البرطل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to items of headwear and coverings, as well as tools and illicit payments. It encompasses specific types of hats, narrow umbrellas, and a stone or iron tool used for grinding, alongside the concept of bribery.

Derived headwords

البِرْطَلnoun

1.
Cap, hoodclassical
A type of headwear, specifically a cap or hood, likened to the shape of a hedgehog or a region.

البِرْطَلَةnoun

1.
Narrow umbrellaclassical
A type of umbrella characterized by its narrowness.

البِرْطِيلnoun

1.
Stone, iron toolclassical
A hard, long stone or iron object naturally formed, used for grinding grain in a mill.
2.
Pickaxe, mattockclassical
A tool resembling a pickaxe or mattock, used for digging or breaking ground.
3.
Bribeboth
Money or favor given or promised to influence the action of a person in a position of trust.

بَرَاطِيلnoun

1.
Bribesboth
The plural form of 'برطيل', referring to multiple instances of bribery or illicit payments.

بَرْطَلَverb

1.
To place a toolclassical
To position a 'برطيل' (grinding stone or pickaxe) near one's water basin or trough.
2.
To bribeboth
To give a bribe to someone.

تَبَرْطَلَverb

1.
To accept a bribeboth
To receive a bribe; to be bribed.

Parallel reading

البرطل، كقنفذ وأردن: قلنسوة.

Al-birtal, like qunfudh and urdun: a cap.

والبرطلة: المظلة الضيقة.

And al-birtalah: the narrow umbrella.

والبرطيل، بالكسر: حجر، أو حديد طويل صلب خلقة، ينقر به الرحى، والمعول، والرشوة، ج: براطيل.

And al-birtil, with kasra: a stone, or a long, hard iron object naturally formed, with which the millstone is struck, and the pickaxe, and the bribe, pl: barāṭīl.

وبرطل: جعل بإزاء حوضه برطيلا،

And he bribed: he placed a 'birtil' beside his basin,

وفلانا: رشاه،

And so-and-so: he bribed him,

فتبرطل: فارتشى.

So he accepted a bribe: he was bribed.