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الثنتل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe shortness or being low, and also relates to a specific type of egg and a state of becoming unclean after being clean.

Derived headwords

الثَّنْتَلُadjective
  1. 1.
    shortboth

    Describing someone or something as short in stature.

الثَّنْتَلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    eggclassical

    A specific type of egg, described as 'mudhira' (مذرة), possibly implying it is rotten or defective.

ثَنْتَلَverb
  1. 1.
    become uncleanclassical

    To become dirty or impure after having been cleaned or purified.

Parallel reading

الثنتل، بالكسر: القصير.
Al-thantalu, with a kasra: the short one.
والثنتلة، بالفتح: البيضة المذرة.
And al-thantalahu, with a fatha: the defective egg.
وثنتل: تقذر بعد تنظف.
And thanatala: to become dirty after being cleaned.