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دقل

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root 'دقل' primarily relates to dates, specifically a type of low-quality or unclassified date. It extends to describe thin or emaciated animals, and also refers to parts of a ship like the mast. Figuratively, it can denote weakness or a specific sexual act.

Derived headwords

الدقلnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of dateboth

    A well-known type of date, often considered among the worst kinds. It can also refer to dates that are not of a recognized, specific variety.

  2. 2.
    A type of palm treeclassical

    A specific kind of palm tree, or a general category of fertile palm trees.

دقلةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single dateboth

    The singular form of 'دقل', referring to a single date.

  2. 2.
    A thin sheepboth

    A description of a sheep that is thin, weak, and of poor quality.

أدقلverb
  1. 1.
    To bear 'dقل' datesclassical

    Said of palm trees when they produce dates of the 'dقل' variety.

  2. 2.
    To become thinclassical

    Said of an animal, particularly a sheep, when it becomes thin and weak.

مدقلadjective
  1. 1.
    Thin and weakclassical

    Describing an animal, especially a sheep, that is thin, weak, and of poor quality.

أدقالnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of 'دقل'classical

    The plural form of 'دقل', referring to types of dates or palm trees.

دقلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mast of a shipboth

    A long wooden pole used as the mast of a ship, to which the sail is attached.

الدقلnoun
  1. 1.
    Ship's mastboth

    The mast of a ship, also called the 'sari'.

الدوقلnoun
  1. 1.
    Mast of a shipboth

    A long wooden pole that is secured in the middle of a ship and supports the sail; the mast.

  2. 2.
    Penisclassical

    A name for the male genitalia.

دوقلverb
  1. 1.
    To eat and take exclusivelyclassical

    To eat something or take something for oneself, exclusively.

  2. 2.
    To have sexual intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a female slave.

دوقلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Large scrotumclassical

    A large scrotum.

  2. 2.
    Eating and taking exclusivelyclassical

    The act of eating or taking something for oneself exclusively.

دوقلname
  1. 1.
    A nameclassical

    A proper name.

دقلverb
  1. 1.
    To strike the jaw and mouthclassical

    To strike a man's jaw and mouth.

دقمverb
  1. 1.
    To strike the nose and mouthclassical

    To strike the nose and mouth, as opposed to the jaw and mouth.

دقلةadjective
  1. 1.
    Thin and weakclassical

    Describing a sheep that is thin, weak, and of poor quality.

دقيلةadjective
  1. 1.
    Thin and weakclassical

    Describing a sheep that is thin, weak, and of poor quality.

دقالnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of 'دقلة'classical

    The plural of 'دقلة', referring to thin and weak sheep.

دوقلتverb
  1. 1.
    To be loose and hangingclassical

    Said of a man's testicles when they hang loosely and strike the thighs.

  2. 2.
    To tie or secureclassical

    To tie or secure a jar with one's hands.

Parallel reading

الدقل من التمر: معروف،، قيل: هو أردأ أنواعه
The 'dقل' of dates: is known; it is said to be the worst of its kinds.
لو كنتم تمرا لكنتم دقلا
If you were dates, you would be 'dقل'.
واحدته دقلة
Its singular is 'dقلah'.
وقد أدقل النخل
And the palm trees have borne 'dقل' dates.
والدقل: ما لم يكن من التمر أجناسا معروفة
And 'dقل': is that which is not of the known varieties of dates.
والدقل أيضا: ضرب من النخل؛ عن كراع، والجمع أدقال
And 'dقل' is also: a type of palm tree; according to Kura', and its plural is 'adqal'.
وقيل: الدقل جنس من النخل الخصاب
And it is said: 'dقل' is a category of fertile palm trees.
وتمر الدقل رديء إلا أن الدقل يكون ميقارا
And the dates of 'dقل' are poor, except that 'dقل' can be abundant.
ومن الدقل ما يكون تمره أحمر، ومنه ما تمره أسود وجرم تمره صغير ونواه كبير
And among 'dقل' are those whose dates are red, and among them are those whose dates are black, and the body of their dates is small and their pits are large.
هذا كهذ الشعر ونثرا كنثر الدقل
This is like this poetry, and scattered like the scattering of 'dقل'.
هو رديء التمر ويابسه وما ليس له اسم خاص فتراه ليبسه ورداءته لا يجتمع ويكون منثورا
It is the poor and dried dates, and that which has no specific name, so you see it due to its dryness and poor quality, it does not cohere and is scattered.
وشاة دقلة ودقلة ودقيلة: ضاوية قميئة، والجمع دقال
And a 'dqlah' sheep, and a 'dqlah' and a 'dqylah' sheep: is thin, wretched, and the plural is 'dqal'.
والدقل والدوقل: خشبة طويلة تشد في وسط السفينة يمد عليها الشراع
And 'ad-daql' and 'ad-duqul': is a long wooden pole tied in the middle of the ship on which the sail is extended.
فصعد القرد الدقل
And the monkey climbed the mast.
هو من ذلك، وتسميه البحرية الصاري، وقيل: الدقل سهم السفينة وأصله من ذلك الأول الذي هو ضرب من النخل
It is from that, and the sailors call it the mast, and it is said: 'ad-daql' is the ship's shaft, and its origin is from that first one which is a type of palm tree.
ابن الأعرابي: الدقل ضعف جسم الرجل
Ibn al-A'rabi: 'ad-daql' is weakness of a man's body.
والدوقل: من أسماء رأس الذكر
And 'ad-duqul': is among the names for the head of the penis.
والدوقلة: الكمرة الضخمة
And 'ad-duqulah': is the large scrotum.
ويقال: كمرة دوقلة ضخمة
And it is said: a large 'duqulah' scrotum.
والدوقلة: الأكل وأخذ الشيء اختصاصا يدوقله لنفسه
And 'ad-duqulah': is eating and taking something exclusively for oneself.
ودوقل الشيء: أخذه وأكله
And 'duqila' the thing: is to take it and eat it.
ويقال: دوقل فلان إذا اختص بشيء من مأكول
And it is said: 'duqila' so-and-so if he exclusively took something to eat.
ويقال: دوقل فلان جاريته دوقلة إذا أولج فيها كمرته
And it is said: 'duqila' so-and-so his slave girl 'duqalah' if he inserted his penis into her.
يقال دوقلت خصيتا الرجل إذا خرجتا من خلفه فضربتا أدبار فخذيه واسترختا
It is said: the man's testicles 'duqilata' if they came out from behind him and struck the backs of his thighs and became loose.
ودوقلت الجرة: نوطتها بيدي
And I 'duqaltu' the jar: I tied it with my hand.
دقل فلان لحي الرجل ودقمه إذا ضرب أنفه وفمه
'Daquila' so-and-so the man's jaw and 'daqama' his nose and mouth if he struck his nose and mouth.
والدقل لا يكون إلا في اللحي والقفا، والدقم في الأنف والفم
And 'ad-daql' is only in the jaw and nape, and 'ad-daqm' is in the nose and mouth.