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الخدل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes plumpness, fullness, and thickness, particularly in limbs like legs. It can also refer to small, round objects or specific plant parts.

Derived headwords

خَدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be plumpboth

    To be full of flesh, plump, and thick, especially referring to limbs.

خَدِلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be plumpboth

    To be plump and full of flesh, similar to the verb 'خدل'.

الخَدْلnoun
  1. 1.
    plumpnessboth

    The state of being plump, full of flesh, and thick.

  2. 2.
    thicknessboth

    The quality of being thick or stout.

خَدْلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    plumpboth

    Describing something that is plump and full of flesh, particularly a leg.

  2. 2.
    thick-leggedboth

    Having thick or stout legs.

خَدَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plump womanclassical

    A woman with thick, rounded legs.

  2. 2.
    small grapeclassical

    A small, plump berry or grape.

  3. 3.
    soap tree stemclassical

    The stem or branch of a soap tree.

الخَدَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plumpnessboth

    The state of being plump and full of flesh.

الخُدُولَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plumpnessboth

    The state of being plump and full of flesh.

خَدْلَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    plump-limbedclassical

    Having plump or thick limbs, especially legs, characterized by fleshiness over slender bones.

خَدْلَمadjective
  1. 1.
    plump-limbedclassical

    Similar to 'خدلاء', describing someone with plump and fleshy limbs.

خَدَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to become plumpboth

    To become plump and full of flesh.

Parallel reading

الممتلئ، والضخم.
The plump, and the large/thick.
وساق خدلة، بينة الخدل، محركة، والخدالة والخدولة، وقد خدلت، كفرح: ممتلئة.
And a plump leg, clearly plump, movable (in gait), and the plumpness and the plumpness, and she became plump, like 'faraha': full of flesh.
والخدلة، وتكسر داله: المرأة الغليظة الساق، المستديرتها، ج: خدال، أو ممتلئة الأعضاء لحما في دقة عظام، كالخدلاء والخدلم.
And the 'khatlah' (with the 'dal' broken): the woman with thick legs, rounded, plural: 'khidaal', or full of limbs with flesh over slender bones, like the 'khatlaa'' and 'khatlam'.
والخدلة: الحبة الضئيلة من العنب، والساق من شجرة الصاب.
And the 'khatlah': the small berry of the grape, and the stem of the soap tree.
ويضم.
And it is pronounced with dammah (on the 'khad').