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لولب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a phenomenon of water swirling or eddying around an opening due to its abundance. It also touches upon related concepts of twisting or spiraling, particularly in the context of tools.

Derived headwords

لَوْلَبnoun
  1. 1.
    swirling waterclassical

    Water that is abundant and swirls around an opening, such as a spout, because it is too much to flow through easily.

  2. 2.
    spoutclassical

    The opening or spout from which water flows, especially when it causes swirling due to excess volume.

المُلَوْلَبadjective
  1. 1.
    twistedclassical

    Describing something that is twisted or spiraled, like a kohl stick (مرود) or similar tool.

Parallel reading

ويقال للماء الكثير يحمل منه المفتح ما يسعه، فيضيق صنبوره عنه من كثرته، فيستدير الماء عند فمه، ويصير كأنه بلبل آنية
And it is said of abundant water that the opening (or container) holds what it can, but its spout is constricted by the abundance, so the water swirls around its mouth, and it becomes like the swirling of a vessel.
فأما المرود ونحوه فهو الملولب، على مفوعل
As for the kohl stick and the like, it is 'al-mulawlab', on the pattern of 'mafaw'al'.
ومما جاء على بناء فولف: لولب الماء
And among what comes on the pattern of 'fulf' is: 'lawlab al-ma'' (swirling of water).
قال أبو منصور: ولا أدري أعربي، أم معرب، غير أن أهل العراق ولعوا باستعمال اللولب
Abu Mansur said: I do not know if it is Arabic or borrowed, however, the people of Iraq were fond of using 'al-lawlab'.