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ءطل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to parts of the body, specifically the flank, waist, and the area around the ribs. It also extends to describe the shape or form of these areas, particularly in animals.

Derived headwords

الإِطْلnoun
  1. 1.
    flankboth

    The side of the body between the ribs and the hip; the waist.

  2. 2.
    lower backclassical

    The part of the back near the waist.

الإِطْلnoun
  1. 1.
    ribsclassical

    The area of the ribs, particularly the lower part.

الأَيْطَلnoun
  1. 1.
    flankclassical

    The part of the body where the ribs end, referring to the flank or side.

  2. 2.
    waistclassical

    The waist area.

  3. 3.
    hipclassical

    The entire hip region.

آطَالnoun
  1. 1.
    flanksboth

    Plural of الإِطْل, referring to the flanks or sides.

أَيَاطِلnoun
  1. 1.
    flanksclassical

    Plural of الأَيْطَل, referring to the flanks or sides.

Parallel reading

الإطل والإطل مثل إبل وإبل
Al-iṭl and al-aṭl are like ibil and ibil.
والأَيْطَل: منقطع الأضلاع من الحجبة
And al-ayṭal: the end of the ribs from the flanks.
وقيل القرب
And it was said: the proximity.
وقيل الخاصرة كلها
And it was said: the entire flank.
وأنشد ابن بري في الإطل قول الشاعر: لم تؤز خيلهم بالثغر راصدة ... ثجل الخواصر، لم يلحق لها إطل
And Ibn Barrī cited in al-iṭl the saying of the poet: Their horses were not stirred at the frontier, watching... the heavy flanks, no flank could be reached.
وجمع الإطل آطال
And the plural of al-iṭl is āṭāl.
وجمع الأيطل أياطل
And the plural of al-ayṭal is ayāṭil.
وأيطل فيعل والألف أصلية
And ayṭal is fayʿal, and the alif is original.
قال ابن بري: شاهد الأيطل قول امرئ القيس: له أيطلا ظبي وساقا نعامة
Ibn Barrī said: The evidence for al-ayṭal is the saying of Imruʾ al-Qays: He has the flanks of a gazelle and the legs of an ostrich.