خذعل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of gait or movement, and by extension, to cutting or dividing things. It also describes foolishness or a type of garment.

Derived headwords

الخزعلةnoun

1.
A type of gaitclassical
A specific manner of walking or moving, similar to the 'khadhal' gait.

خذعلهverb

1.
To cut with a swordclassical
To sever or cut something with a sword.

الخذعلnoun

1.
Foolish womanclassical
A term referring to a foolish or senseless woman.
2.
Garments of hideclassical
Clothing made from animal hides, worn by the foolish or reckless.

الخرملnoun

1.
Foolish womanclassical
Synonymous with 'al-khadhal', referring to a foolish or senseless woman.

خذعلverb

1.
To cut into small piecesmodern
To cut something, such as a melon, into small pieces.

Parallel reading

الخزعلة: ضرب من المشي كالخذعلة.

Al-khaz'alah: a type of gait, like al-khadhalah.

وخذعله بالسيف: قطعه.

And to khadhalah it with a sword: to cut it.

والخذعل، بالكسر، والخرمل: المرأة الحمقاء؛

And al-khadhal, with kasra, and al-kharmal: the foolish woman;

تنتخب اللب، له ضربة ... خدباء كالعط من الخذعل

It selects the marrow, it has a blow... clumsy like a tear from al-khadhal

قيل: الخذعل المرأة الحمقاء،

It is said: al-khadhal is the foolish woman,

وقيل: الخذعل ثياب من أدم يلبسها الرعن.

And it is said: al-khadhal are garments of hide worn by the reckless.

هذا السيف كأنه أهوج لا عقل له؛

This sword is as if it were reckless and without sense;

والخدب: تهاوي الشيء لا يتمالك وإنما هذا مثل أي هذا السيف لا يبالي ما أصاب،

And al-khadb: the swaying of something uncontrolled, and this is a simile meaning this sword does not care what it strikes,

أراد كالشق من ثوب الخذعل،

He meant like a tear from the garment of al-khadhal,

وكقوله تعالى: ولكن البر من اتقى.

And like His saying, the Exalted: 'But righteousness is [in] one who fears Allah.'

وخذعل البطيخ إذا قطعه قطعا صغارا.

And khadhalah the melon when he cuts it into small pieces.