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غنجل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a type of wild animal, possibly a wild cat or fox, used for hunting. It also refers to the male organ of such an animal and, metaphorically, to an old, emaciated man.

Derived headwords

الغَنْجَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild animalclassical

    A type of wild animal, similar to a 'dildal' (a type of wild beast).

  2. 2.
    Male organclassical

    The male organ of the 'taffah' (a type of ground goat), which is used for hunting.

الغَناجِلnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild animalsclassical

    The plural of 'ghanjal', referring to a type of wild animal.

التَفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Ground goatclassical

    A type of ground goat, also called 'tamila'.

التَّمِيلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Ground goatclassical

    Another name for the 'taffah', a type of ground goat.

العَنْجَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Emaciated old manclassical

    An old man whose bones have become prominent, indicating extreme thinness.

Parallel reading

الغنجل: ضرب من السباع كالدلدل.
The ghanjal: a type of wild beast like the dildal.
التفة عناق الأرض وهي التميلة، ويقال لذكره الغنجل؛
The taffah is a ground goat, and it is the tamila, and its male organ is called the ghanjal;
وهو مثل الكلب الصيني يعلم فتصاد به الأرانب والظباء ولا يأكل إلا اللحم،
And it is like a trained Chinese dog, by which rabbits and gazelles are hunted, and it eats nothing but meat,
وجمعه الغناجل.
And its plural is al-ghanajil.
لم يفرق أحد لنا بين العنجل والغنجل إلا الزاهد،
No one distinguished for us between al-'anjal and al-ghanjal except al-Zahid,
قال: العنجل الشيخ المدرهم إذا بدت عظامه،
He said: Al-'anjal is the old, emaciated man when his bones become prominent,
وبالغين التفة، وهو عناق الأرض.
And with the ghayn is the taffah, which is a ground goat.