كءل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of debt and financial transactions, specifically the buying or selling of a debt owed by one person to another. It also extends to describing physical characteristics, particularly shortness and stoutness.

Derived headwords

الكألnoun

1.
Debt transactionclassical
To buy or sell a debt that one person owes to another.

الكألةnoun

1.
Debt transactionclassical
The act of buying or selling a debt owed by one person to another.

الكؤولةnoun

1.
Debt transactionclassical
The act of buying or selling a debt owed by one person to another.

الكوأللadjective

1.
Short and stoutboth
Describing someone who is short, or short with stoutness and strength.

اكوألverb

1.
To be shortboth
To become short in stature.

مكوئلadjective

1.
Shortboth
A person who is short in stature.

المكوئلadjective

1.
Short and bow-leggedclassical
Describing someone who is short and bow-legged.

كوأللadjective

1.
Short and stoutboth
Describing a person who is short with stoutness and strength.

كأللadjective

1.
Short and stoutboth
Describing a person who is short with stoutness and strength.

كلاكلadjective

1.
Short and stoutboth
Describing a person who is short with stoutness and strength.

Parallel reading

أن تشتري أو تبيع دينا لك على رجل بدين له على آخر

To buy or sell a debt that you have against a man who owes another.

وكذلك الكألة والكؤولة؛ كله عن اللحياني

And likewise al-ka'alah and al-ku'oolah; all of this is from Al-Lihyani.

والكوألل: القصير، وقيل: القصير مع غلظ وشدة

And al-ku'allal: the short one, and it is said: the short one with stoutness and strength.

وقد اكوأل الرجل، فهو مكوئل إذا قصر

And a man has become short, and he is maku'il if he is short.

والمكوئل: القصير الأفحج؛ الأصمعي: إذا كان فيه قصر وغلظ مع شدة قيل رجل كوألل وكألل وكلاكل

And al-maku'il: the short and bow-legged one; Al-Asma'i said: if there is shortness and stoutness with strength, one says a man is ku'allal, ka'allal, and kalakil.