ق • ن • ف • ذ, or, accord. to some, ق • ف • ذ

and قُنْفَذٌ [The male hedge-hog;] (S, L, Msb, K;) i. q. شَيْهَمٌ: (M, L, K:) or the male and female: (Msb:) or the fem. is with ة, (S, L, Msb, K,) sometimes; and the male is called شَيْهَمٌ and دُلْدُلٌ: (Msb:) pl. قَنَافِذُ. (S.) Some hold that the ن is an augmentative letter: others, that it is a radical. (TA.)