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ضكل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a person who is naked, poor, or destitute. It can also refer to someone who is large and imposing, or a large, imposing object.

Derived headwords

الضِّكْلnoun
  1. 1.
    naked manclassical

    A man who is unclothed.

  2. 2.
    poor manclassical

    A man who is impoverished or destitute.

  3. 3.
    large, imposing manclassical

    A man who is large, bulky, or imposing in stature.

الضِّيكِلnoun
  1. 1.
    naked manclassical

    A man who is unclothed.

  2. 2.
    poor manclassical

    A man who is impoverished or destitute.

  3. 3.
    large, imposing manclassical

    A man who is large, bulky, or imposing in stature.

  4. 4.
    large, imposing objectclassical

    Something that is large, bulky, or imposing.

ضياكلةnoun
  1. 1.
    naked peopleclassical

    A collective noun referring to people who are naked.

  2. 2.
    poor peopleclassical

    A collective noun referring to people who are poor or destitute.

ضياكلnoun
  1. 1.
    naked peopleclassical

    A collective noun referring to people who are naked.

  2. 2.
    poor peopleclassical

    A collective noun referring to people who are poor or destitute.

Parallel reading

الرجل العريان
The naked man.
الضيكل الفقير
The poor man.
فأما آل ذيال، فإنا ... تركناهم ضياكلة عيامى
As for the people of Dhiyal, we left them naked and sleeping.
والجمع ضياكل وضياكلة
And the plural is diyaakil and diyaakilah.
الضيكل: العظيم الضخم
The dikl: the large and imposing.
إذا جاء الرجل عريانا فهو البهصل والضيكل
If a man comes naked, he is called al-bahsal and al-dikl.