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عقل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَقَنْقَلٌ ذ A great كَثِيب [i. e. hill, or heap, or oblong or extended gibbous hill, ] of intermingled sands: (S, O:) or a كَثِيب that is accumulated (K, TA) and intermingled: or a حَبْل [or long and elevated tract ] of sand, having winding portions, and حِرَف [app. meaning ridges ], and compacted: (TA:) accord. to El-Ahmar, it is the largest quantity of sand; larger than the كَثِيب: (S voce لَبَبٌ:) pl. عَقَاقِلُ (S, O) and عَقَاقِيلُ (O) and عَقَنْقَلَاتٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And A great, wide, valley: (K:) pl. عَقَاقِلُ and عَقَاقِيلُ. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, (S, O, K,) sometimes, (S, O,) and ↓ عَنْقَلٌ, (O, K,) The مَصَارِين [or intestines into which the food passes from the stomach ], (S, O,) or قَانِصَة [which here probably signifies the same], (K,) of a [lizard of the species called] ضَبّ: (S, O, K:) or the [ portion of fat termed ] كُشْيَة of the ضَبّ. (TA.) أَطْعِمْ أَخَاكَ مِنْ عَقَنْقَلِ الضَّبِّ [ Give thy brother to eat of the intestines, &c., of the dabb: or, as some relate it, مِنْ كُشْيَةِ الضَّبِّ:] is a prov., said in urging a man to make another to share in the means of subsistence; or, accord. to some, denoting derision. (TA.) ― -b4- Also A [ drinking-cup, or bowl, of the kind called ] قَدَح. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b5- And A sword. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K.)

Derived headwords

عَقَنْقَلٌ
  1. 1.
أَطْعِمْ أَخَاكَ مِنْ عَقَنْقَلِ الضَّبِّ
مِنْ كُشْيَةِ الضَّبِّ