العراقيل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of obstacles, difficulties, and crookedness. It extends to deviations from the right path, both in actions and speech, and can describe a person who is unsteady or crooked in their ways. It also encompasses specific, less common meanings related to physical attributes and gait.

Derived headwords

العَرَاقِيلnoun

1.
Obstacles, difficultiesboth
Refers to calamities, hardships, and severe troubles.
2.
Hardshipsboth
Specifically denotes the difficult aspects of matters or affairs.

عَرْقَلَverb

1.
To deviateboth
To stray from the intended course or path.
2.
To distortboth
To twist or pervert speech, making it crooked or unsound.
3.
To hinderboth
To impede or obstruct someone's actions or speech, making them crooked.

عَرْقَلَ عَلَىverb

1.
To hinder someoneboth
To impede or obstruct someone's actions and speech, causing them to be crooked or unsound.

العِرْقِيلnoun

1.
Yellowness of eggsclassical
Refers to the yellowish color found in eggs.

العَرْقَلَىnoun

1.
Strutting gaitclassical
A manner of walking characterized by swaggering or strutting.

العِرْقَالnoun

1.
Unsteady personclassical
One who does not remain steadfast or upright in their guidance or principles.

Parallel reading

العراقيل: الدواهي

Al-'araaqeel: Calamities.

و من الأمور: صعابها

And from matters: their difficult ones.

وعرقل: جار عن القصد

And 'arqala: he deviated from the intention.

و كلامه: عوجه

And his speech: he distorted it.

و على فلان: عوج عليه الفعل والكلام

And upon someone: he made their action and speech crooked.

وأدار عليه كلاما غير مستقيم

And he directed towards him crooked speech.

ومنـه عرقل بن الخطيم

And from it is 'Arqal bin Al-Khatim.

والعرقيل بالكسر: صفرة البيض

And al-'irqeel (with kasra): the yellowness of eggs.

والعرقلى، كخوزلى: مشية يتبختر فيها

And al-'arqalaa, like khuzlaa: a gait in which one struts.

والعرقال، بالكسر: من لا يستقيم على رشده

And al-'irqaal (with kasra): one who does not remain upright in their guidance.