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هنبل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes a specific type of limping or uneven gait, particularly associated with hyenas. It also extends to describe a person adopting such a gait, implying awkwardness or a physical defect.

Derived headwords

الهنبلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Hyena's limping gaitclassical

    A limping or uneven gait, specifically attributed to a hyena. It is also said to be a general term for the gait of hyenas.

هنبلverb
  1. 1.
    To limpclassical

    To walk with a limp, adopting the uneven gait of a limping hyena.

نهبلverb
  1. 1.
    To limpclassical

    To walk with a limp, similar to the verb 'هنبل'.

مهنبلاadjective
  1. 1.
    Limpingclassical

    Describing someone who walks with a limp, adopting the gait of a limping hyena.

Parallel reading

الهنبلة، بزيادة النون: مشية الضبع العرجاء، وقيل: هي من مشي الضباع.
Al-hanbalah, with the addition of the letter 'nun': the limping gait of the hyena, and it is said: it is from the gait of hyenas.
وهنبل الرجل: ظلع ومشى مشية الضبع العرجاء
And a man 'hanbala': he limped and walked with the gait of the limping hyena.
ونهبل كذلك
And he 'nahabala' likewise.
وجاء مهنبلا
And he came limping.
مثل الضباع إذا راحت مهنبلة، أدنى مآوبها الغيران واللجف
Like hyenas when they go limping, their nearest resting places are dens and rocky ground.
خزعلة الضبعان راح الهنبله
The awkward gait of the two hyenas, the limping gait went.