كهدب

كَهْدَبٌ A heavy, or dull, man: syn. ثَقِيلٌ وَخْمٌ. (K.)

كهكب

كَهْكَبٌ and كَهْكَمٌ i. q. بَاذِنْجَانٌ [The eggplant, or melongena]. (IAar, T, K.) Mentioned in the T in art. كهكم; whence it seems that the ب is a substitute for م. (TA.)

كنعت

كَنْعَتٌ. A species of fish; (AO, TS, L, K;) as also كَنْعَدٌ; from which it appears to be formed by the substitution of ت for د. (TS, L.)

كلبث

كَلْبَثٌ and كُلَابِثٌ A hard and strong man. (IDrd, L.) b2: Also, and كُلْبُثٌ and كُلَبِثٌ, Niggardly, or stingy, and contracted [in disposition]. (K.) [See also كُنْبُثٌ.]

كندر

كُنْدُرٌ [Greek χόνδρος λιβανωτοῦ, or liba/nou xo/ndros] i. q. لُبَانٌ [q. v., i. e. Frankincense], (S, in art. كدر; TA;) accord. to the physicians; (TA;) a kind of عِلْك [or resin], very useful for stopping phlegm, (K,) and a dispeller of forgetfulness, and having other properties: n. un. with ة. (TA.)

كرفس

كَرَفْسٌ, (S, Msb, K,) so written in the Bári' and the T, but in some copies of the S, كَرْفَسٌ, [which is wrong,] (Msb,) [The herb smallage; apium graveolens of Linnæus,] a well known herb, or leguminous plant, (S, Msb, K,) of the hottest of leguminous plants (منْ أَحَرِّ البُقُولِ, TA, [but this is probably a mistake for مِنْ أَحْرَارِ البُقُولِ of the leguminous plants that are eaten without being cooked, or that are slender and succulent or soft or sweet,]) the utilities of which are great; diuretic; a disperser of winds and flatulence; a cleanser of the kidneys and liver and bladder, opening obstructions thereof; a strengthener of the venereal faculty, especially its seeds pounded with sugar and clarified butter, wonderful when drunk three days, (K,) upon an empty stomach, with avoidance of hurtful things, (TA,) but injurious to the young in the womb, and to the pregnant, and to those affected with epilepsy: (K:) said by Lth to be a foreign word introduced into the Arabic language, (TA.) and thought to be so by Az: (Msb:) in the O said to be arabicized; and, in the language of the people of Ghazneh, called كرفح [or كرفج?] (TA.) كُرْفُسٌ Cotton: (K:) [like كُرْسُفٌ, from which it appears to be formed by transposition: see also كِرْبَاسٌ.]

خنجر

خَنْجَرٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خِنْجِرٌ (Msb) and خِنْجَرٌ, (K,) the last of a rare form, like دِرْهَمٌ, (TA,) A knife: or a great knife: (K:) or a kind of large knife [or dagger, generally curved, and double-edged], (S, Mgh, Msb,) called in Persian دَشْنَهْ: (Mgh:) pl. خَنَاجِرُ. (Msb.) Some say, [as, for instance, the author of the Msb,] that the ن is augmentative, the measure being فنعل. (TA.) A2: Also the first, (K,) and ↓ خُنْجُورٌ, (As, S, TA,) or ↓ خُنْجُورَةٌ, and ↓ خَنْجَرَةٌ, (K,) A she-camel abounding with milk: (As, S, K:) pl. خَنَاجِرُ. (S.) And ↓ خُنْجُورَةٌ A bulky she-camel. (K.) خَنْجَرَةٌ: see above.

خُنْجُورٌ and خُنْجُورَةٌ: see خَنْجَرٌ, in three places.

خنصر

خِنْصِرٌ (S, Msb, K) and خِنْصَرٌ, (A, K,) the latter [of a rare form,] like دِرْهَمٌ, (TA,) The little finger: (S, A, K:) or the middle finger: (K:) the latter signification said by MF to be unknown; but it is mentioned in the L, as from the Book of Sb: (TA:) [and the little toe:] of the fem. gender: (Msb, K:) pl. خَنَاصِرُ: (Sb, S, K:) like فِرْسِنٌ, it has no pl. formed by the addition of ات: (Sb:) its pl. is also used as a sing., as though every part were termed خنصر; as in the phrase إِنَّهُ لَعَظِيمُ الخَنَاصِرِ [Verily he has a large little finger]. (Lh.) You say, فُلَانٌ تُثْنَى بِهِ الخَنَاصِرُ [The little fingers are bent in mentioning such a one with others of his class]: i. e., one begins with him in mentioning persons of his class. (Msb.) [See 1 in art. ثنى.] and in like manner you say, عَدُّوهُ بِالخِنْصِرِ [They counted him with the little finger]: i. e., they commenced with him in counting. (MF.)

نرجس

دَابَّةٌ نَرْجِسِيَّةٌ A beast of carriage whose whiteness inclines to yellowness [like the narcissus]. (TA, art. قرطس.)

نرجس

نَرْجِسٌ and نِرْجِسٌ [The Narcissus]: see art. رجس. The former is mentioned by ISd in art. رجس: the latter, in the present art. (TA.)