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العلبط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large, bulky, or heavy. It extends to concepts of a large group, thick or curdled substances, and a person's physical bulk or inner self.

Derived headwords

العَلَبَطnoun
  1. 1.
    Large personboth

    A person who is large and bulky in build.

  2. 2.
    Large flockboth

    A large flock of sheep, typically numbering fifty or more.

  3. 3.
    Thick substanceboth

    Anything that is thick, dense, or viscous.

  4. 4.
    Heavinessboth

    The quality of being heavy or burdensome, referring to a person's physical weight or presence.

  5. 5.
    Inner selfclassical

    A person's inner being, spirit, or essence.

العَلَابِطnoun
  1. 1.
    Large flockboth

    A large flock of sheep, similar to 'al-'alabaṭ'.

  2. 2.
    Bulkinessboth

    The state of being large, bulky, or heavy.

  3. 3.
    Inner selfclassical

    A person's inner being or essence, used in a similar way to 'al-'alabaṭ'.

العَلَبَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Large flockboth

    A large flock of sheep, equivalent to 'al-'alabaṭ'.

  2. 2.
    Bulkinessboth

    The quality of being large, bulky, or heavy.

الخاثرadjective
  1. 1.
    Curdledboth

    Describing milk or other liquids that have thickened and curdled.

Parallel reading

العلبط والعلابط، بضم عينهما، وفتح لامهما: الضخم، والقطيع من الغنم، كالعلبطة بهاء، وأقلها الخمسون إلى ما بلغت، واللبن الخاثر، وكل غليظ، وثقل الشخص، ونفسه.
Al-'alabaṭ and al-'alābiṭ, with the dammah on their 'ayn and the fattḥah on their lām: the bulky one, and the flock of sheep, like al-'alabaṭah in splendor, the least of which is fifty up to what it reaches, and the curdled milk, and everything thick, and the heaviness of a person, and their inner self.
يقال: ألقى عليه علبطه وعلابطه.
It is said: 'He cast upon him his 'alabaṭah and his 'alābiṭah.'