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عنبل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the clitoris and, by extension, to things that are large, thick, or robust. It also extends to a pestle and a thick bowstring.

Derived headwords

العنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    clitorisclassical

    The clitoris.

  2. 2.
    pestleclassical

    A wooden pestle used for pounding with a mortar.

  3. 3.
    vulvaclassical

    The vulva, specifically referring to the clitoris.

العنبلةnoun
  1. 1.
    clitorisclassical

    The clitoris.

  2. 2.
    pestleclassical

    The wooden pestle used for pounding with a mortar.

امرأة عنبلةadjective
  1. 1.
    woman with a long clitorisclassical

    A woman characterized by having a long clitoris.

العنابلnoun
  1. 1.
    thick bowstringclassical

    A thick bowstring.

  2. 2.
    thick/robustclassical

    Describing something as thick or robust.

  3. 3.
    solid/strongclassical

    Describing something as solid and strong.

العنتلnoun
  1. 1.
    clitorisclassical

    The clitoris, similar to العنبل.

العنبليname
  1. 1.
    Zanj (Ethiopian) personclassical

    A person from Zanj (Ethiopia), possibly referring to a specific individual named al-Anbali.

العبنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    large/hugeclassical

    Describing something as large or huge.

Parallel reading

العنبل والعنبلة: البظر.
Al-Anbal and al-Anbalah: the clitoris.
وامرأة عنبلة: طويلة العنبل، وعنبلتها طول بظرها؛
And a woman 'anbalah: long in the clitoris, and her 'anbalah is the length of her clitoris;
إذا ترمز بعد الطلق عنبلها،
When her clitoris twitches after childbirth,
والعنبلة: الخشبة التي يدق عليها بالمهراس
And al-'anbalah: the wooden stick on which one pounds with the mortar
والعنابل: الوتر الغليظ،
And al-'anābil: the thick bowstring,
وقيل: العنابل الغليظ؛
And it was said: al-'anābil is thick;
والقوس فيها وتر عنابل تزل عن صفحته المعابل
And the bow has in it a thick bowstring from which the arrows slip off its side
ويقال لبظارة المرأة: العنبل والعنتل مثل نبع الماء ونتع.
And the vulva of a woman is called: al-'anbal and al-'antal, like the gushing and surging of water.
والعنابل، بالضم: الصلب المتين، وجمعه عنابل، بالفتح، مثل جوالق وجوالق.
And al-'anābil, with dammah: the solid and strong, and its plural is 'anābil, with fatha, like jawāliq and jawāliq.
ابن خالويه العنبلي الزنجي، والعنبل البظارة؛
Ibn Khālawayh, the Anbali the Zanj, and al-'anbal the vulva;
يا ريها، وقد بدا مسيحي، ... وابتل ثوباي من النضيح، وصار ريح العنبلي ريحي
Oh, how I thirst for it, and my private parts have appeared... and my clothes became wet from the sweat, and the scent of the Anbali became my scent.
والعبنبل: الجسيم العظيم؛
And al-'abnabil: the large and great;
لما رأت أن زوجت حزنبلا، ... ذا شيبة يمشي الهوينى حوقلا، إذا تناغيه الفتاة انجفلا، ... وقام يدعو ربه تبتلا، قالت له: مت وشيكا عجلا، ... كنت أريد ناشئا عبنبلا يهوى النساء، ويحب الغزلا
When she saw that she was married to Hazanbal, ... an old man walking slowly and stooping, when a young woman cooed at him, he would rush forward, ... and stand praying to his Lord in devotion, she said to him: Die quickly, hasten, ... I wanted a young man, 'abnabil, who loves women and likes flirtation.