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الحلبد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe characteristics of animals, specifically camels and sheep, relating to their size and stature. It denotes shortness in camels and largeness or stoutness in sheep.

Derived headwords

الحَلَبَدُnoun
  1. 1.
    shortnessclassical

    A quality of being short, specifically referring to camels.

حَلَبَدَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing camels as being short in stature.

بَهَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    statureclassical

    A quality of being well-formed or having a good stature, used in relation to camels.

حَلَبْدَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    largeclassical

    Describing sheep as being large or stout.

Parallel reading

الحلبد، كزبرج من الإبل: القصير
Al-Halabadi, like Zubruj, of camels: the short one.
وهي بهاء
And she (a camel) is of good stature.
وضأن حلبدة، كعلبطة: ضخمة
And sheep Halabdatun, like Alabtatun: large.