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قذعل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes characteristics of being base, lowly, or insignificant. It also extends to concepts of being quick, stubborn, short, and stout, particularly when referring to animals or people.

Derived headwords

القذعلadjective
  1. 1.
    base, lowlyclassical

    Describing someone as base, ignoble, and of little consequence.

المقذعلadjective
  1. 1.
    intrusiveclassical

    One who intrudes upon people's affairs and conversations, approaching them and interjecting words.

  2. 2.
    quickclassical

    Describing something as swift or fast.

اقذعلverb
  1. 1.
    to be stubbornclassical

    To be difficult or stubborn.

قنذعلadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    Describing a man as foolish or stupid.

قذعملnoun
  1. 1.
    short, stout camelclassical

    A short and stout camel.

القذعملةnoun
  1. 1.
    short, stout camelclassical

    A short and stout camel.

  2. 2.
    short female camelclassical

    A short female camel.

  3. 3.
    insignificant amount of cloudclassical

    Any amount of clouds in the sky, referring to a small quantity of anything.

  4. 4.
    short, base womanclassical

    A short and base woman.

قذعميلاnoun
  1. 1.
    anythingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing at all'.

قذيعمnoun
  1. 1.
    diminutive of short, base womanclassical

    The diminutive form of 'القذعملة', referring to a short and base woman.

قذعميلadjective
  1. 1.
    elderlyclassical

    Describing an old man.

Parallel reading

اللئيم الخسيس الهين
The base, ignoble, and insignificant one.
المقذعل: الذي يتعرض للقوم ليدخل في أمرهم وحديثهم ويتزحف إليهم ويرمي الكلمة بعد الكلمة
The intrusive one: he who exposes himself to people to enter into their affairs and conversations, crawling towards them and throwing in a word after a word.
وهو كالمقذعر
And he is like the one who is intrusive.
المقذعل من كل شيء: السريع
The quick from everything: the swift.
إذا كفيت أكتفي، وإلا ... وجدتني أرمل مقذعلا
If I am provided for, I suffice; otherwise... you will find me a swift widow.
اقذعل: عسر
To be stubborn: difficult.
رجل قنذعل إذا كان أحمق
A man is qanḏaʿal if he is foolish.
القصير الضخم من الإبل
The short and stout one from the camels.
مرخم بترك الياءين
Shortened by omitting the two 'ya's.
الناقة القصيرة
The short female camel.
وما في السماء قذعملة أي شيء من السحاب
And there is not in the sky a qadḥamlah, meaning any amount of clouds.
وهو الشيء اليسير مما كان
And it is the small amount of whatever it may be.
وما أصبت منه قذعميلا أي ما أصبت منه شيئا
And I did not obtain from it a qadḥamīlan, meaning I did not obtain anything from it.
المرأة القصيرة الخسيسة
The short, base woman.
وتصغيرها قذيعم
And its diminutive is qadīʿam.
ما عنده قذعملة ولا قرطعبة أي ليس له شيء
He has not a qadḥamlah nor a qirṭabah, meaning he has nothing.
شيخ قذعميل: كبير
An elderly man: old.