عثكل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a cluster or bunch, particularly of dates on a palm tree. It extends to meanings of adornment, heaviness, and abundance, often metaphorically.

Derived headwords

العثكالnoun

1.
Date clusterboth
A cluster of dates on a palm tree, similar to a bunch of grapes on a vine.
2.
Branch of a palm frondclassical
Specifically, the stalk or branch from which the dates grow on a palm tree.

العثكولnoun

1.
Date clusterboth
Synonymous with العثكال, referring to a cluster of dates.
2.
Hanging adornmentclassical
Something that hangs and sways, such as wool, hair, or ornaments attached to something.

العثكولةnoun

1.
Date clusterboth
Synonymous with العثكال and العثكول, referring to a cluster of dates.
2.
Hanging adornmentclassical
Something that hangs and sways, such as wool, hair, or ornaments attached to something.

معثكلadjective

1.
Having date clustersboth
Describing a palm tree or a date cluster that is abundant with clusters.

متعثكلadjective

1.
Having many clustersboth
Describing something, like a date cluster, that has many branches or clusters.

عثكلهverb

1.
To adornclassical
To decorate or adorn something, often with hanging elements.

العثكلةnoun

1.
Heavy runnerclassical
A person who runs heavily or with great effort.

الشمراخnoun

1.
Branch of a clusterboth
A single branch or shoot of a cluster, such as those on a date palm or a grapevine.

تعثكلverb

1.
To have many clustersclassical
Used to describe a date cluster that has become abundant with its branches or shoots.
2.
To be adornedclassical
To be decorated or adorned.

إثكالnoun

1.
Date clusterclassical
Another term for a date cluster on a palm tree.

أثكولnoun

1.
Date clusterclassical
Another term for a date cluster on a palm tree.

القنوnoun

1.
Date clusterboth
Synonymous with العثكال, referring to the cluster of dates on a palm tree.

Parallel reading

العثكال والعثكول والعثكولة: العذق.

Al-'uthkal, al-'uthkul, and al-'uthkoolah: the date cluster.

وعذق معثكل ومتعثكل: ذو عثاكيل.

And a date cluster that is ma'thkal and muta'athkil: possessing clusters.

والعثكول والعثكولة: ما علق من عهن أو صوف أو زينة فتذبذب في الهواء

And al-'uthkul and al-'uthkoolah: what hangs of wool, or hair, or adornment and sways in the air.

ترى الودع فيها والرجائز زينة، ... بأعناقها معقودة كالعثاكل

You see cowries and amulets in them as adornment, ... tied around their necks like date clusters.

وعثكله: زينه بذلك.

And 'athkaluhu: he adorned it with that.

والعثكلة: الثقيل من العدو.

And al-'athkalah: the heavy one in running.

والعثكول والعثكال: الشمراخ، وهو ما عليه البسر من عيدان الكباسة، وهو في النخل بمنزلة العنقود من الكرم

And al-'uthkul and al-'uthkal: the branch of a cluster, which is what the unripe dates are on from the stalks of the inflorescence, and it is on the palm tree like a bunch of grapes on a vine.

لو أبصرت سعدى بها كتائلي، ... طويلة الأقناء والأثاكل

If you had seen Sa'da with my camels, ... long in their branches and clusters.

وتعثكل العذق أي كثرت شماريخه.

And the date cluster ta'athkala, meaning its branches became numerous.

وعثكل الهودج أي زين.

And 'athkala the howdah, meaning he adorned it.

خذوا له عثكالا فيه مائة شمراخ فاضربوه بها ضربة

Take for him a date cluster with a hundred branches in it and strike him with it one strike.

العثكال: العذق من أعذاق النخل الذي يكون فيه الرطب، ويقال إثكال وأثكول

Al-'uthkal: the date cluster from the clusters of the palm tree which contains ripe dates, and it is also called ithkal and athkool.

أثيث كقنو النخلة المتعثكل

Abundant like the cluster of the abundant palm tree.

والقنو: العثكال أيضا، وشماريخ العثكال: أغصانه، واحدها شمراخ.

And al-qanu: also al-'uthkal, and the branches of al-'uthkal: its shoots, the singular of which is shamrakh.