ك • ن • ب • ث

and ↓ تَكَنْبَثَ He became hard and strong: (L:) he became contracted; syn. تَقَبَّضَ: (K:) [app. in disposition; see كُنْبُثٌ: or in make; the second verb being also expl. in the L, with reference to a man, by the words تَدَاخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ].

: see كُنْبُثٌ and art. كنثب.

and ↓ كُنْبُوثٌ and ↓ كُنَابثٌِ Hard (L, K) and strong. (L.) [Epithets applied to a man.] Also, all the three words, Contracted [in disposition], and niggardly, or stingy. (K.) Mentioned before in art. كبث; and like كُلْبُثٌ. (TA.) [Accord. to the L, these epithets seem also to apply to a man Contracted in make: the first and third being expl. by the words تَدَاخَلَ بَعْضُهُ فِى بَعْضٍ.]

: see كُنْبُثٌ.