كَنُودٌ
Root: كند
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كَنُودٌ
Ungrateful; who disacknowledges benefits; as also
كَنَّادٌ : or a denier: the former applied also to a woman; and so
: an unbeliever: a blamer of his Lord, who takes account of evil accidents and forgets benefits: rebellious. or disobedient, in the dial. of Kindeh: niggardly; tenacious; avaricious; in the dial. of the Benoo-Málik: who eats alone, and withholds his drinking-bowl (رَِفْدَهُ), and beats his slave: all these meanings are assigned to it in the verse [6 of ch. c.] of the Kur-án, إِنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ: but of the last, ISd remarks, that he knows no foundation for it in the classical language, and that it is not easily admissible coupled with لربّه.
2 A woman ungrateful for friendship, and for loving communion, commerce, or intercourse; as also .
3 أَرْضٌ كَنُودٌ
2 A woman ungrateful for friendship, and for loving communion, commerce, or intercourse; as also .
3 أَرْضٌ كَنُودٌ
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