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قصعل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something small, weak, or lowly, often referring to contemptible individuals or young animals. It also extends to the sun reaching its zenith.

Derived headwords

القَصْعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    contemptible personclassical

    A person who is base, ignoble, or contemptible, similar to the meaning of 'الفرزل'.

القَصْعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    scorpion's youngclassical

    The young offspring of a scorpion.

القَصْعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    wolf's youngclassical

    The young offspring of a wolf.

اقْصَعَلَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    sun reached zenithclassical

    The sun reached the middle of the sky, its highest point.

Parallel reading

القصعل، مثل الفرزل: اللئيم
Al-qaṣʿal, like al-farzal: the ignoble one.
قامة القصعل الضعيف
The stature of the weak, contemptible one.
وكف ... خنصراها كذينقا قصار
And a palm... its little fingers like short dînâqs.
والقصعل: ولد العقرب
And al-qaṣʿal: the young of the scorpion.
والقصعل، بكسر القاف، ولد العقرب والذئب
And al-qaṣʿal, with a kasra on the qaf, is the young of the scorpion and the wolf.
واقصعلت الشمس: تكبدت السماء
And the sun iqṣaʿallat: it reached the middle of the sky.