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حزبل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe concepts related to being stout, short, clumsy, or aged and decrepit. It also extends to terms for plants and things that are prominent or gathered.

Derived headwords

الحزنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish womanclassical

    A foolish or stupid woman.

  2. 2.
    decrepit old womanclassical

    An old woman who is worn out and dilapidated.

  3. 3.
    short, stout manclassical

    A man who is short and strongly built.

  4. 4.
    short manclassical

    Simply a short man.

  5. 5.
    prominent thingclassical

    Something that is prominent or stands out from everything else.

  6. 6.
    gathered thingclassical

    Something that is gathered or collected together.

حزنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant.

الحبركلnoun
  1. 1.
    thick-lipped personclassical

    A person, male or female, who has thick lips.

حزنبلadjective
  1. 1.
    prominentclassical

    Prominent or standing out.

  2. 2.
    gatheredclassical

    Gathered or collected.

حزنبلadjective
  1. 1.
    prominent riderclassical

    Describing a rider whose mount is prominent or stands out.

Parallel reading

الحزنبل: الحمقاء، وقيل: العجوز المتهدمة.
Al-Hiznabil: the foolish woman, and it is said: the decrepit old woman.
والحزنبل من الرجال: القصير الموثق الخلق، وقيل: هو القصير فقط؛
And Al-Hiznabil among men: the short, stoutly built one, and it is said: he is only short;
لما رأت أن زوجت حزنبلا، ... ذا شيبة، يمشي الهوينا، حوقلا
When she saw that she was married to a Hiznabil, ... a grey-haired one, walking slowly, with a stoop.
حزنبل الحضنين فدم زأبل
Hiznabil of the two hips, with a wide mouth and a loud voice.
حزنبل: نبت؛ عن السيرافي.
Hiznabil: a plant; according to Al-Sirafi.
وقال غيره: الحبركل كالحزنبل وهما الغليظا الشفة.
And others said: Al-Habrakal is like Al-Hiznabil, and they both refer to those with thick lips.
الحزنبل المشرف من كل شيء، وقيل: هو المجتمع.
Al-Hiznabil: the prominent part of everything, and it is said: it is the gathered part.
وهن حزنبل: مشرف الركب؛
And they are Hiznabil: the prominent part of the riding beast;
إن هني حزنبل حزابيه، ... إذا قعدت فوقه نبا بيه
Indeed, my companion is Hiznabil, the one who gathers her belongings, ... when she sits on it, it rises up.