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الصعلة

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something bent, crooked, or slender, particularly in relation to plants like date palms. It extends to describe thinness or leanness in animals and humans, and also refers to a specific type of date palm.

Derived headwords

الصَّعْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Crooked date palmclassical

    A date palm tree that is bent or crooked, with bare bases of its fronds.

  2. 2.
    Slender neck/headclassical

    Refers to a slender or thin neck and head, applicable to humans, date palms, and ostriches.

صَعَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be slender/thinclassical

    To be slender, thin, or lean, particularly in the neck and head.

اصْعَالverb
  1. 1.
    To become slender/thinclassical

    To become slender, thin, or lean, particularly in the neck and head.

الصَّعْلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Slender neck/headclassical

    A noun referring to a slender or thin neck and head, similar to الصعلة.

الأَصْعَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Slender/thinclassical

    Describing someone or something as slender or thin, especially in the neck and head.

الصَّعْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Slender neck/headclassical

    A noun referring to a slender or thin neck and head.

الصَّعْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Tallclassical

    A name or descriptor for something tall.

الصَّعْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Donkey lacking hairclassical

    A descriptor for a donkey that has lost its hair or is thin-haired.

الصَّعْلname
  1. 1.
    Nameclassical

    A proper name.

Parallel reading

نخلة فيها عوج
A date palm tree that is crooked.
وأصول سعفها جرداء
And the bases of its fronds are bare.
والدقيقة الرأس والعنق منا ومن النخل والنعام
And the slender one in head and neck, from us, from date palms, and from ostriches.
كالصعلاء والأصعل والصعل
Like the الصعلماء (slender one), the الأصعل (slender), and الصعل (slender).
وقد صعل، كفرح، واصعال
And he became slender, as in فرح (to be happy), and اصعال (to become slender).
والصعل أيضا: الطويل
And الصعل also means: the tall one.
ومن الحمر: الذاهب الوبر
And among donkeys: the one that has lost its hair.
وكزبير: اسم
And like زبير (a name): a name.