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عثل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root عثل primarily relates to concepts of abundance, thickness, and coarseness. It extends to describe things that are plentiful, fleshy, or physically large and unwieldy. It also carries connotations of being slow, dull, or unrefined in character or physical form.

Derived headwords

العَثَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or abundance of something.

  2. 2.
    Thick meatclassical

    Refers to abundant, thick, and soft flesh.

  3. 3.
    Coarse hairclassical

    Abundant hair on the body or head.

  4. 4.
    Omentum/Peritoneumclassical

    The omentum (fatty membrane) of a sheep, also called 'khulm' and 'samhaq'.

العَثَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundantclassical

    Describing something that is plentiful or abundant.

  2. 2.
    Thick and softclassical

    Describing a person or thing as having abundant, soft flesh.

  3. 3.
    Coarse and roughclassical

    Describing a person or thing as coarse, rough, or unrefined.

عَثَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be abundantclassical

    To be plentiful or abundant in quantity.

  2. 2.
    To be thick and softclassical

    To be thick with soft flesh.

  3. 3.
    To be coarse or roughclassical

    To be coarse, rough, or unrefined.

العَثْوَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick-fleshed personclassical

    A person who is thick with soft flesh.

  2. 2.
    Coarse personclassical

    A coarse, rough, or unrefined person.

  3. 3.
    Dull personclassical

    A dull, slow-witted, or heavy person.

  4. 4.
    Foolish personclassical

    An ignorant or foolish person.

  5. 5.
    Abundant hairclassical

    Abundant hair on the body or head.

العَثْوَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Thick-fleshedclassical

    Describing someone as having abundant, soft flesh.

  2. 2.
    Coarse and roughclassical

    Describing someone as coarse, rough, or unrefined.

  3. 3.
    Dull and heavyclassical

    Describing someone as dull, slow-witted, or heavy.

  4. 4.
    Thick beardclassical

    Describing a beard as thick and bushy.

نخلة عَثْوَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Coarse palm treeclassical

    A palm tree that is coarse, rough, and thick.

عَثَمَتْ يَدُهُverb
  1. 1.
    His hand healed crookedlyclassical

    His hand healed in a way that was not straight or properly aligned.

عَثَلَتْ يَدُهُverb
  1. 1.
    His hand healed crookedlyclassical

    His hand healed in a way that was not straight or properly aligned.

العُثْيُوَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick-fleshed personclassical

    A person who is thick with soft flesh.

أم عُثَيْلname
  1. 1.
    Hyenaclassical

    A name or epithet for a female hyena.

عُنْثَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Hyenaclassical

    A name for a hyena, particularly a female one.

أم عُنْثَلname
  1. 1.
    Hyenaclassical

    A name or epithet for a female hyena.

Parallel reading

إني لعمر الذي حطت مناسمها ... تهوي، وسيق إليه الباقر العثل
By the life of him by whom the camels' hooves were set down... descending, and the abundant camel was driven to him.
والعثول من الرجال: الجافي الغليظ.
And 'al-'uthūl' among men: the coarse, the rough.
والعثول والعثوثل: الكثير اللحم الرخو.
And 'al-'uthūl' and 'al-'uthwathūl': the one with abundant, soft flesh.
ونخلة عثول: جافية غليظة.
And a coarse palm tree: rough and thick.
ورجل عثول أي عيي فدم ثقيل مسترخ مثل القثول
And a man is 'uthūl', meaning tongue-tied, clumsy, heavy, and sluggish like 'qathūl'.
هاج بعرس حوقل عثول
A large, coarse, and heavy she-camel was stirred up with her mate.
فقال لي: أنت قلقل بلبل، وصاحبك هذا عثول قثول.
He said to me: 'You are restless and talkative, and this companion of yours is dull and clumsy.'
والعثول: الأحمق، وجمعه عثل.
And 'al-'uthūl': the foolish one, and its plural is 'uthūl'.
والعثول: الكثير شعر الجسد والرأس.
And 'al-'uthūl': the one with abundant hair on the body and head.
ولحية عثولة: ضخمة
And a thick beard: large.
وأنت في الحي قليل العله، ... ذو سبلات ولحى عثوله
And you are among the tribe of little ailment, ... possessing whiskers and thick beards.
عثمت يده وعثلت تعثل إذا جبرت على غير استواء
His hand was crooked and his hand healed crookedly if it set without proper alignment.
ترى مهج الرجال على يديه، ... كأن عظامه عثلت بجبر
You see the lives of men upon his hands, ... as if his bones were set crookedly.
إذا انجبرت على غير عثل صلح
If it heals crookedly, it is sound.
والعثل: ثرب الشاة وهو الخلم والسمحاق.
And 'al-'athal': the omentum of a sheep, which is the 'khulm' and 'samhaq'.
ويقال للضبع أم عثيل.
And the hyena is called 'Umm 'Uthayl'.
ويقال للضبع عنثل، وكذا ذكره أهل اللغة أم عنثل لا غير
And the hyena is called 'unthul', and thus the linguists mentioned it as 'Umm 'Unthul' and none other.