ق • ن • ف • ذ

مَا أَبْيَضُ شَطْرًا أَسْوَدُ ظَهْرًا يَمْشِى قِمْطَرًا وَيَبُولُ قَطْرًاIn the original text, the page break is before the final word of the preceding text. What is white in one half, black in the back, that walks contractedly, and makes water in drops? An enigma: to which the answer is, The قُنْفُذ [q. v.]. (L.) قُنْفُذُ لَيْلٍ One who sleeps not [during the night]; because the قنفذ sleeps not: (L:) and a calumniator; a slanderer; (L, K;) as also أَنْقَدُ لَيْلٍ. (L.) Also قُنْفُذٌ and قُنْفَذٌ The rat, or mouse; syn. فَارٌ: (K:) fem. with ة. (TA.) قُنْفُذٌ (assumed tropical:) The part behind the ear of a camel, whence the sweat exudes. (S, L, K.) And, with ة, (assumed tropical:) The part of the head that is below that which is called the قَمَحْدُوَة. (L.) قُنْفُذٌ (assumed tropical:) A place that produces tangled herbage: (S, L, K:) an elevated place abounding with trees: AHn says, that what is thus termed is in hard ground, between what is termed قُفّ and sand. (L.) قُنْفُذُ رَمْلٍ (assumed tropical:) Sand collected together, (Aboo-Kheyreh, L, K,) and elevated, (K,) or somewhat elevated: (Aboo-Kheyreh, L:) or the abundance of trees of sand: or, as some say, قُنْفَذُ رَمْلٍ, with fet-h, signifies abundance and tallness of trees of sand. (L.) قُنْفُذٌ (L, K) and with ة (L) (assumed tropical:) A tree in the midst of sand. (L, K.) قَنَافِذُ (assumed tropical:) Mountains that are not long: or long and narrow tracts, (أَحْبُل, L, K, TA: in the CK, أَجْبُل, or mountains,) of sand: (L, K:) or hills with pointed heads (نَبَكٌ) lying in the way, or road. (Th, L, K.)