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قنبل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root قنبل primarily relates to groups or clusters of people or horses, often of a specific size. It also extends to descriptions of individuals as stout or large-headed, and to a specific type of trap.

Derived headwords

القُنْبُلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    group, troopboth

    A company or troop, specifically of people or horses, often numbering between thirty and forty.

قُنْبُلnoun
  1. 1.
    group, troopboth

    A company or troop, specifically of people or horses, often numbering between thirty and forty.

القَنَابِلnoun
  1. 1.
    groups, troopsboth

    The plural of قنبلة or قنبل, referring to companies or troops of people or horses.

  2. 2.
    large-headed peopleclassical

    A term used to describe people who are large-headed.

  3. 3.
    a specific donkeyclassical

    The name of a particular donkey.

قُنْبُلَانِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, assemblyclassical

    A gathering or assembly of a group of people.

قُنْبُلadjective
  1. 1.
    stout, strongclassical

    Describing a man as stout, strong, and robust.

قَنَابِلadjective
  1. 1.
    stout, strongclassical

    Describing a man as stout, strong, and robust.

  2. 2.
    large-headedclassical

    Describing a person as having a large head.

القُنْبُلnoun
  1. 1.
    a trapclassical

    A type of trap used for catching the 'nahs' bird, which is also known as Abu Buraysq.

قَنَبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to set a trapclassical

    To set or lay a trap, specifically the 'qanbal' trap.

Parallel reading

القنبلة والقنبل: طائفة من الناس ومن الخيل، قيل: هم ما بين الثلاثين إلى الأربعين ونحوه
Al-qunbulah and al-qunbul: a company of people and of horses; it is said they are between thirty and forty, and the like.
وقيل: هم جماعة الناس، قنبلة من الخيل، وقنبلة من الناس طائفة منهم، والجمع القنابل
And it is said: they are a group of people, a qunbulah of horses, and a qunbulah of people is a company of them, and the plural is al-qanabil.
شذب عن عاناته القنابلا أثناءها، والربع القنادلا
He trimmed from its flanks the troops during its time, and the quarter the lamps.
وقدر قنبلانية: تجمع القنبلة من الناس أي الجماعة
And qanbalaniyyah: the gathering of the qunbulah of people, meaning the group.
ورجل قنبل وقنابل: غليظ شديد
And a man qanbal and qanabil: stout and strong.
والقنابل: العظيم الرأس
And al-qanabil: the large-headed.
وعربة أرض لا يحل حرامها، ... من الناس، غير الشوتري القنابل
And 'Arabah, a land whose sanctity is not violated, ... of people, unlike the brave al-qanabil.
والقنابل: حمار معروف
And al-qanabil: a known donkey.
زعبة والشحاج والقنابلا
Za'bah, and al-Shuhaj, and al-Qanabila.
ابن الأعرابي: القنبلة مصيدة يصاد بها النهس، وهو أبو براقش
Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-qunbulah is a trap with which the nahs is hunted, and it is Abu Buraysq.
وقنبل الرجل إذا أوقد القنبل، وهو شجر
And the man qanbal if he lit the qanbal, which is a tree.