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سرطل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes something long and perhaps unsteady or disordered in its form or movement. It is primarily used to describe a tall, lanky person with an awkward gait.

Derived headwords

سَرَطَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be long and unsteadyclassical

    To be long and disordered in form or movement, often used to describe a tall, lanky person.

سَرْطَلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and lankyclassical

    Describing a man who is tall and has a disordered or unsteady build and gait.

رجل سرطل — a tall, lanky man
السَّرْطَلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lankinessclassical

    The state or quality of being tall and lanky, with a disordered or unsteady build.

Parallel reading

رجل سرطل: طويل مضطرب الخلق، وهي السرطلة.
A tall, lanky man: long and disordered in build, and the state of being so is called 'as-sarṭalah'.