kanūd

ungrateful

كَنُود

Word

Noun · pattern فَعُول

Root

ك ن د

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إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ

The Qurʾān, page 599 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • كَنَدَ Form I He was ungrateful; he disacknowledged a benefit
    , (S, &c.), aor. , (A, MS,) or , (ElBasáïr,) or كَنَدَ نِعْمَةً, (TA,) inf. n. كُنُودٌ, (S. K, &c.) He was ungrateful; he disacknowledged a benefit. (S, A, K.) ― -b2- إِنْ سَأَلْتَهُ نَكَدَ وَإِنْ أَعْطَيْتَهُ كَنَدَ If thou ask of him, he refuseth; and if thou give him. he is ungrateful. (A.) ― -b3- كَنَدَ أَبَاهُ النِّعْمَة (K) He disacknowleged his father's beneficence. (TA.) ― -b4- كَنَذُهُ, (S, L,) inf. n. كَنْدٌ, (K,) He cut, or severed, it. (S, L, K.)
  • كُنَدٌ Open entry
    : see كَنُودٌ.
  • كِنْدَةٌ A portion of a mountain
    A portion of a mountain. (K.)
  • كَنُودٌ Ungrateful; who disacknowledges benefits
    Ungrateful; who disacknowledges benefits; (El-Kelbee, S, A, L, K;) as also ↓ كَنَّادٌ: (L, K;) or a denier: (L:) the former applied also to a woman; and so ↓ كُنُدٌ: (S, A, L:) an unbeliever: (Zj, L:) a blamer of his Lord, (El-Hasan, L, K,) who takes account of evil accidents and forgets benefits: (El-Hasan, L:) rebellious. or disobedient, (K,) in the dial. of Kindeh: (TA:) niggardly; tenacious; avaricious; (K;) in the dial. of the Benoo-Málik: (TA:) who eats alone, and withholds his drinking-bowl (رَِفْدَهُ), and beats his slave: (Kh, L, K:) 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. (L, TA.) ― -b2- A woman ungrateful for friendship, and for loving communion, commerce, or intercourse; (As, L, K;) as also ↓ كُنُدٌ. (As, L.) ― -b3- أَرْضٌ كَنُودٌ (tropical:) Land that produces nothing. (S, A, L, K.)
  • كَنَّادٌ who cuts, or severs; who is wont to do so
    : see كَنُودٌ. ― -b2- Also, One who cuts, or severs; who is wont to do so. (S, L.)

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