خنب

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See also: جنت, جنب, حنت, and خنت

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From root خ ن ب (ḵ-n-b).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈχanaba], [ˈχaniba]

Verb[edit]

خَنِبَ (ḵaniba) I, non-past يَخْنَبُ‎ (yaḵnabu)

  1. to suffer from a rheum
  2. to be weak, to be limp
  3. to perish
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “خنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

خَنَب (ḵanabm

  1. verbal noun of خَنِبَ (ḵaniba) (form I)
  2. weakness of the joints
References[edit]

Libyan Arabic[edit]

Verb[edit]

خنب (xnab)

  1. to steal