رغل

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of suckling, particularly by young animals, and by extension, to being uncircumcised. It also extends to meanings of abundance, softness, straying, and a specific type of plant.

Derived headwords

الرَّغْلَةnoun

1.
foreskinclassical
The foreskin, similar to 'al-ghurla'.
2.
sucklingclassical
A suckling, especially a young goat suckling its mother.

الأَرْغَلadjective

1.
uncircumcisedclassical
Uncircumcised, referring to a male who has not been circumcised. It is also used for a male goat.
2.
abundant, softclassical
Describing a life or year that is abundant and soft, implying ease and prosperity.

الأَغْرَلadjective

1.
uncircumcisedclassical
Uncircumcised, a term for a male who has not undergone circumcision.
2.
abundant, softclassical
Describing a life or year that is abundant and soft, implying ease and prosperity.

غلام أرغلnoun phrase

1.
uncircumcised boyclassical
A boy who is uncircumcised.

رَغَلَverb

1.
to suckleclassical
To suckle, especially a mother by her young, like a kid suckling its mother. It can also refer to a child suckling its mother.
2.
to stray, to errclassical
To go astray or to place something in the wrong position.
3.
to grow tallclassical
Used to describe crops that have surpassed the stage of ear formation.

رَغَلاًadverb

1.
quickly, eagerlyclassical
Describing the act of suckling quickly or eagerly, often implying a lack of refinement or priority.

رَغُولadjective

1.
greedy, opportunisticclassical
Describing someone who seizes and eats everything, especially in times of scarcity, and is generally opportunistic.

رَاغِلadjective

1.
addicted, attachedclassical
Describing a young animal, like a lamb, that is attached to or constantly suckling its mother.

البُهْمَة الرَّغْلnoun phrase

1.
young goatclassical
A young goat, named after the act of suckling its mother.

أَرْغَلَverb

1.
to suckleclassical
To suckle, used for a mother feeding her young, or for a young animal suckling its mother. It can also mean to feed young by regurgitation.
2.
to become like a childclassical
To regress to a childlike state, specifically to suckle like a young child after having gained knowledge or skill.
3.
to incline towardsclassical
To lean or incline towards someone or something.
4.
to err, to misplaceclassical
To make a mistake or to put something in the wrong place.
5.
to go astrayclassical
Used for camels that have strayed from their usual grazing paths.

مُرْغِلadjective

1.
nursing motherclassical
A woman who is nursing her child.

الرَّغْلnoun

1.
type of plantclassical
A type of sour, herbaceous plant with stiff stems and white leaves, found in plains. It is eaten by camels.
2.
overgrowthclassical
The stage of crop growth where the ear surpasses the initial formation.

أَرْغَالnoun

1.
types of plantsclassical
Plural of 'al-raghl', referring to various types of this sour plant.

أَرْغَلَت الأَرْضverb phrase

1.
the land producedclassical
The land has produced the plant known as 'al-raghl'.

رِغَالnoun

1.
female slaveclassical
A female slave, possibly named metaphorically because she is fed and feeds others.

أبو رِغَالname

1.
Abu Rigalclassical
A kunya (patronymic) for a man known for his injustice and betrayal, whose tomb is still stoned. He was a servant of Prophet Shu'ayb and a guide for the Abyssinians' expedition to Mecca.

Parallel reading

الرَّغْلَة: القلفة كالغرلة.

Al-raghla: the foreskin, like al-ghurla.

والأرغل: الأقلف، وكذلك الأغرل.

And al-arghal: the uncircumcised, and likewise al-aghril.

وغلام أرغل بين الرغل أي أغرل، وهو الأقلف

And a boy arghal, meaning uncircumcised, and he is al-aqlaf (uncircumcised).

وفي حديث ابن عباس: أنه كان يكره ذبيحة الأرغل أي الأقلف؛ هو مقلوب الأغرل كجبذ وجذب.

And in the hadith of Ibn Abbas: that he disliked the slaughter of al-arghal, meaning the uncircumcised; it is an inversion of al-aghril, like jabhadh and jadhb.

وعيش أرغل وأغرل أي واسع ناعم، وكذلك عام أرغل.

And a life arghal and aghral, meaning abundant and soft, and likewise a year arghal.

والرغلة: رضاعة في غفلة.

And al-raghla: a suckling in heedlessness.

يقال: رغل المولود أمه يرغلها رغلا رضعها، وخص بعضهم به الجدي.

It is said: the infant suckled its mother, yarkhaluha raghlan, it nursed her, and some specified it for the kid.

يسبق فيها الحمل العجيا ... رغلا، إذا ما آنس العشيا

The lamb precedes in it the one fed artificially... suckling, when it senses the evening.

قال أبو زيد: ويقال فلان رم رغول إذا اغتنم كل شيء وأكله

Abu Zayd said: And it is said, 'So-and-so is rum raghul if he seizes and eats everything.'

وفصيل راغل أي لاهج، ورغل البهمة أمه يرغلها كذلك.

