قندل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes largeness, particularly of the head, and a specific manner of walking characterized by looseness or dragging. It also extends to terms for foolishness and a type of tree.

Derived headwords

قَنْدَلَverb

1.
to walk looselyboth
To walk with a loose, trailing, or unhurried gait.
2.
to have a large headclassical
To possess a large or swollen head, specifically attributed to camels and other beasts.

قَنْدَلٌnoun

1.
tall personclassical
A tall or long person.
2.
large-headed animalclassical
An animal, particularly a camel or beast of burden, characterized by a large or swollen head.

قَنَادِلُnoun

1.
large-headed animalsclassical
Plural of قندل, referring to animals with large heads.

مُقَنْدِلٌadjective

1.
walking looselyclassical
Describing someone who walks with a loose, trailing gait.

قَنْدَوِيلٌnoun

1.
large-headed personclassical
A person with a large or prominent head.
2.
long-necked personclassical
A person with a long nape or neck.
3.
large-headed animalclassical
Similar to قندل, referring to an animal with a large head.

قَنْدِيلٌnoun

1.
lampboth
A well-known object, a lamp.

قَنْدَعِلٌnoun

1.
foolclassical
An idiot or a foolish person.

قَنْذَعِلٌnoun

1.
foolclassical
An idiot or a foolish person.

قَنْدَفِيلٌnoun

1.
large-headed camelclassical
A female camel that is large-headed.
2.
large creatureclassical
A large or massive creature.

قَنْدَلِيٌّnoun

1.
treeclassical
A type of tree.

Parallel reading

قندل الرجل: مشى في استرسال.

The man walked with looseness.

والقندل: الطويل.

And al-qandal: the tall one.

والقندل والقنادل: الضخم الرأس من الإبل والدواب مثل العندل؛

And al-qandal and al-qanadil: the large-headed one among camels and beasts, like al-'andal;

ترى لها رأسا وأى قندلا

You see for it a head, and what a large-headed one!

أراد قندلا فثقل كقوله: ببازل وجناء أو عيهل

He intended qandalan and made it heavy, like his saying: with a pregnant, strong-legged she-camel or a young camel.

وقندل الرجل: ضخم رأسه؛

And the man qandal: his head was large;

هكذا وقع في كتاب ابن الأعرابي، قال: وأراه قندل الجمل.

This is how it appeared in the book of Ibn al-A'rabi, he said: and I think it refers to the camel having a large head.

الجوهري: القندل العظيم الرأس مثل العندل.

Al-Jauhari: Al-qandal is the great-headed one, like al-'andal.

وقال أبو عمرو: القندل العظيم الرأس والعندل الطويل؛

And Abu 'Amr said: Al-qandal is the great-headed one, and al-'andal is the tall one;

يهدي بنا كل نياف عندل، ... ركب في ضخم الذفارى قندل

Leading us is every tall, long-necked one, ... riding on a large-shouldered, large-headed one.

والقندويل: كالقندل، مثل به سيبويه وفسره السيرافي،

And al-qandawil: is like al-qandal, Sibawayh used it as an example and Al-Sirafi explained it,

وقيل: القندويل العظيم الهامة من الرجال؛ عن كراع.

And it was said: Al-qandawil is the one with a large head among men; from Kraa'.

والقندويل: الطويل القفا؛

And al-qandawil: is the one with a long nape;

وإن فلانا لقندل الرأس وصندل الرأس.

Indeed, so-and-so is large-headed and large-headed.

ويقال: مر الرجل مسندلا ومقندلا، وذلك استرخاء في المشي.

And it is said: the man passed by trailing and dragging, and that is looseness in walking.

والقندلي: شجر؛ عن كراع.

And al-qandali: is a tree; from Kraa'.

القندعل، بالدال والذال: الأحمق.

Al-qanda'il, with dal and dhal: the fool.

ناقة قندفيل: ضخمة الرأس؛ عن ابن الأعرابي.

A qandafil she-camel: large-headed; from Ibn al-A'rabi.

القندفيل الضخم؛ قال المخروع السعدي:

Al-qandafil: the huge one; Al-Makhru' al-Sa'di said:

وتحت رحلي حرة ذمول، ... مائرة الضبعين قندفيل، للمرو في أخفافها صليل

And beneath my saddle is a free, flowing she-camel, ... with large flanks, huge, for the Marwa, in her hooves a clatter.

وهي الضخمة الرأس أيضا، فأما القندفيل، بالفاء، فلم يروه إلا ابن الأعرابي؛

And she is the large-headed one also, but as for al-qandafil, with fa', only Ibn al-A'rabi narrated it;

وأنا أظنه معربا كأنه شبه ناقته بفيل يقال له بالفارسية كنده پيل.

And I think it is a loanword, as if he likened his she-camel to an elephant called in Persian 'kandeh pil'.

القنذعل، بالدال والذال: الأحمق.

Al-qan dhal'il, with dal and dhal: the fool.