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الدلب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of tree, specifically the plane tree. It also extends to describe things that are abundant or persistent, like a land with many such trees, a group of people, or an unquenchable ember. Additionally, it encompasses concepts of darkness and a water-lifting device.

Derived headwords

الدُّلْبnoun
  1. 1.
    plane treeboth

    A type of tree, specifically the plane tree (Platanus orientalis).

  2. 2.
    darknessclassical

    Blackness or darkness.

مدلبةadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant in plane treesclassical

    A land that has many plane trees.

مدلبةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of Sudaneseclassical

    A group or gathering of Sudanese people.

الدَّالِبnoun
  1. 1.
    unquenchable emberclassical

    An ember or coal that does not extinguish.

الدُّلْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    blacknessclassical

    The state of being black or dark.

الدَّوْلَابnoun
  1. 1.
    water wheelclassical

    A device, similar to a noria, used for lifting water.

الدُّلَابnoun
  1. 1.
    water wheelclassical

    A device, similar to a noria, used for lifting water.

Parallel reading

الدُّلْب، بالضم: شجر الصنار
Al-dulb, with damma, is the plane tree.
واحدته بهاء
Its singular form is 'bahaa'.
وأرض مدلبة: كثيرته
And a land 'muddalabah' is one abundant in it (plane trees).
وجنس من السودان
And a group or kind of Sudanese people.
والدَّالِب: الجمرة لا تطفأ
And 'al-dalib' is an ember that does not extinguish.
والدُّلْبَة، بالضم: السواد
And 'al-dulbah', with damma, means blackness.
والدولاب، (بالضم) ويفتح: شكل كالناعورة يستقى به الماء، معرب
And 'al-dawlab', (with damma) and it is read with fatha: a shape like a noria used to draw water, it is a loanword.
وبالضم: ع
And with damma: a city (referring to a place name).