قنأ

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ن ء (q-n-ʔ)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

قَنَأَ (qanaʔa) I, non-past يَقْنَأُ‎ (yaqnaʔu)

  1. (intransitive) to redden
    • (Can we date this quote?), الأسود بن يعفر النهشلي, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      يَسْعَى بِهَا ذُو تُومَتَيْنِ مُشَمِّرٌ / قَنَأَتْ أَنَامِلُهُ مِنَ ٱلْفِرْصَادِ
      yasʕā bihā ḏū tūmatayni mušammirun / qanaʔat ʔanāmiluhu mina l-firṣādi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) to become darker
  3. (intransitive) to be tanned (leather)
  4. (transitive) to mix with water

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