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ءدل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of falling, moving with difficulty, and curdled or sour substances. It also encompasses ailments of the neck and the act of churning milk.

Derived headwords

أدلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to fall offclassical

    Referring to a wound, it means its scab or covering has fallen off.

  2. 2.
    to churnclassical

    Referring to milk, it means to churn or agitate it.

  3. 3.
    to carry with difficultyclassical

    Referring to an object, it means to carry it slowly and with great effort, as if burdened.

الإِدْلnoun
  1. 1.
    neck painclassical

    A pain or ailment located in the neck.

  2. 2.
    sour milkclassical

    Milk that has become thick, curdled, and sour.

  3. 3.
    burdenclassical

    Something that a person carries or moves with difficulty, implying a heavy load or burden.

Parallel reading

أدل الجرح يأدل: سقط جلبه
The wound healed and its scab fell off.
و اللبن: مخضه وحركه
And milk: to churn it and move it.
و الشيء: دلج به مثقلا
And a thing: to carry it slowly and with difficulty.
والإِدْل، بالكسر: وجع في العنق
And al-idl, with kasra: a pain in the neck.
واللبن الخاثر الحامض
And the thick, sour milk.
وما يأدله الإنسان للإنسان ويدلج به
And what a person carries with difficulty for another person and moves with it.