مقل

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the eye, its parts, and the act of looking or gazing. It extends to meanings of immersion, plunging, and a specific type of feeding or administering liquid, often in a classical or specialized context.

Derived headwords

المقلةnoun

1.
eyeballboth
The fleshy part of the eye that contains the pupil and iris; specifically, the pupil and iris together, or just the pupil.
2.
casting lotclassical
A pebble used in a game of chance to determine portions, especially when water is scarce.
3.
fruit of the doom palmclassical
The fruit of the doom palm tree, which is small and can only hold a little water.

خير من مائة ناقة لمقلة — better than a hundred camels for the eyeball (i.e., for one's sight).

المقلnoun

1.
gazingclassical
The act of looking or gazing.
2.
immersionclassical
The act of plunging or immersing something.
3.
type of feedingclassical
A specific method of feeding, especially a young animal or sick person, by administering small amounts of liquid.
4.
frankincenseclassical
A type of incense used by Jews and in medicine.
5.
fruit of the doom palmclassical
The fruit of the doom palm tree.

والمقل: النظر — And al-muql: gazing.

والمقل: الغمس — And al-muql: immersion.

يمقلverb

1.
to gaze atclassical
To look intently at someone or something.
2.
to immerseclassical
To plunge or submerge something in a liquid.
3.
to diveclassical
To plunge or sink into water.

مقله بعينه يمقله مقلا: نظر إليه — He looked at him with his eye, he looks at him, gazing.

مقل في الماء يمقله مقلا: غاص — He plunged in the water, he plunges, diving.

مقلهverb

1.
to gaze atclassical
To look intently at someone or something.
2.
to immerseclassical
To plunge or submerge something in a liquid.
3.
to feed (liquid)classical
To administer liquid, especially in small amounts, to a young animal or sick person.

مقله بعينه يمقله مقلا: نظر إليه — He looked at him with his eye, he looks at him, gazing.

مقله في الماء يمقله مقلا: غمسه وغطه — He plunged it in the water, he plunges it, immersing and submerging it.

امقلوهverb

1.
immerse itclassical
To plunge or submerge something in a liquid.
2.
administer itclassical
To give liquid medicine or nourishment, especially in small amounts.

فامقلوه فإن في أحد جناحيه سما وفي الآخر شفاء — So immerse it, for in one of its wings is poison and in the other is healing.

تماقلverb

1.
to plunge (in water)classical
To plunge or immerse oneself in water.
2.
to administer liquidclassical
To give liquid, especially in small amounts, to someone.

تماقلوا في الماء: تغاطوا — They plunged in the water: they immersed themselves.

المقلتينnoun

1.
eyeballsclassical
The plural form of 'al-muqlah', referring to the eyeballs.

في فروع المقلتين نضوب — dryness in the branches of the eyeballs.

المقلةnoun

1.
casting lotclassical
A pebble used in a game of chance to determine portions, especially when water is scarce.

قذفك المقلة وسط المعترك — your casting the lot in the midst of the fray.

مقلةnoun

1.
fruit of the doom palmclassical
The fruit of the doom palm tree, which is small and can only hold a little water.

جرعة كجرعة المقلة — a sip like the sip of the fruit of the doom palm.

المقلnoun

1.
bottom of the wellclassical
The lowest part of a well.

مقل البئر: أسفلها — The bottom of the well: its lowest part.

المقلnoun

1.
frankincenseclassical
A type of incense used by Jews and in medicine.

المقل: الكندر الذي تدخن به اليهود ويجعل في الدواء — Al-muql: the frankincense with which Jews fumigate and which is put in medicine.

المقلnoun

1.
fruit of the doom palmclassical
The fruit of the doom palm tree.

المقل: حمل الدوم — Al-muql: the fruit of the doom palm.

مقلةnoun

1.
single fruit of the doom palmclassical
A single fruit of the doom palm tree.

واحدته مقلة — Its singular is muqlah.

المقلnoun

1.
type of feedingclassical
A specific method of feeding, especially a young animal or sick person, by administering small amounts of liquid.

المقل: ضرب من الرضاع — Al-muql: a type of nursing/feeding.

المقلnoun

1.
place of divingclassical
The place where one dives in the sea.

في مقل البحر — in the place of diving in the sea.

Parallel reading

المقلة: شحمة العين التي تجمع السواد والبياض

The eyeball: the fleshy part of the eye that gathers the black and the white.

وقيل: هي الحدقة؛ عن كراع

And it was said: it is the pupil; according to Kara'.

وإنما سميت مقلة لأنها ترمي بالنظر.

It is only called 'muqlah' because it casts with sight.

والمقل: الرمي.

And al-muql: the casting.

والحدقة: السواد دون البياض

And the pupil: the black part without the white.

من المنطيات الموكب المعج بعد ما ... يرى، في فروع المقلتين، نضوب

From the ones that cast sight is the swift procession after... is seen, dryness in the branches of the eyeballs.

سمعت بالغراف يقولون: سخن جبينك بالمقلة؛ شبه عين الشمس بالمقلة.

I heard in al-Gharaff they say: 'May your forehead be hot with the eyeball'; they likened the eye of the sun to the eyeball.

والمقل: النظر.

And al-muql: the looking.

