← Back to Lisan al-Arab

غتل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a place that is densely overgrown with trees, particularly date palms. It conveys a sense of abundance and thick vegetation.

Derived headwords

غَتَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be overgrownclassical

    The place became densely covered with trees and vegetation.

غَتْلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    overgrowthclassical

    The state of being densely covered with trees, a thick growth of vegetation.

غَتِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    overgrownclassical

    Describing a place that is densely covered with trees and vegetation.

نَخْلٌ غَتِلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    dense palm groveclassical

    A grove of date palms that are closely packed and abundant.

Parallel reading

غَتَلَ المكانُ غَتْلًا
The place became overgrown with vegetation.
فهو غَتِلٌ
And it is overgrown.
كثر فيه الشجر
Trees became abundant in it.
ونخلٌ غَتِلٌ
And a dense palm grove.
ملتف
Intertwined/dense.
يمانية
Yemeni (dialect/usage).