كلع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes conditions of cracking, dirtiness, and disease affecting the feet, animals, and skin. It also extends to concepts of strength, courage, and gathering, particularly in a tribal or allied context.

Derived headwords

الكَلَعnoun

1.
cracking and dirtboth
A condition of cracking and dirtiness that affects the feet.
2.
severe scabiesclassical
The most severe form of scabies, characterized by pustules that dry and become unresponsive to treatment.

كَلَعَverb

1.
to crack and become dirtyboth
Said of feet when they become cracked and dirty.
2.
to crack and become dirtyclassical
Said of a camel's hoof when it cracks and becomes dirty.
3.
to become dirtyboth
Dirt or filth adheres to something.

كَلَعًاnoun

1.
cracking and dirtinessboth
The masdar (verbal noun) for the condition of feet becoming cracked and dirty.

تَكَلُّعverb

1.
to crack and become dirtyboth
The verb form indicating the process of cracking and becoming dirty, used for feet.
2.
to adhereboth
Said of dirt when it sticks to something.

تَكَلُّعًاnoun

1.
cracking and dirtinessboth
The masdar (verbal noun) for the verb 'takalla'a', referring to the process of cracking and becoming dirty.

أَكْلَعَتْهُverb

1.
to make it crack and dirtyclassical
The causative form, meaning to cause something (like feet) to crack and become dirty.

كَلَعَverb

1.
to become dirtyclassical
Said of a camel's leg when its pastern cracks and becomes dirty.

كَلِعٌadjective

1.
dirtyboth
Describing something as dirty, like blackness that resembles dirt.
2.
dirtyboth
Describing a person as having dirty feet.
3.
cracked and dirtyclassical
Describing a camel whose pastern has cracked and become dirty.

الكَوْلَعnoun

1.
dirtboth
Filth or dirt.

كَلِعَverb

1.
to stickboth
Said of dirt when it adheres and dries onto something.

إِنَاءٌ كَلِعٌnoun

1.
dirty vesselboth
A vessel or container that has dirt stuck to it.

مُكَلَّعadjective

1.
dirtyboth
Describing a vessel that has dirt stuck to it.

سِقَاءٌ كَلِعٌnoun

1.
dirty waterskinboth
A waterskin that has dirt stuck to it.

الكُلَاعِيّadjective

1.
braveclassical
A brave or courageous person, derived from the concept of strength and fortitude.

الكُلْعَةnoun

1.
disease of camelsclassical
A disease affecting the hindquarters of a camel, causing hair loss, cracking, darkening, and potentially death.
2.
flock of sheepclassical
A piece or flock of sheep, or a large number of sheep.

التَّكَلُّعnoun

1.
alliance and gatheringclassical
A tribal alliance, gathering, or mutual support, a term used in Yemen.

ذو الكُلَاعname

1.
title of a kingclassical
A title held by a Himyarite king of Yemen, named after the concept of alliance and gathering.

Parallel reading

الكلع: شقاق ووسخ يكون بالقدمين

Al-kal'u: Cracking and dirtiness that occurs on the feet.

كلعت رجله تكلع كلعا وكلاعا: تشققت واتسخت

His foot became cracked and dirty, cracking and becoming dirty with kal'an and kala'an.

ترى برجليه شقوقا في كلع

You see cracks in his feet due to kal'u.

وأكلعتها، وكلع رأسه كلعا كذلك

And it made it crack and dirty, and his head became cracked and dirty likewise.

وأسود كلع: سواده كالوسخ

And blackness that is kal'u: its blackness is like dirt.

ورجل كلع كذلك

And a person kal'u likewise.

وكلع البعير كلعا، فهو كلع: انشق فرسنه واتسخ

And a camel became cracked and dirty with kal'an, so it is kal'u: its pastern split and became dirty.

والكولع: الوسخ

And al-kawla'u: dirt.

وكلع فيه الوسخ كلعا إذا يبس

And dirt stuck to it with kal'an when it dried.

وإناء كلع ومكلع: التبد عليه الوسخ

And a vessel kal'u and mukalla': dirt adhered to it.

وسقاء كلع

And a waterskin kal'u.

والكلاعي: الشجاع، مأخوذ من الكلاع وهو البأس والشدة والصبر في المواطن

And al-kula'i: the brave, taken from al-kila'u, which is might, strength, and patience in difficult situations.

والكلعة والكلعة؛ الأخيرة عن كراع: داء يأخذ البعير في مؤخره فيجرد شعره عن مؤخره ويتشقق ويسود وربما هلك منه

And al-kul'atu and al-kul'atu; the latter from Kura': a disease that affects the hindquarters of a camel, stripping its hair from its rear, causing it to crack and darken, and sometimes leading to its death.

والكلع: أشد الجرب وهو الذي يبض جربا فييبس فلا ينجع فيه الهناء

And al-kal'u: the most severe scabies, which is when the scab oozes and dries, rendering the remedy ineffective.

والكلعة: القطعة من الغنم، وقيل: الغنم الكثيرة

And al-kul'atu: a piece of sheep, and it was said: many sheep.

والتكلع: التحالف والتجمع، لغة يمانية

And al-takallu'u: alliance and gathering, a Yemeni dialect.

وبه سمي ذو الكلاع، بالفتح، وهو ملك حميري من ملوك اليمن من الأذواء، وسمي ذا الكلاع لأنهم تكلعوا على يديه أي تجمعوا

And by it was named Dhu al-Kila', with the fath, who was a Himyarite king from the kings of Yemen, and he was named Dhu al-Kila' because they allied and gathered under him.

وإذا اجتمعت القبائل وتناصرت فقد تكلعت

And when tribes gather and support each other, they have allied (takalla'u).

وأصل هذا من الكلع يرتكب الرجل

And the origin of this is from al-kal'u that a man commits.