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الحرجل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes concepts related to tallness, speed, and a specific type of gait or movement. It also extends to collective nouns for groups of horses, locusts, and land types, as well as the concept of limping.

Derived headwords

الحرجلnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall personclassical

    A tall person, similar in meaning to 'asfar' (yellow/pale) or 'asafar' (yellow/pale).

  2. 2.
    Tall thingclassical

    Something tall, like the 'harajil' (tall ones).

كعصفرother
  1. 1.
    Yellowish/Paleclassical

    An adjective used for comparison, indicating a yellowish or pale complexion.

الحراجلnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall onesclassical

    Plural of 'harjal', referring to tall individuals or things.

علابطother
  1. 1.
    Tall/Stoutclassical

    An adjective describing someone or something as tall and stout.

الحرجلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Group of horsesclassical

    A group or herd of horses.

  2. 2.
    Swarm of locustsclassical

    A swarm or cluster of locusts.

  3. 3.
    Hot/Arid landclassical

    Land that is hot and arid, possibly referring to 'harrah' (volcanic land).

  4. 4.
    Limpingclassical

    The act of limping or walking with a limp.

حرجلverb
  1. 1.
    To be tallclassical

    To become tall or grow in height.

  2. 2.
    To complete a rowclassical

    To complete a row, such as in prayer or another formation.

  3. 3.
    To run with vigorclassical

    To run with vigor, activity, and perhaps a slight deviation to the right and left.

حراجلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Riders on horsebackclassical

    A group of people on horseback, implying speed and activity.

عراجلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pedestriansclassical

    A group of people walking on foot.

Parallel reading

الحرجل، كعصفر: الطويل، كالحراجل، كعلابط، والسريع.
Al-Harjal, like 'asfar': the tall, like the 'harajil', like 'alabat', and the swift.
والحرجلة: الجماعة من الخيل، كالحرجل، والقطعة من الجراد، والأرض الحرة، والعرج.
And al-Harjalah: a group of horses, like al-Harjal, a piece of locusts, arid land, and limping.
وحرجل: طال، وتمم صفا في صلاة أو غيرها، وعدا يمنة ويسرة، أو هي عدو فيه بغي ونشاط.
And 'harjala': he became tall, completed a row in prayer or otherwise, and ran to the right and left, or it is a run with vigor and activity.
وجاؤوا حراجلة: على خيلهم، وعراجلة: مشاة.
And they came 'harajilah': on their horses, and 'arajilah': on foot.