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دربل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to forms of heavy or slow movement, and also encompasses terms for a cunning or dangerous person.

Derived headwords

الدَّرْبَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy walkboth

    A type of human gait characterized by heaviness and slowness.

دَرْبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk heavilyboth

    To walk with a heavy, slow, or lumbering gait.

دَرْبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to beat a drumclassical

    To strike a drum, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

الدَّرْخَبِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    cunning personclassical

    A name for a cunning, shrewd, or dangerous person.

الدَّرْخَبِينnoun
  1. 1.
    cunning personclassical

    A name for a cunning, shrewd, or dangerous person.

الدَّرْخَمِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    cunning personclassical

    A name for a cunning, shrewd, or dangerous person.

الدَّرْخَمِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy manboth

    A man who is heavy or slow-moving.

الدَّرْخَمِينnoun
  1. 1.
    cunning personclassical

    A name for a cunning, shrewd, or dangerous person.

Parallel reading

الدربلة: ضرب من مشي الإنسان فيه ثقل.
Al-darbalah: a type of human gait in which there is heaviness.
دربل الرجل إذا ضرب الطبل.
The man walked heavily if he beat the drum.
هو الدرخبيل والدرخبين الداهية.
He is the cunning one and the cunning one, the master strategist.
الدرخميل والدرخمين: من أسماء الداهية.
Al-darkhmil and al-darkhmin: among the names for the cunning person.
والدرخميل: الثقيل من الرجال؛
And al-darkhmil: the heavy one among men;
الدرخميل البطيء الثقيل.
Al-darkhmil: the slow, heavy one.