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الءطل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the flank or side of the body, specifically the waist area. It also extends to the concept of tasting or experiencing something, particularly in a negative or absent sense.

Derived headwords

الإِطْلnoun
  1. 1.
    flank, sideboth

    The flank or side of the body, specifically referring to the waist region.

الإِطْلnoun
  1. 1.
    waistboth

    The part of the body between the ribs and the hips; the waist.

آطَالnoun
  1. 1.
    flanksboth

    The plural of الإطل, referring to the flanks or sides of the body.

الأَيْطَلnoun
  1. 1.
    flankclassical

    An alternative form for the flank or side of the body.

أَيَاطِلnoun
  1. 1.
    flanksclassical

    The plural of الأيطل, referring to the flanks or sides.

أَطْلnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    Used in the negative to mean 'nothing at all' or 'not a bit'.

Parallel reading

الإطل، بالكسر وبكسرتين: الخاصرة
Al-iṭl, with a kasra and two kasras: the flank.
ج: آطال
Its plural is āṭāl.
كالأيطل
Like al-ayṭal.
ج: أياطل
Its plural is ayāṭil.
وما ذاق أطلا، بالضم: شيئا
And he did not taste aṭlan (with damma): anything.