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الجعفليل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a state of being swollen or bloated, particularly in the context of a corpse. It also extends to the act of overturning or dislodging something, like a rider from a saddle.

Derived headwords

الجُعْفُلِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    swollen corpseclassical

    A dead body that has become bloated and swollen.

جَعْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    overturnedclassical

    To cause something to be overturned or dislodged, specifically a rider from a saddle.

  2. 2.
    dislodgedclassical

    To knock someone off their mount.

Parallel reading

الجعفليل، كزنجبيل: القتيل المنتفخ.
Al-juʿfilīl, like zanjabīl: the swollen dead body.
وطعنه فجعفله: قلبه عن السرج
And he stabbed him, so it overturned him: he dislodged him from the saddle.
فصرعه.
And he threw him down.