌ and
Hard and strong. [Epithets applied to a man.]
2 Also, all the three words, Contracted [in disposition], and niggardly, or stingy.
3 Mentioned before in art. كبث; and like كُلْبُثٌ.
4 [Accord. to the L, these epithets seem also to apply to a man Contracted in make: the first and third being expl. by the words تَدَاخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ.]
2 Also, all the three words, Contracted [in disposition], and niggardly, or stingy.
3 Mentioned before in art. كبث; and like كُلْبُثٌ.
4 [Accord. to the L, these epithets seem also to apply to a man Contracted in make: the first and third being expl. by the words تَدَاخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ.]
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