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عطل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَطَلٌ ذ inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, O, K.) -A2- Also The denuded, or unclad, part, or parts, of the body; syn. جُرْدَةٌ: so in the saying اِمْرَأَةٌ حَسَنَةُ العَطَلِ [ A woman beautiful in respect of the denuded, or unclad, part, or parts, of the body ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And The body, or person; syn. شَخْصٌ; (S, O, K, TA;) particularly, as some say, of a human being; (TA;) like طَلَلٌ: (S, O, TA:) pl. أَعْطَالٌ. (K.) And one says, مَا أَحْسَنَ عَطَلَهُ, meaning [ How beautiful is ] his tallness, or justness of stature, and his perfectness [ of make ]! (S, O.) ― -b3- And The neck. (K.) ― -b4- And Beauty of body. (TA.) -A3- Also A stalk of a raceme of a palmtree; (S, O;) as also ↓ عَطِيلٌ, accord. to IDrd: (O:) or the former, (TA,) and ↓ the latter, accord. to IDrd, and accord. to Az, who says that he heard it from the cultivators of palm-trees (مِنَ النَّخْلِيِّينَ) in El-Ahsà, (O,) the stalk of a raceme of a male palm-tree, (O, TA,) to which Az adds, with which the female palm-tree is fecundated: (O:) or ↓ عَطِيلٌ and ↓ عَيْطَلٌ signify a stalk of a طَلْع [or spadix ] of a male palm-tree [ with the flowers upon it ]. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

عَطَلٌ
  1. 1.
اِمْرَأَةٌ حَسَنَةُ
مَا أَحْسَنَ عَطَلَهُ
مِنَ النَّخْلِيِّينَ