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دغفل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root 'دغفل' primarily relates to concepts of abundance, fertility, and prosperity, often associated with time or seasons. It also extends to specific terms for animals and a proper name.

Derived headwords

الدَّغْفَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Fertile timeclassical

    Refers to a period of abundance and fertility in time.

  2. 2.
    Fertile seasonclassical

    Denotes a season characterized by richness and productivity.

  3. 3.
    Male spiderclassical

    The male of the spider species.

  4. 4.
    Elephant calfclassical

    A young elephant.

  5. 5.
    Proper nameclassical

    A given name for a person, specifically Daghfal bin Hanzalah, a genealogist from Banu Shayban.

دَغْفَلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundantclassical

    Describes a time or season that is abundant and prosperous.

دَغْفَلِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundantclassical

    Describes a time or season that is abundant and prosperous, similar to 'دغفل'.

  2. 2.
    Prosperousclassical

    Indicating a state of wealth and success, particularly in relation to a time or year.

Parallel reading

الدغفل: خصب الزمان.
Al-Daghfal: the fertile time.
والدغفل: الزمن الخصيب.
And al-Daghfal: the fertile season.
والدغفل: ذكر العنكبوت.
And al-Daghfal: the male spider.
والدغفل: ولد الفيل.
And al-Daghfal: the young elephant.
والدغفل: اسم رجل، وهو دغفل بن حنظلة النسابة أحد بني شيبان.
And al-Daghfal: a man's name, and he is Daghfal bin Hanzalah the genealogist, one of Banu Shayban.
وعيش دغفل ودغفلي أي واسع؛ عن الأصمعي.
And a 'Daghfal' or 'Daghfali' life means abundant; according to Al-Asma'i.
وعام دغفل أي مخصب؛
And a 'Daghfal' year means fertile;
وقد ترى إذ الجنى جني، ... وإذ زمان الناس دغفلي،
And you may see when the harvest is harvested, ... and when the people's time is abundant,
كما تقول إذ الزمان زمان،
As you say when the time is (a time of) time,
وجنى جمع جناة مثل خشبة وخشب،
And 'jina' is the plural of 'junah' like 'khashabah' and 'khashab' (wood).
ويدي أي صانع طويل اليد.
And 'yadi' means a maker with a long hand.