مقله بعينه يمقله مقلا: نظر إليه؛

He looked at him with his eye, he looks at him, gazing: he looked at him;

ويروعني مقل الصوار المرشق

And the gazing of the well-aimed herd startles me.

ما مقلته عيني منذ اليوم.

My eye has not gazed at it since today.

ما مقلت عيني مثله مقلا أي ما أبصرت ولا نظرت

My eye has not seen its like, gazing, meaning I have not seen nor looked.

وتركها خير من مائة ناقة لمقلة

And leaving it is better than a hundred camels for the eyeball.

خير من مائة ناقة كلها أسود المقلة

Better than a hundred camels, all of them black of eyeball.

والمقلة، بالفتح: حصاة القسم توضع في الإناء ليعرف قدر ما يسقى كل واحد منهم، وذلك عند قلة الماء في المفاوز

And al-muqlah, with the fatha: the pebble of division placed in the vessel to know the amount each one is given to drink, and that is when water is scarce in the deserts.

توضع في الإناء إذا عدموا الماء في السفر ثم يصب فيه من الماء قدر ما يغمر الحصاة فيعطاها كل رجل منهم؛

It is placed in the vessel when they lack water on a journey, then water is poured into it enough to cover the pebble, and each man is given it;

قذفوا سيدهم في ورطة، ... قذفك المقلة وسط المعترك

They cast their leader into a predicament, ... like your casting the lot in the midst of the fray.

ومقل المقلة: ألقاها في الإناء وصب عليها ما يغمرها من الماء.

And muql al-muqlah: throwing it into the vessel and pouring water over it to cover it.

شبهت بمقلة العين لأنها في وسط بياض العين

It was likened to the eyeball because it is in the middle of the white of the eye.

لم يبق منها إلا جرعة كجرعة المقلة

Nothing remained of it but a sip like the sip of the fruit of the doom palm.

هي بالفتح حصاة القسم، وهي بالضم واحدة المقل الثمر المعروف، وهي لصغرها لا تسع إلا الشيء اليسير من الماء.

It is with the fatha the pebble of division, and it is with the damma the single fruit of the known palm fruit, and due to its smallness, it holds only a little water.

ومقله في الماء يمقله مقلا: غمسه وغطه.

And he plunged it in the water, he plunges it, immersing and submerging it.

مقل الشيء في الشيء يمقله مقلا: غمسه.

He immersed a thing in a thing, he immerses it, immersing it.

إذا وقع الذباب في إناء أحدكم فامقلوه فإن في أحد جناحيه سما وفي الآخر شفاء وإنه يقدم السم ويؤخر الشفاء

If a fly falls into the vessel of one of you, then immerse it, for in one of its wings is poison and in the other is healing, and it brings forth the poison and delays the healing.

فامقلوه يعني فاغمسوه في الطعام أو الشراب ليخرج الشفاء كما أخرج الداء.

So immerse it, meaning plunge it in the food or drink so that the healing comes out as the ailment came out.

والمقل: الغمس.

And al-muql: the immersion.

ويقال للرجلين إذا تغاطا في الماء: هما يتماقلان

And it is said of two men if they plunge in the water: they are plunging.

تماقلوا في البحر

They plunged in the sea.

مقل في الماء يمقل مقلا: غاص.

He plunged in the water, he plunges, diving.

أرأيت الحبة التي تكون في مقل البحر أي في مغاص البحر

Have you seen the seed that is in the diving place of the sea, meaning in the place of diving in the sea?

وقوله في مقل البحر، أراد في موضع المغاص من البحر.

And his saying 'in the diving place of the sea', he meant the place of diving in the sea.

والمقل: أن يخاف الرجل على الفصيل من شربه اللبن فيسقيه في كفه قليلا قليلا؛

And al-muql: a man fearing for the young camel from drinking milk, so he gives it to drink in his palm little by little;

ولكن المقل أن يمقل الفصيل الماء إذا آذاه حر اللبن فيوجر الماء فيكون دواء.

But al-muql is when the young camel is given water if the heat of the milk harms it, so water is administered to it and becomes a remedy.

امقلوه الماء واللبن أو شيئا من الدواء فهذا المقل الصحيح.

Administer to him water and milk or something of medicine, this is the correct al-muql.

إذا لم يرضع الفصيل أخذ لسانه ثم صب الماء في حلقه، وهو المقل، وقد مقلته مقلا

If the young camel does not nurse, its tongue is taken, then water is poured into its throat, and this is al-muql, and I have administered it to it.

إذا استحر فامقلوه مقلا، ... في الحلق واللهاة صبوا الرسلا

If it gets hot, then administer to it, ... in the throat and uvula pour the liquid.

وكأن المقل مقلوب من الملق وهو الرضاع.

And it is as if al-muql is an inversion of al-malq, which is nursing.

مقل البئر: أسفلها.

The bottom of the well: its lowest part.

المقل: الكندر الذي تدخن به اليهود ويجعل في الدواء.

Al-muql: the frankincense with which Jews fumigate and which is put in medicine.

المقل: حمل الدوم، واحدته مقلة

Al-muql: the fruit of the doom palm, its singular is muqlah.

المقل الصمغ الذي يسمى الكور، وهو من الأدوية.

Al-muql: the gum called al-kur, and it is from the medicines.