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عندل

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of size, strength, and robustness, particularly in animals like camels and horses. It also extends to descriptions of physical stature and, metaphorically, to the sound and vocalizations of birds.

Derived headwords

عَنْدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be strongclassical

    Said of a camel, meaning its sinews became strong and firm.

  2. 2.
    to be largeclassical

    Said of something, meaning it became strong or large.

العِنْدَلnoun
  1. 1.
    large-headed camelclassical

    A camel with a large head. This term applies to both males and females.

  2. 2.
    greatclassical

    Describing a she-camel as large, strong, or tall.

  3. 3.
    tallclassical

    Describing a person or animal as tall.

  4. 4.
    large-headedclassical

    Describing something as having a large head, similar to 'qandal'.

  5. 5.
    fastclassical

    Describing something as swift or fast.

عِنْدَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female of 'andal'classical

    The female counterpart to 'al-'andal', referring to a large-headed or great she-camel.

  2. 2.
    large-breasted womanclassical

    A woman described as having large breasts.

المُعْتَدِلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    well-proportionedclassical

    Describing a she-camel whose limbs are well-balanced and proportioned to each other. It implies a straightness and balance, especially after fattening.

المُعَنْدَلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    hard-headedclassical

    Describing a she-camel, possibly derived from 'al-'andal', implying a strong or hard head.

العِنْدَلِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    nightingaleboth

    A type of bird that makes various sounds. It is described as smaller than a sparrow and is sometimes equated with the bulbul or the Persian nightingale (hazar).

العِنْدَلِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    nightingaleboth

    A bird that sings in various tones, often smaller than a sparrow. It is sometimes identified with the bulbul or the Persian nightingale (hazar).

يُعَنْدِلُverb
  1. 1.
    to singclassical

    Said of a bulbul, meaning it makes a sound or sings.

عَنْدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    Said of a hoopoe when it makes its characteristic sound.

عِنْدَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    The sound made by a hoopoe.

صَنْدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thick-headedclassical

    Said of a camel, meaning its head was thick or large.

صِنْدَلnoun
  1. 1.
    large-headedclassical

    Describing something, particularly a camel, as having a large or thick head.

صِنْدِلاتnoun
  1. 1.
    large-headed onesclassical

    Plural of 'sandala', referring to things or beings with large heads.

عَنَادِلnoun
  1. 1.
    nightingalesclassical

    Plural of 'al-'andalil' or 'al-'andalib', referring to nightingales.

Parallel reading

عَنْدَلَ البَعِيرُ: اشْتَدَّ عَصَبُهُ
The camel became strong: its sinews became firm.
وَقِيلَ: عَنْدَلَ اشْتَدَّ، وَصَنْدَلَ ضَخُمَ رَأْسُهُ
And it was said: 'andal' means it became strong, and 'sandala' means its head became large.
والعِنْدَلُ: النَّاقَةُ العَظِيمَةُ الرَّأْسِ الضَّخْمَةُ
And 'al-'andal' is the she-camel that is large-headed and huge.
وَقِيلَ: هِيَ الشَّدِيدَةُ، وَقِيلَ: الطَّوِيلَةُ
And it is said: she is the strong one, and it is said: the tall one.
والعِنْدَلُ: الطَّوِيلُ، والأُنْثَى عِنْدَلَةٌ
And 'al-'andal' is the tall one, and the female is 'andalah'.
وَقِيلَ: هُوَ العَظِيمُ الرَّأْسِ مِثْلُ القَنْدَلِ
And it is said: he is the large-headed one, like 'al-qandal'.
والعِنْدَلُ: البَعِيرُ الضَّخْمُ الرَّأْسِ، يَسْتَوِي فِيهِ المُذَكَّرُ والمُؤَنَّثُ
And 'al-'andal' is the camel with a large head, in which the male and female are equal.
المُعْتَدِلَةُ مِنَ النُّوقِ المُثَقَّفَةُ الأَعْضَاءُ بَعْضُهَا بِبَعْضٍ
The well-proportioned she-camel is one whose limbs are well-balanced with each other.
وَجَعَلَهُ رُبَاعِيًّا مِنْ بَابِ عَنْدَلَ
And he made it quadriliteral from the pattern of 'andal'.
وَاعْتَدَلَتْ ذَاتُ السَّنَامِ الأَمِيلِ
And the camel with the leaning hump became straight.
اعْتِدَالُ ذَاتِ السَّنَامِ الأَمِيلِ اسْتِقَامَةُ سَنَامِهَا مِنَ السِّمَنِ بَعْدَ مَا كَانَ مَائِلًا
The straightening of the camel with the leaning hump is the uprightness of its hump from fatness after it had been leaning.
وَالمُعَنْدَلَةُ مِنَ العِنْدَلِ وَهُوَ الصُّلْبُ الرَّأْسِ
And 'al-mu'andalah' is from 'al-'andal', which is the hard-headed one.
والعِنْدَلُ: السَّرِيعُ
And 'al-'andal' is the swift one.
والعِنْدَلِيلُ: طَائِرٌ يُصَوِّتُ أَلْوَانًا
And 'al-'andalil' is a bird that makes various sounds.
والبُلْبُلُ يُعَنْدِلُ أَيْ يُصَوِّتُ
And the bulbul 'yu'andil', meaning it makes a sound.
وعَنْدَلَ الهُدْهُدُ إِذَا صَوَّتَ عِنْدَلَةً
And the hoopoe 'andal' when it made a sound 'andalah'.
والعِنْدَلِيبُ طَائِرٌ أَصْغَرُ مِنَ العُصْفُورِ
And 'al-'andalib' is a bird smaller than a sparrow.
عَلَيْكُمْ بِشِعْرِ الأَعْشَى فَإِنَّهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ البَازِي يَصِيدُ مَا بَيْنَ الكَرَكِيِّ والعِنْدَلِيبِ
Adhere to the poetry of Al-A'sha, for it is like the falcon that hunts between the crane and the nightingale.
وَهُوَ طَائِرٌ أَصْغَرُ مِنَ العُصْفُورِ
And it is a bird smaller than a sparrow.
وَالعِنْدَلِيلُ، إِذَا زَقَا فِي جَنَّةٍ، ... خَيْرٌ وأَحْسَنُ مِنْ زَقَاءِ الدَّخْلِ
And 'al-'andalil', when it calls in a garden, ... is better and more beautiful than the call of the wren.
والجَمْعُ العَنَادِلُ
And the plural is 'al-'anadil'.
عَنَادِلُ الهَامَاتِ صَنْدَلَاتُهَا؟
The nightingales of the heads, their large-headed ones?
وامْرَأَةٌ عِنْدَلَةٌ: ضَخْمَةُ الثَّدْيَيْنِ
And a woman 'andalah': large-breasted.
لَيْسَتْ بِعَصْلَاءَ يَذْمِي الكَلْبُ نَكْهَتَهَا، ... وَلَا بِعِنْدَلَةٍ يَصْطَكُّ ثَدْيَاهَا
She is not 'aslaa' whose breath the dog despises, ... nor 'andalah' whose breasts rub together.