كهدل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily refer to a spider, but also extends to meanings related to old women, specifically their breasts, and to a plump, soft young woman. It also includes a proper name.

Derived headwords

الكَهْدَلnoun

1.
Spiderclassical
The spider, referring to the arachnid creature.
2.
Old womanclassical
An old woman, or specifically her breasts.
3.
Plump young womanclassical
A plump, soft, and well-developed young woman.

كَهْدَلname

1.
Name of a poetclassical
A proper name, specifically of a poet who used it for himself.

Parallel reading

العنكبوت، وقيل: العجوز

The spider, and it is said: the old woman.

إني أتيتك من العراق وإن أمرك كحق الكهول

I came to you from Iraq, and your affair is like the right of old men.

ويروى: كحق الكهدل بالدال عوض الواو

And it is narrated: like the right of al-kahdal, with a dal instead of a waw.

أما حق الكهدل فإني لم أسمع شيئا ممن يوثق بعلمه بمعنى أنه بيت العنكبوت

As for the right of al-kahdal, I have not heard anything from one whose knowledge is trusted regarding its meaning as the spider's web.

ويقال: إنه ثدي العجوز

And it is said: it is the breast of the old woman.

وحقها ثديها

And her right is her breast.

والكهدل: الجارية السمينة الناعمة

And al-kahdal: the plump, soft young woman.

الكهدل العاتق من الجواري؛ وأنشد

The mature young woman among the maidens; and he recited

إذا ما الكهدل العارك ... ماست في جواريها حسبت القمر الباهر، ... في الحسن، يباهيها

When the robust young woman ... swayed among her maidens, you would think her the dazzling moon, ... in beauty, outshining others.

وكهدل: اسم راجز؛ قال يعني نفسه: قد طردت أم الحديد كهدلا

And Kahdal: the name of a poet (rajaz); he said, meaning himself: I have driven away Umm al-Hadid, Kahdal.

أم الحديد: امرأته

Umm al-Hadid: his wife.

وكهدل: من أسمائهم

And Kahdal: among their names.