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قرطل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to terms for a large measure or container, often compared to the capacity of a donkey's load. It also extends to describe a type of saddle and a specific insect.

Derived headwords

القُرطَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Donkey's loadclassical

    A measure of capacity equivalent to what a donkey can carry.

  2. 2.
    Large bunch of grapesclassical

    A very large cluster of grapes, so large that it can fill a 'qurtalah' (a donkey's load).

القُرْطَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Saddle padclassical

    A saddle pad or blanket placed under a saddle, particularly for a horse.

القُرْطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    Saddle padclassical

    Similar to 'qirtalah', referring to a saddle pad or blanket.

القُرْطِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    Saddle padclassical

    Another term for a saddle pad or blanket.

قَرْعَبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be wide and bloatedclassical

    Describing something as being wide, bloated, or having a large belly.

القُرْعَبَلَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bloated insectclassical

    A type of insect characterized by being wide, bloated, and having a large abdomen.

قُرَيْعِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Small bloated insectclassical

    The diminutive form of 'qur'ablanah', referring to a small insect of that description.

Parallel reading

القُرطَلَة: عدل حمار
The qurtalah: a donkey's load.
العنقود منه يملأ قرطلة
A cluster from it fills a qurtalah (a donkey's load).
والقرطلة عدل حمار
And the qurtalah is a donkey's load.
القرطالة البرذعة
The qirtalah is the saddle pad.
وكذلك القرطاط والقرطيط
And likewise the qirtat and the qirtit.
القرطالة واحدة القرطال
The qirtalah is the singular of qirtal.
القرعبلانة: دويبة عريضة محبنطئة عظيمة البطن
The qur'ablanah: a wide, bloated, large-bellied little creature.
وهو مما فات الكتاب من الأبنية
And it is among the forms that escaped the (lexical) book.
كأنه قرعبل
As if it were qur'abal.
أصل القرعبلانة قرعبل فزيدت فيه ثلاثة حروف
The origin of qur'ablanah is qur'abal, and three letters were added to it.
لأن الاسم لا يكون على أكثر من خمسة أحرف
Because a noun cannot be more than five letters.
وتصغيره قريعبة
And its diminutive is quraybah.
ما زاد على قرعبل فهو فضل ليس من حروفهم الأصلية
What exceeds qur'abal is an addition not from their original letters.
جلن بلق حكى صوت باب ضخم في حالتي فتحه وإسفاقه
Jalun balqun described the sound of a large door in its two states of opening and slamming.