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طحل

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the spleen, its location, and associated conditions. It also extends to meanings of corruption, cloudiness, and specific colors, often associated with dullness or impurity.

Derived headwords

الطحالnoun
  1. 1.
    spleenboth

    A large, wide, blackish fleshy organ located on the left side of the human and other bodies, attached to the flank.

طحلverb
  1. 1.
    to have a sore spleenclassical

    To suffer from pain or ailment in the spleen.

طحلverb
  1. 1.
    to injure the spleenclassical

    To inflict an injury upon someone's spleen.

مطحولadjective
  1. 1.
    one whose spleen is injuredclassical

    Describing someone whose spleen has been injured or affected.

طحلverb
  1. 1.
    to become corrupted (water)both

    For water to become foul and its smell to change due to sediment or stagnation.

طحلadjective
  1. 1.
    cloudy, turbid (water)both

    Describing water that is murky, cloudy, or impure.

  2. 2.
    full of algaeclassical

    Describing water that is abundant with algae.

طحلadjective
  1. 1.
    angryclassical

    Describing someone who is wrathful or very angry.

طحلadjective
  1. 1.
    full, repleteclassical

    Describing something that is filled to capacity or abundant.

أطحلadjective
  1. 1.
    spleen-coloredclassical

    Having a color similar to that of the spleen, typically dark or blackish.

  2. 2.
    dull-coloredclassical

    Describing something that is not clear or bright in color, like dull ash.

طحلةnoun
  1. 1.
    color of ashclassical

    A color that is a mixture of grayish-white with a little black, resembling the color of ash.

طاحلadjective
  1. 1.
    dusty, hazyclassical

    Describing dust or haze that is not clear.

  2. 2.
    unclear (drink)classical

    Describing a drink that is not clear or pure in color.

طحلadjective
  1. 1.
    blackclassical

    Describing something as black.

أطحلadjective
  1. 1.
    greenish with a hint of yellowclassical

    Describing a horse whose green color is tinged with a little yellow.

طحالname
  1. 1.
    Tihal (place name)classical

    A place name mentioned in classical Arabic poetry.

أطحلname
  1. 1.
    At-hal (mountain name)classical

    A mountain name, specifically mentioned as being near Mecca.

طحالname
  1. 1.
    Tihal (dog's name)classical

    The name of a dog.

Parallel reading

الطحال: لحمة سوداء عريضة في بطن الإنسان وغيره عن اليسار لازقة بالجنب، مذكر
The spleen: a wide, blackish fleshy organ in the abdomen of humans and others, on the left, attached to the flank, masculine.
وطحل طحلا: شكا طحاله
And he said 'tahala' (verb form) meaning he complained of his spleen.
أكويه، إما أراد الكي معترضا، ... كي المطني من النحز الطني الطحلا
I cauterize him, if he intends to cauterize obliquely, ... cauterizing the one whose spleen is afflicted from the sharp blow.
وطحله يطحله طحلا وطحلا: أصاب طحاله، فهو مطحول
And he injured his spleen (verb form), meaning he struck his spleen, so he is one whose spleen is injured.
إن الفرس لا طحال له، وهو مثل لسرعته وجريه
Indeed, the horse has no spleen, and this is a metaphor for its speed and running.
وطحل الماء طحلا، فهو طحل: فسد وتغيرت رائحته من حمأته
And water became corrupted (verb form), meaning it became foul and its smell changed from its sediment.
ماؤها طحل
Its water is turbid.
والطحل: الغضبان
And 'tahl' (adjective) means the angry one.
والطحل: الملآن
And 'tahl' (adjective) means the full one.
ويقال: ضيعت البكار على طحال
And it is said: 'He wasted the young she-camels on Tihal'.
والبكار: جمع بكر وهو الفتي من الإبل
And 'al-bikār': plural of 'bakar', which is the young male camel.
وعلا البسيطة فالشقيق بريق، ... فالضوج بين روية فطحال
And he ascended the plain, then Ash-Shiqqiq, then Ar-Rawaq, then Tihal.
يقال: ثور أطحل لأنه نزله
It is said: 'A bull of At-hal' because it descended upon it.