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دبكل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of gathering and collecting, particularly scattered wealth or possessions. It also extends to descriptions of physical characteristics like thick skin and a robust build, and is used in specific epithets for animals and individuals.

Derived headwords

دَبَكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather wealthclassical

    To collect and amass wealth, especially that which has become scattered or dispersed.

دَبْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering of wealthclassical

    The act of gathering and collecting wealth, particularly when it has been scattered.

الدَّبْكَلnoun
  1. 1.
    thick-skinned personclassical

    A person who is thick-skinned, robust, and perhaps somewhat coarse or unrefined in their physical build.

  2. 2.
    fat personclassical

    A stout or corpulent individual.

أم دَبَكَلname
  1. 1.
    hyenaclassical

    A name or epithet for a hyena.

ابن أبي دَبَاكِلname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    A name referring to a poet from the Khaza'a tribe.

Parallel reading

دبكل المال: جمعه ورد أطراف ما انتشر منه.
To gather wealth: to collect and bring back the scattered remnants of it.
والدبكل، كجعفر: الغليظ الجلد السمج.
And 'ad-dabkal', like Ja'far: the thick-skinned, the robust.
وأم دبكل: الضبع.
And 'Umm Dabkal': the hyena.
وابن أبي دباكل، بالضم: شاعر خزاعي.
And 'Ibn Abi Dabākil', with the dammah: a poet from Khaza'a.