قذل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the back of the head, specifically the occipital region. It extends to describe injuries to this area, and metaphorically, to defects or deviations from the norm, as well as the act of following someone.

Derived headwords

القَذَالnoun

1.
occiputboth
The collective term for the back of the head in humans and horses, located above the nape of the neck.
2.
nape of the neckboth
The part of the neck just below the skull, extending downwards.
3.
bridle attachment pointclassical
On a horse, the point where the bridle strap attaches to the head, behind the forelock.
4.
sides of the napeclassical
The two sides that flank the nape of the neck.

أَقْذِلَةnoun

1.
occiputsboth
The plural of قذال (occiput), referring to the backs of heads.

قُذُلnoun

1.
defectclassical
A flaw, blemish, or defect.
2.
injusticeclassical
Deviation from the right path, injustice, or crookedness.

المَقْذُولadjective

1.
wounded in the occiputclassical
Describes someone who has sustained a head wound in the occipital region.

قَذَلَverb

1.
to followboth
To pursue or follow someone.
2.
to defectclassical
To find a defect or blemish in something or someone.
3.
to woundclassical
To strike or wound someone in the occiput.

قَذَلَهُverb

1.
to follow himboth
The verb 'to follow' directed at a male singular object.

أَقْذَلَهُverb

1.
to follow himboth
The verb 'to follow' directed at a male singular object, often in the Form IV.

القَاذِلnoun

1.
cupperclassical
A phlebotomist or cupper, because they make incisions below the occiput.

قَذَلٌnoun

1.
defectclassical
A flaw or blemish.
2.
injusticeclassical
Deviation from the right course, crookedness, or injustice.

Parallel reading

القذال: جماع مؤخر الرأس من الإنسان والفرس فوق فأس القفا

The occiput: the collection of the back of the head of a human and a horse, above the nape of the neck.

والجمع أقذلة وقذل

And the plural is aqdhilah and qadhil.

والقذال ما دون القمحدوة إلى قصاص الشعر

And the occiput is what is below the crown of the head down to the hairline.

والقمحدوة ما أشرف على القفا من عظم الرأس والهامة فوقها، والقذال دونها مما يلي المقذ

And the crown of the head is what overlooks the nape from the bone of the head, and the skull above it, and the occiput is below it, from what is next to the nape.

والمقذول: المشجوج في قذاله

And al-Maqdhool: one who is wounded in his occiput.

ويقال: القذال معقد العذار من رأس الفرس خلف الناصية

And it is said: The occiput is the attachment point of the bridle from the horse's head behind the forelock.

ويقال: القذالان ما اكتنف فأس القفا من عن يمين وشمال

And it is said: The two occiputs are what flank the nape of the neck from the right and the left.

وقذال الفرس: موضع ملتقى العذار من فوق القونس

And the occiput of the horse: the place where the bridle meets from above the poll.

وقذلت فلانا أقذله قذلا إذا تبعته

And I followed someone, pursuing him with qadhlan, if I followed him.

الفراء: القذل والوكف والنطف والوحر العيب

Al-Farra': Al-qadhil, al-wakif, al-nutaf, and al-wahir are defects.

يقال: قذله يقذله قذلا إذا عابه

It is said: He defected him, he defects him with qadhlan, if he found a defect in him.

وقذله أصاب قذاله، وهو مؤخر رأسه

And he struck him in the occiput, he struck his occiput, which is the back of his head.

والقاذل: الحجام لأنه يشرط ما تحت القذال

And al-Qadhil: the cupper, because he makes incisions below the occiput.

وجاء فلان يقذل فلانا أي يتبعه

And so-and-so came following so-and-so, meaning he was following him.

والقذل: الميل والجور

And al-qadhil: deviation and injustice.