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خردل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of cutting or chopping into small pieces, often with a sense of fragmentation or being scattered. It also extends to a specific plant (mustard) and its seed, and metaphorically to being struck down or overwhelmed.

Derived headwords

الخَرْدَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    generous portion of meatclassical

    A generous or abundant portion of meat.

خَرْدَلَ اللحمverb
  1. 1.
    to cut meat into large piecesclassical

    To cut meat into generous or abundant pieces.

  2. 2.
    to cut meat into small piecesclassical

    To cut meat into small pieces.

  3. 3.
    to cut and scatter meatclassical

    To cut meat and scatter it.

لَحْمٌ خَرَادِيلُadjective
  1. 1.
    chopped into piecesclassical

    Meat that is cut into pieces.

مُخَرْدَلadjective
  1. 1.
    chopped into piecesclassical

    Meat that is cut into pieces.

  2. 2.
    struck down, fallenclassical

    One who is struck down or fallen, often implying being overwhelmed or incapacitated.

المُخَرْدَلnoun
  1. 1.
    the fallen oneclassical

    One who is struck down, fallen, or thrown down.

  2. 2.
    one cut to piecesclassical

    One who is cut into pieces, particularly in the context of the bridge of hell (Sirat).

الخَرْدَلnoun
  1. 1.
    mustard (plant/seed)both

    A well-known type of plant and its seed, often used as a spice.

خَرْدَلَتِ النخلةverb
  1. 1.
    date palm produced abundantlyclassical

    A date palm that has produced abundantly, with large remaining unripe dates.

مُخَرْدَلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    date palm produced abundantlyclassical

    A date palm that has produced abundantly, with large remaining unripe dates.

خَرْدَلَ الطعامverb
  1. 1.
    to eat the best of foodclassical

    To eat the choicest and most delicious parts of food.

Parallel reading

الخردولة: العضو الوافر من اللحم.
Al-khardalah: a generous portion of meat.
وخردل اللحم: قطع أعضاءه وافرة
And khardala the meat: to cut its parts abundantly.
وقيل: خردل اللحم قطعه صغارا
And it was said: khardala the meat means to cut it into small pieces.
وقيل: خردل اللحم قطعه وفرقه
And it was said: khardala the meat means to cut it and scatter it.
ولحم خراديل ومخردل إذا كان مقطعا
And meat is kharadeel and mukhaddal if it is cut up.
يعيشهما ... لحم من القوم معفور خراديل
Their sustenance... is meat from people, cut into pieces.
والمخردل: المصروع
And al-mukhaddal: the one struck down.
والخردل: ضرب من الحرف معروف، الواحدة خردلة.
And al-khardal: a type of grain known, the singular is khardalah.
وإن كان مثقال حبة من خردل أتينا بها
And if it be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it.
أي زنة خردل.
Meaning the weight of a mustard seed.
وخردلت النخلة وهي مخردلة وهي مخردل: كثر نفضها وعظم ما بقي من بسرها.
And the date palm was khardalat, and it is mukhaddalah and mukhaddal: its shedding was abundant and what remained of its unripe dates was large.
وخردل الطعام خردلة: أكل خياره وأطايبه
And khardala the food, a khardalah: to eat its choicest and most delicious parts.
فمنهم الموبق بعمله ومنهم المخردل
So among them is he who is destroyed by his deeds, and among them is he who is struck down.
قال: المخردل المصروع المرمي
He said: al-mukhaddal is the one struck down and thrown.
وقيل: المخردل المقطع تقطعه كلاليب الصراط حتى يهوي في النار.
And it was said: al-mukhaddal is the one cut to pieces by the hooks of the Sirat until he falls into the Fire.