1 كَنَزَ المَالَ  , aor. كَنِزَ , (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) and, accord. to MF, كَنُزَ also, but the former is that which commonly obtains, (TA,) inf. n. كَنْزٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) He buried the property, or treasure, (S, K, TA,) in the earth: (TA:) he collected the property together, (Mgh, Msb,) and treasured it, hoarded it, laid it up, reposited it, stowed it, or stored it, in secret: (Msb:) and المَالَ ↓ اكتنز signifies the same as كَنَزَهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- كَنَزَ الشَّىْءَ, (K,) aor. كَنِزَ , inf. n. كَنْزٌ, (TA,) He pressed the thing, meaning anything, (K,) with his hand or foot, (TA,) in a receptacle, or in the earth. (K.) ― -b3- كَنَزَالتَّمْرَ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. كَنِزَ , (K,) inf. n. كَنْزٌ, (Msb, TA,) and, accord. to Az, كَنَازٌ and كِنَازٌ, [but see the former of these two words below,] (Msb,) He stowed, or packed, the dates, (TA,) فِى الوِعَآءِ in the receptacle, (A, Msb,) or فِى الجِلَالِ in the large receptacles of palm-leaves, [pl. of جُلَّة,] by throwing [the contents of] a bag (جِرَاب) into the bottom of the جُلَّة and pressing them with the feet until they became compacted, or commixed in a mass, and then bag after bag until the جلّة was pressed full, when it was sewed up with palm-leaf cord. (TA.) ― -b4- كَنَزَ البُرَّ فِى الجِرَابِ [He stored up, or packed, the wheat in the bag]. (TA.) [See an ex. of the pass. part. n. voce دَرٌّ.] ― -b5- كَنَزَ الجِرَابَ He filled the bag very full. (A.) And كَنَزَ السِّقَآءَ He filled the skin of milk or water. (TA.) And شَدَّ كَنْزَ القِرْبَةِ He filled the water-skin. (TA.) ― -b6- كَنَزَ الرٌّمْحَ, (Sgh, TA,) inf. n. كَنْزٌ, (Sgh, K,) He stuck the spear into the ground. (Sgh, K, * TA.) 8 اكتنز ذ It (a thing, S, Mgh, Msb,) became collected together, or compacted; and full. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) ― -b2- اكتنز التَّمْرُ [The dates became closely packed, or pressed together so as to be compact or commixed in a mass: see 1]. (TA; and K in art. وجأ; &c.) The like is also said of wheat. (TA.) ― -b3- اكتنز اللَّحْمُ The flesh became compact, or hard. (From an explanation of the part. n. in the A; &c.) -A2- اكتنز الجِرَابُ The bag became very full. (A.) And اكتنز السِّقَآءُ The skin of milk or water became full. (TA.) -A3- اكتنز المَالَ: see 1. كَنْزٌ  Treasure; property buried (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) in the earth: (TA:) an inf. n. used as a subst.: pl. كُنُوزٌ. (Mgh, Msb.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) it is applied in a trad. to (tropical:) Any property whereof the portion that should be given in alms is not given. (S, TA.) ― -b3- Property that is preserved in a receptacle. (TA.) ― -b4- Anything abundant, collected together, that is desired with emulation. (Sh, TA.) ― -b5- Gold: and silver. (K.) It is said in a trad., أُعْطِيتُ الكَنْزَيْنِ مِنَ الأَحْمَرِ وَالأَبْيَضِ I have been given gold and silver. (TA.) ― -b6- (tropical:) [A treasure of knowledge or science]. You say, مَعَهُ كَنْزٌ مِنْ كُنُوزِ العِلْمِ (tropical:) [With him is a treasure of the treasures of knowledge or science]. (A, TA.) In the Kur, xviii. 81, it is said to be used in a similar manner, as signifying not gold nor silver, but (tropical:) Science and books. (TA.) And it is said in like manner in a trad., أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَنْزًا مِنْ كُنُوزِ الجَنَّةِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ (tropical:) [Ho! I will teach thee a treasure of the treasures of paradise: There is no power nor strength but in God]: meaning, that a reward is stored up [in paradise] for him who says this, and who describes himself thereby, like as a treasure is stored up. (TA.) ― -b7- Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee says, that it is used in a verse of 'Alkamah, which he does not quote, as signifying (tropical:) Fat; as a subst.; and adds, that it is the only instance known to him of its being thus used. (TA.) -A2- Also, That in which property is preserved, or guarded: (K, * TA:) and ↓ مَكْنِزٌ [or rather both] that in which property is buried, treasured, hoarded, laid up, reposited, or stored, in secret: pl. of the latter, مَكَانِزُ. (A, TA.) كَنِزٌ  : see مُكْتَنِزٌ. كَنَازٌ  and ↓ كِنَازٌ : see كَنَزَ التَّمْرَ. [Accord. to Az, they are inf. ns.; but some seem to regard them as simple substs.] You say, هٰذَا زَمَنُ الكَنَازِ, (S, Msb, K. *) and ↓ الكِنَازِ , (K,) This is the time of packing the dates. (K, * TA.) And El-Umawee says, أَتَيْتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الكَنَازِ, and ↓ الكِنَازِ , I came to them when they were packing the dates. (TA.) ISk says, that it has been heard only with fet-h; (S, Msb;) but some say, that it is like جَدَادٌ and جِدَادٌ, and صَرَامٌ and صِرَامٌ. (S.) ― -b2- Also, sometimes, [The storing, or packing,] of wheat. (TA.) كِنَازٌ  : see كَنَازٌ: -A2- and see also مُكْتَنِزٌ, throughout. كَنِيزٌ ذ Dates packed in [the receptacles called] قَوَاصِر [pl. of قَوْصَرَّةٌ] (K, TA) and جِلَال [pl. of جُلَّةٌ]. (TA,) for winter; (K, TA;) as also ↓ مَكْنُوزٌ . (TA.) See كَنَزَ التَّمْرَ. ― -b2- See also مُكْتَنِزٌ. كَنَّازٌ ذ One who takes extraordinary pains in treasuring, or hoarding, gold and silver. (TA.) مَكْنِزٌ  : see كَنْزٌ. مَكْنُوزٌ  : see كَنِيزٌ: ― -b2- and مُكْتَنِزٌ. مُكْتَنِزُ اللَّحْمِ  , and ↓ كَنِيزُهُ , (A, TA,) and ↓ كَنِزَهُ , and ↓ مَكْنُوزُهُ , (TA,) Compact, or hard, in flesh: (A:) and [in like manner] ↓ كِنَازٌ compact and strong in flesh. (TA.) You say, نَاقَةٌ كِنَازٌ, (S, K,) or كِنَازُ اللَّحْمِ, (A,) and جَارِيَةٌِ كِنَازٌ, (K,) and هَنٌ كِنَازٌ, (TA,) A she-camel, (S, A, K,) and a girl, (K,) and a woman's pudendum, (TA,) compact, (مُكْتَنِزَة, S, or كَنِيزَة, or, as in the K, abundant, كَثِيرَة, TA,) in flesh, (S, K,) and hard, or firm: (K:) pl. كُنْزٌ and كِنَازٌ; the latter being like the sing.; (K;) but the two vowels [namely the two kesrehs] and the two alifs are regarded as different; for the word is not, as some assert, of the same class as جُنُبٌ, since it has a dual form, namely كِنَازَانِ. (TA.) ― -b2- كِتَابٌ مُكْتَنِزٌ بِالفَوَائِدِ (tropical:) [A book, or writing, stored with useful things]. (A, TA.) Credit: Lane Lexicon