And a young camel is raghil, meaning attached, and the young goat suckled its mother, yarkhaluha, likewise.

وأرغلت القطاة فرخها إذا زقته، بالراء والزاي؛ وينشد بيت ابن أحمر: فأرغلت في حلقه رغلة، ... لم تخطئ الجيد ولم تشفتر بالروايتين.

And the sandgrouse fed its chick if it regurgitated for it, with ra and zay; and the verse of Ibn Ahmar is recited: 'So I fed into its throat a raghla... it did not miss the neck and did not open its mouth,' with both readings.

وفي حديث مسعر: أنه قرأ على عاصم فلحن فقال: أرغلت أي صرت صبيا ترضع بعد ما مهرت القراءة، من قولهم رغل الصبي يرغل إذا أخذ ثدي أمه فرضعه بسرعة، ويروى بالزاي لغة فيه.

And in the hadith of Mis'ar: that he recited to Asim and made a mistake, so he said: 'Arghalta,' meaning you became a child suckling after you had mastered recitation, from their saying 'the child suckles,' yarkhal, if he takes his mother's breast and suckles it quickly, and it is narrated with zay as a variant.

وأرغلت المرأة، وهي مرغل: أرضعت ولدها، بالراء والزاي جميعا.

And the woman nursed, and she is murghil: she nursed her child, with both ra and zay.

وأرغلت ولدها: أرضعته.

And she nursed her child: she breastfed him.

وأرغل إليه: مال كأرغن.

And he inclined towards him: he leaned towards him, like arghana.

وأرغل أيضا: أخطأ ووضع الشيء في غير موضعه.

And he erred also: he made a mistake and put the thing in the wrong place.

وأرغلت الإبل عن مراتعها أي ضلت.

And the camels strayed from their pastures, meaning they got lost.

والرغل: أن يجاوز السنبل الإلحام، وقد أرغل الزرع؛ عن أبي حنيفة.

And al-raghl: is for the ear of grain to surpass the initial formation, and the crop has arghala; according to Abu Hanifa.

والرغل، بالضم: ضرب من الحمض، والجمع أرغال؛ قال أبو حنيفة: الرغل حمضة تنفرش وعيدانها صلاب، وورقها نحو من ورق الجماجم إلا أنها بيضاء ومنابتها السهول؛ قال أبو النجم: تظل حفراه من التهدل ... في روض ذفراء، ورغل مخجل

And al-raghl, with damma: a type of sour plant, and its plural is arghal; Abu Hanifa said: Al-raghl is a sour plant that spreads out, its stems are hard, and its leaves are like the leaves of the 'jumaajim' except they are white and grow in the plains; Abu al-Najm said: Its burrows remain from drooping... in a fragrant meadow, and a concealing raghl.

قال أبو منصور: غلط الليث في تفسير الرغل أنه السرمق، والرغل من شجر الحمض وورقه مفتول، والإبل تحمض به؛ قال: وأنشدني أعرابي ونحن بالصمان: ترعى من الصمان روضا آرجا، ... ورغلا باتت به لواهجا

Abu Mansur said: Al-Layth erred in interpreting al-raghl as al-sarmaq, and al-raghl is from the sour trees and its leaves are twisted, and camels graze on it; he said: And an Arab recited to me while we were in al-Summan: 'She grazes from al-Summan on a fragrant meadow, ... and raghl on which she spent the night, burning.'

وأرغلت الأرض: أنبتت الرغل.

And the land arghalat: it produced al-raghl.

ورغال: الأمة؛ قالت دختنوس: فخر البغي بحدج ... ربتها، إذا الناس استقلوا «1». لا رجلها حملت، ولا ... لرغال فيه مستظل

And Righal: the female slave; Dakhtanus said: The proud prostitute boasts of her litter... whom she raised, when people departed. 'Neither her legs carried her, nor... for Righal therein is shelter.'

قال: رغال هي الأمة لأنها تطعم وتستطعم.

He said: Righal is the female slave because she is fed and feeds others.

وأبو رغال: كنية، وقيل: كان رجلا عشارا في الزمن الأول جائرا فقبره يرجم إلى اليوم، وقبره بين مكة والطائف، وكان عبدا لشعيب، على نبينا وعليه الصلاة والسلام؛ قال جرير: إذا مات الفرزدق فارجموه، ... كما ترمون قبر أبي رغال

And Abu Rigal: a kunya, and it is said: he was a tax collector in the first era, an oppressor, whose grave is still stoned to this day, and his grave is between Mecca and Taif, and he was a servant of Shu'ayb, upon our Prophet and peace be upon him; Jarir said: When Al-Farazdaq dies, stone him, ... as you stone the grave of Abu Rigal.

وقيل: كان أبو رغال دليلا للحبشة حين توجهوا إلى مكة فمات في الطريق.

And it is said: Abu Rigal was a guide for the Abyssinians when they headed to Mecca, and he died on the way.