دغل

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root 'دغل' primarily relates to corruption, deceit, and hidden malice. It extends to encompass dense, tangled vegetation, places of ambush, and treacherous terrain. Figuratively, it signifies introducing something that spoils or corrupts, and by extension, betrayal and hidden dangers.

Derived headwords

الدَّغَلُnoun

1.
Corruption, deceitboth
Corruption or deceit, similar to 'ad-dakhl'. It can also refer to someone who enters into a matter as a corruptor.
2.
Dense, tangled vegetationboth
A place with abundant, intertwined plants, or the entanglement of plants itself. It can also refer to any place where one might fear an ambush.

أَدْغَلَverb

1.
To corrupt, to spoilboth
To introduce something into a matter that spoils or corrupts it, or that contradicts it.
2.
To hide, to concealboth
To hide oneself in dense vegetation or a concealed place.
3.
To betray, to deceiveboth
To betray someone or act deceitfully towards them.
4.
To slander, to informclassical
To spread malicious gossip or inform on someone, which is a form of betrayal.

مُدْغِلٌadjective

1.
Corrupting, deceitfulboth
A person who is deceitful and corrupting.
2.
Place of ambush, hiddenboth
A place that is dense with vegetation, providing concealment, or a place that is hidden and treacherous.

أَدْغَالٌnoun

1.
Dense vegetation, thicketsboth
Plural of 'ad-daghl', referring to dense, tangled vegetation or thickets.
2.
Places of ambush, treacherous areasboth
Places that are hidden, dangerous, or prone to ambush.

مُدْغِلَةٌnoun

1.
Place of ambushboth
A place that is dense with vegetation and suitable for ambush.

المُدَاغِلُnoun

1.
Valleys with dense treesclassical
The bottoms of valleys when they are densely covered with trees.

الدَّاخِلَةُnoun

1.
Hidden malice, resentmentboth
Hidden resentment or ill will.
2.
People seeking faultclassical
A group of people who seek out a man's faults and betrayals.

دَغَلَverb

1.
To enter suspiciouslyclassical
To enter into something in a suspicious manner, like a hunter entering a blind to stalk prey.

داغِلٌadjective

1.
Hidden, concealedboth
A place that is hidden or concealed, often implying danger.

الدَّوَاهِلُnoun

1.
Calamities, disastersclassical
Calamities or disasters; it is a broken plural with no singular form.

الدَّغَاوِلُnoun

1.
Evils, wicked deedsclassical
Evils or wicked deeds; similar to 'ad-dawāhil'.

Parallel reading

الدغل، بالتحريك: الفساد مثل الدخل.

Ad-daghl, with harakah: corruption, like ad-dakhl.

والدغل: دخل في الأمر مفسد؛

And ad-daghl: one who enters into a matter as a corruptor;

اتخذوا كتاب الله دغلا أي أدغلوا في التفسير.

They made the Book of God a source of corruption, meaning they introduced corrupt interpretations into it.

وأدغل في الأمر: أدخل فيه ما يفسده ويخالفه.

And he introduced into the matter what spoils and contradicts it.

ورجل مدغل: مخاب مفسد.

And a man who is mudghal: deceitful and corrupting.

والدغل: الشجر الكثير الملتف،

And ad-daghl: abundant, tangled vegetation,

وقيل: الدغل كل موضع يخاف فيه الاغتيال،

And it was said: ad-daghl is any place where one fears assassination,

والجمع أدغال ودغال؛

And the plural is adghāl and dighāl;

سايرته ساعة ما بي مخافته ... إلا التلفت حولي، هل أرى دغلا؟

I accompanied him for an hour, with no fear from him... except for looking around me, wondering if I saw a thicket?

وقد أدغلت الأرض إدغالا.

And the land became overgrown with dense vegetation.

أدغال الأرض رقتها وبطونها والوطاء منها.

Adghāl of the land refer to its soft, low-lying, and flat parts.

ستر الشجر دغل، والقف المرتفع والأكمة دغل، والوادي دغل، والغائط الوطيء دغل، والجبال أدغال؛

The cover of trees is daghl, and the high ground, the hillock, the valley, the low-lying ground are all daghl, and the mountains are adghāl;

عن عتب الأرض وعن أدغالها

From the rough terrain of the land and its dense thickets

اتخذوا دين الله دغلا أي يخدعون الناس.

They made the religion of God a means of corruption, meaning they deceive people.

وأصل الدغل الشجر الملتف الذي يكمن أهل الفساد فيه،

And the origin of ad-daghl is the tangled vegetation in which corrupt people hide,

ومنهم حديث علي، رضي الله عنه: ليس المؤمن بالمدغل ؛

And from it is the hadith of Ali, may God be pleased with him: The believer is not the one who introduces corruption;

ومكان دغل ومدغل: ذو دغل.

And a place that is daghl and madghal: is one with dense vegetation.

وأدغل: غاب في الدغل.

And adghala: he disappeared into the thicket.

والمداغل: بطون الأودية إذا كثر شجرها.

And al-madāghil: the bottoms of valleys when their trees are abundant.

وأدغل بالرجل: خانه واغتاله.

And adghala with a man: he betrayed him and ambushed him.

وأدغل به: وشى، وهو من الأول.

And adghala with him: he slandered him, and this is from the first meaning.

والداغلة: القوم يلتمسون عيب الرجل وخيانته،

And ad-dāghilah: a group of people seeking a man's fault and betrayal,

الداغل الذي يبغي أصحابه الشر يدغل لهم الشر أي يبغيهم الشر ويحسبونه يريد لهم الخير.

The dāghil is one whose companions seek evil for him; he seeks evil for them, and they think he desires good for them.

والداغلة: الحقد المكتتم.

And ad-dāghilah: hidden resentment.

ودغل في الشيء: دخل فيه دخول المريب كما يدخل الصائد في القترة ونحوها ليختل الصيد؛

And daghala into something: he entered it in a suspicious manner, like a hunter entering a blind or the like to stalk prey;

يقال ذلك للرجل إذا دخل مدخل مريب.

This is said of a man if he enters in a suspicious way.

الدغل ما استترت به؛

Ad-daghl is what you conceal yourself with;

لا عين نارك عن سار مغمضة، ... ولا محلتك الطأطاء والدغل

Your eye does not turn away from a traveler in the night, ... nor does your dwelling place avoid low ground and thickets

ومكان داغل ومدغل: خفي؛

And a place that is dāghil and madghal: is hidden;

أو أطن في الشجراء بيتا داغلا

Or I would settle in the thorny trees in a hidden dwelling

والدواغل: الدواهي «2» لا واحد لها؛

And ad-dawāghil: calamities, it has no singular;

وينقاد ذو البأس الأبي لحكمه، ... فيرتد قسرا، وهو جم الدواغل

And the proud, strong one submits to his judgment, ... and is forced back, while he is full of calamities

ولا ذا دغاول ملذانا،

Nor one who has pleasant calamities,

إن اللئيم، ولو تخلق، عائد ... لملاذة من غشه ودغاول

Indeed, the ignoble person, even if he pretends, returns... to his pleasure from his deceit and evils