خِنْزِيرٌ

[The swine; the hog; the pig;] a certain foul animal, (Msb,) well known; (K;) said to be forbidden [to be eaten] by every prophet: (Msb:) [feminine with ة:] plural خَنَازِيرُ: (S, Msb, K:) not, as some say, خُزْرٌ: [though this is an epithet applicable to swine:] (TA:) according to some, it is of the measure فِعْلِيلٌ; because ن is not [generally] added as a second letter: but according to others, of the measure فِنْعِيلٌ; because ن is sometimes added as a second letter, and because it is held to be derived from خَزِرَ, since all خنازير are خُزْر; as it is said in the A, كُلُّ خِنْزِيرٍ أَخْزَرُ. (TA.)

خَنَازِيرُ also signifies A well-known disease; (S;) [scrofula; or glandular swellings in the neck;] ulcers, (K,) or hard ulcers, (S,) which arise in the neck: (S, K:) or ganglions, or hard or nodous lumps beneath the skin, in the neck, and in soft parts, such as the armpits; but most frequently in the neck. (Mgh.)