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ثتل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

The root ثتل (th-t-l) primarily denotes a type of wild goat, specifically a mature male or the species in general. It can also refer to a large, imposing man, a type of wild cattle, and even a place name.

Derived headwords

الثيتلnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild goatclassical

    The wild goat in general, or specifically a mature one.

  2. 2.
    Male wild goatclassical

    The male of the wild goat (urwa), particularly a mature one.

  3. 3.
    Wild cattleclassical

    A species of wild cattle that inhabits mountains.

الثيتلname
  1. 1.
    Mountain nameclassical

    A proper name for a mountain.

الثيتلnoun
  1. 1.
    Large manclassical

    A large, imposing man who is thought to have good qualities but lacks them.

الثيتلnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of perfumeclassical

    A kind of perfume or incense.

الثياتلnoun
  1. 1.
    Young wild goatsclassical

    Young wild goats with small horns.

  2. 2.
    Wild goats (plural)classical

    Plural of الثيتل, referring to wild goats.

Parallel reading

الوعل عامة، وقيل: هو المسن منها، وقيل: هو ذكر الأروى
The wild goat in general, and it is said: it is the mature one among them, and it is said: it is the male of the urwa.
عمدا جعلت ابن الزبير لذنبه، ... يعدو وراءهم كعدو الثيتل
Intentionally I made Ibn al-Zubayr for his sin, ... he runs after them like the running of the thaitil.
في الثيتل بقرة ؛ هو الذكر المسن من الوعول وهو التيس الجبلي
In the thaitil is a cow; it is the mature male of the wild goats, and it is the mountain ram.
يعني إذا صاده المحرم وجب عليه بقرة فداء
Meaning, if a pilgrim hunts it, a cow is obligatory upon him as a ransom.
الثياتل تكون صغار القرون
The thiyatil are those with small horns.
الثيتل أيضا جنس من بقر الوحش ينزل الجبال
The thaitil is also a species of wild cattle that descends into the mountains.
الثيتل من الوعول لا يبرح الجبل ولقرنيه شعب
The thaitil is of the wild goats that do not leave the mountain, and its two horns have a fork.
والوعول كدر الألوان في أسافلها بياض، والثياتل مثلها في ألوانها وإنما فرق بينهما القرون
And the wild goats are of dull colors with whiteness at their lower parts, and the thiyatil are similar in their colors, and the only difference between them is the horns.
الوعل قرناه طويلان عدا قراه «1» حتى يجاوز صلويه يلتقيان من حول ذنبه من أعلاه
The wild goat's horns are long, exceeding its back until they pass its loins, meeting around its tail from above.
والتماسيح والثياتل والإييل ... شتى، والريم واليعفور
And the crocodiles, and the thiyatil, and the deer... are diverse, and the wild sheep and the young wild goat.
فإني امرؤ من بني عامر، ... وإنك دارية ثيتل
For I am a man from the Bani 'Amir, ... and you know a thaitil.
وثيتل اسم جبل
And Thaitil is the name of a mountain.
الثيتل الضخم من الرجال الذي تظن أن فيه خيرا وليس فيه خير
The thaitil is the large man whom you think has good qualities, but he has no good qualities.
والثيتل ضرب من الطيب زعموا، والله أعلم
And the thaitil is a type of perfume, they claim, and God knows best.