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تءلب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a type of tree used for making bows. It also extends to describe a person or animal that is stout and well-built, drawing a comparison to the sturdy nature of the tree.

Derived headwords

التألبnoun
  1. 1.
    tree for bowsboth

    A type of tree from which bows are made.

تألبةnoun
  1. 1.
    tree for bowsclassical

    A tree from which bows are made, synonymous with التألب.

تألّبverb
  1. 1.
    to be stoutclassical

    To be thick, stout, and well-built in physique, used to describe a person or animal.

تألّبnoun
  1. 1.
    stout person/animalclassical

    A stout, well-built, and compact individual or creature, likened to the sturdy tree.

Parallel reading

التألب: شجر تتخذ منه القسي.
Al-Ta'allub: A tree from which bows are made.
من أشجار الجبال الشوحط والتألب، بالتاء والهمزة.
Among the trees of the mountains are the Shuhṭ and the Ta'allub, with a 't' and a hamza.
ونحت له عن أرز تألبة، ... فلق، فراغ معابل، طحل
And he carved for him from a Ta'allub tree, ... a split, wide arrowheads, [and] a type of wood.
قال شمر، قال بعضهم: الأرز ههنا القوس بعينها.
Shamr said, some of them said: The 'arz here means the bow itself.
والتألبة: شجرة تتخذ منها القسي.
And the Ta'allabah: a tree from which bows are made.
والفراغ: النصال العراض، الواحد فرغ.
And al-Faragh: the wide arrowheads, singular is fargh.
بأدمات قطوانا تألبا، ... إذا علا رأس يفاع قربا
In Adamat Qatwana, a stout one, ... when it ascended a high peak, it drew near.
أدمات: أرض بعينها.
Adamat: A specific land.
والقطوان: الذي يقارب خطاه.
And al-Qatwan: one who takes short, close steps.
والتألب: الغليظ المجتمع الخلق، شبه بالتألب، وهو شجر تسوى منه القسي العربية.
And al-Ta'allub: the thick, compact in build, likened to the Ta'allub, which is a tree from which Arabic bows are made.