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تنبل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness in stature, referring to a short man. It also includes a place name derived from this concept.

Derived headwords

التنبالnoun
  1. 1.
    short manboth

    A man who is short in stature.

التنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    short manboth

    A man who is short in stature.

التنبالةnoun
  1. 1.
    short manboth

    A man who is short in stature.

التنابيلnoun
  1. 1.
    short menboth

    The plural form referring to men who are short in stature.

التنبولnoun
  1. 1.
    short manboth

    A man who is short in stature, similar to التنبال.

تنبلname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A name of a place mentioned in poetry.

Parallel reading

التنبال والتنبل والتنبالة الرجل القصير
Al-tinbāl, al-tanbul, and al-tinbālah are a short man.
ويشتقه من النبل الذي هو الصغر
And he derives it from al-nabl, which means smallness.
جمعه التنابيل
Its plural is al-tanābīl.
يمشون مشي الجمال الزهر يعصمهم ... ضرب، إذا عرد السود التنابيل
They walk the walk of the white camels, protected by... striking, when the short ones among the black camels become stubborn.
أي القصار
Meaning the short ones.
والتنبول: كالتنبال
And al-tanbūl: is like al-tinbāl.
وتنبل: اسم موضع
And Tanbul: is a place name.
عفا واسط من آل رضوى فتنبل، ... فمجتمع الحرين فالصبر أجمل
Wāsiṭ from the family of Radhwā has become desolate, then Tanbul, ... then the gathering of the two hot places, so patience is more beautiful.