كربل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of mixing, sifting, and purifying. It also extends to descriptions of physical states like looseness or weakness, and names of specific plants and a significant geographical location.

Derived headwords

كَرْبَلَverb

1.
to mixboth
To mix or blend things together.
2.
to sift, refineclassical
To sift, purify, or refine something, similar to the action of a sieve.

كَرْبَلَةnoun

1.
mixingboth
The act of mixing or blending.
2.
sifting, refiningclassical
The act of sifting, purifying, or refining.
3.
looseness in the feetclassical
A condition of weakness or looseness in the feet.

مُكَرْبِلadjective

1.
walking looselyclassical
Walking with a loose or unsteady gait, as if walking in mud.

الكِرْبالnoun

1.
sieve, sifterclassical
A tool used for sifting, particularly for cotton.

الكَرَابِيلnoun

1.
sievesclassical
Plural of 'karbal', referring to sieves or sifting tools.

كَرْبَلname

1.
a type of plantclassical
The name of a plant, possibly sour greens or a plant with bright red flowers.

الكَرْبَلname

1.
a plant with red flowersclassical
A plant characterized by bright, radiant red flowers.

كَرْبَلاءname

1.
Karbalaboth
A place name, famously known as the site of the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali.

Parallel reading

كربل الشيء: خلطه.

Karbala a thing: to mix it.

كربلت الطعام كربلة هذبته ونقيته مثل غربلته

I sifted the food with sifting, meaning I refined and purified it like sifting.

يحملن حمراء رسوبا بالنقل، ... قد غربلت وكربلت من القصل

They carry red ones settling with the transport, ... they have been sifted and purified from the chaff.

والكربال: المندف الذي يندف به القطن

And the karbal: the fluffer with which cotton is fluffed.

كالبرس طيره ضرب الكرابيل

Like the pestilence its birds, the sieves struck.

والكربلة: رخاوة في القدمين.

And the karbalah: looseness in the feet.

يقال: جاء يمشي مكربلا أي كأنه يمشي في طين.

It is said: he came walking 'mukarbilan', meaning as if he were walking in mud.

وكربل: اسم نبت، وقيل: إنه الحماض

And karbal: the name of a plant, and it was said: it is sorrel.

وثامر كربل وعميم دفلى ... عليها، والندى سبط يمور

And fruitful karbal and abundant oleander ... upon them, and the dew flows gently.

والكربل: نبت له نور أحمر مشرق

And the karbal: a plant with bright red flowers.

كأن جنى الدفلى يغشي خدورها، ... ونوار ضاح من خزامى وكربل

As if the fruit of the oleander covers their chambers, ... and bright blossoms of thyme and karbal.

وكربلاء: اسم موضع وبها قبر الحسين بن علي، عليهما السلام

And Karbala: the name of a place, and therein is the grave of Hussein ibn Ali, peace be upon them.

فسبط سبط إيمان وبر، ... وسبط غيبته كربلاء

So a descendant of faith and righteousness, ... and a descendant whose absence is Karbala.