فجل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of looseness, spreading, and a specific type of plant. It describes a relaxed or wide stance, a plant known for causing flatulence, and a slow, dragging gait.

Derived headwords

فَجَلَverb

1.
to spread outclassical
To spread out or expose something.
2.
to be looseclassical
To become loose, relaxed, or flabby.

أَفْجَلadjective

1.
wide-leggedclassical
Describing someone with a wide stance, with a large distance between their legs.

فَجَلَverb

1.
to relax and thickenclassical
To become relaxed and thick or flabby.

فَجْلnoun

1.
radish plantclassical
A plant, specifically a radish, known for causing flatulence or belching.

فُجْلnoun

1.
radish plantclassical
A plant, specifically a radish, known for causing flatulence or belching.

فُجْلَةnoun

1.
radish plantclassical
A single radish plant.

فُجْلَةnoun

1.
radish plantclassical
A single radish plant.

فَنْجَلَةnoun

1.
dragging gaitclassical
A gait characterized by looseness and dragging one's leg on the ground.

فَنْجَلَىnoun

1.
dragging gaitclassical
A gait characterized by looseness and dragging one's leg on the ground.

فَنْجَلَverb

1.
to drag one's legclassical
To walk with a loose, dragging gait.

فَنْجَلnoun

1.
one who drags legclassical
Someone who walks with a loose, dragging gait.

فَاجِلnoun

1.
gamblerclassical
Someone who gambles, particularly by casting lots.

Parallel reading

فجل الشيء: عرضه.

Fajala the thing: it exposed it.

ورجل أفجل: متباعد ما بين الساقين.

And a man is afjal: far apart between the legs.

وفجل الشيء وفجل يفجل فجلا وفجلا: استرخى وغلظ.

And fajala the thing and fajala yafjulu fajlan wa fujalan: it became loose and thick.

والفجل والفجل؛ جميعا عن أبي حنيفة: أرومة نبات خبيثة الجشاء معروف، واحدته فجلة وفجلة

And al-fajl and al-fajl; both from Abu Hanifa: a plant root known for foul belching, its singular is fujlah and fujlah.

وهو من ذلك؛ وإياه عنى بقوله وهو مجهز السفينة يهجو رجلا: أشبه شيء بجشاء الفجل ... ثقلا على ثقل، وأي ثقل

And it is from that; and he meant it by his saying, while preparing the ship, satirizing a man: Most like the belching of the radish... heaviness upon heaviness, and what heaviness!

والفنجلة والفنجلى: مشية فيها استرخاء يسحب رجله على الأرض

And al-finjalah and al-finjala: a gait with looseness, dragging his leg on the ground.

وإنما قضيت على نونها بالزيادة لقولهم فجل إذا استرخى.

And I only ruled its noon as an addition because they say 'fajala' when it becomes loose.

الفنجلة مشية فيها استرخاء كمشية الشيخ

Al-finjalah is a gait with looseness, like the gait of an old man.

فصرت أمشي القعولى والفنجله،

So I came to walk with al-qu'ulah and al-finjala,

وتارة أنبث نبثا نقثله النقثلة: مشية الشيخ يثير التراب إذا مشى.

And at other times I move with a movement, I transfer it, al-naqthalah: the gait of an old man who stirs up dust when he walks.

والفنجل: الذي يمشي الفنجلة

And al-finjal: he who walks with al-finjalah.

لا هجرعا رخوا ولا مثجلا، ... ولا أصك أو أفج فنجلا

Not slack and weak, nor heavy, ... nor knock-kneed, or wide-legged, dragging.

والفاجل: القامر.

And al-fajil: the gambler.