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دحمل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of rolling, tumbling, or causing something to fall and lie prostrate. It also extends to descriptions of physical build, ranging from lean and flabby to stout and robust.

Derived headwords

دَحْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to rollboth

    To cause something to roll or tumble along the ground.

دَحْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to leave prostrateclassical

    To leave a group of people lying prostrate and trampled upon on the ground.

الدَّحْمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lean and flabbyclassical

    A description of a person or animal that is lean and has loose, flabby skin.

  2. 2.
    stout and robustclassical

    A description of a person or animal that is stout and robust, the opposite of lean and flabby.

كَعلابطadjective
  1. 1.
    stout and robustclassical

    Describing someone who is stout, well-built, and robust.

Parallel reading

دَحْمَلَ به
He rolled it along the ground.
دَحْمَلَ القومَ
He left the people prostrate and trampled upon.
والدَّحْمَلَة: الناحلة المسترخية الجلد
And the dahlama: the lean one with loose skin,
والضخمة التارة، ضد
and the stout one, its opposite.
وكعلابط: الغليظ المكتنز
And ka'alabit: the thick and robust one.