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العضلة

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to muscles and flesh, but extends to concepts of tightness, difficulty, and hardship. It also encompasses terms for cunning, ugliness, and specific geographical or tribal names.

Derived headwords

العَضَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    muscleboth

    A bundle of sinew accompanied by thick flesh.

عَضُلَverb
  1. 1.
    to become muscularboth

    To have many muscles, or for the muscle of the leg to become thick.

عَضِلَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to be tightclassical

    To be tight or constricted upon someone.

عَضِلَ الأَمْرُverb
  1. 1.
    to become difficultclassical

    For a matter or affair to become severe or difficult.

أَعْضَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause difficultyclassical

    To make a matter difficult or severe.

أَعْضَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to preventclassical

    To prevent a woman from her husband unjustly.

عَضَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to preventclassical

    To prevent a woman from her husband unjustly.

عَضَّلَ المَكَانُverb
  1. 1.
    to be constrictedclassical

    For a place to be narrow or constricted.

عَضَّلَ الأَرْضُ بِأَهْلِهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be crowdedclassical

    For the land to be crowded with its inhabitants.

عَضَّلَ المَرْأَةُ بِوَلَدِهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to have difficult childbirthclassical

    For childbirth to be difficult for a woman.

أَعْضَلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to have difficult childbirthclassical

    For childbirth to be difficult for a woman.

تَعَضَّلَ الدَّاءُ الأَطِبَّاءَverb
  1. 1.
    to overcomeclassical

    For a disease to overcome or baffle the physicians.

أَعْضَلَهُمُ الدَّاءُverb
  1. 1.
    to overcomeclassical

    For a disease to overcome or baffle the physicians.

دَاءٌ عُضَالٌadjective
  1. 1.
    incurable diseaseclassical

    A disease that is difficult to overcome, often incurable.

حُلْفَةٌ عُضَالٌadjective
  1. 1.
    severe oathclassical

    A severe and unbreakable oath.

اعْضَأَلَّتِ الشَّجَرَةُverb
  1. 1.
    to have many branchesclassical

    For a tree to have many branches and be dense.

العَضْلnoun
  1. 1.
    shrewd manclassical

    A shrewd, cunning man.

  2. 2.
    extreme uglinessclassical

    A man of extreme ugliness.

المُعْضِلadjective
  1. 1.
    uglyclassical

    Extremely ugly.

عَضَلnoun
  1. 1.
    place with thicketsclassical

    A place in the desert with many thickets or dense vegetation.

عَضَلname
  1. 1.
    Ibn al-Hawnclassical

    A name, specifically Ibn al-Hawn bin Khuzaymah, a progenitor of a tribe.

عَضَلnoun
  1. 1.
    gerbilclassical

    A gerbil.

عَضَلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    Calamities or severe difficulties.

عَضَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A single calamity or severe difficulty.

بَنُو عَضِيلَةname
  1. 1.
    Banu Adhilahclassical

    A tribe or clan named Banu Adhilah.

المُعْضِلَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipsclassical

    Severe hardships or difficult matters.

العُضَيْلadjective
  1. 1.
    meanclassical

    A mean or base person.

  2. 2.
    narrow-mindedclassical

    A person of narrow disposition or ill-tempered.

Parallel reading

كل عصبة معها لحم غليظ.
Every sinew accompanied by thick flesh.
صار كثير العضل، أو ضخمت عضلة ساقه.
He became very muscular, or the muscle of his leg became thick.
وعضل عليه: ضيق.
And it was tight upon him: meaning constricted.
و به الأمر: اشتد.
And the matter became severe for him: meaning it intensified.
و المرأة يعضلها، مثلثة، عضلا وعضلا وعضلانا، بكسرهما، وعضلها: منعها الزوج ظلما.
And a woman whom her husband prevents, with variations in pronunciation, meaning he unjustly prevents her from her husband.
وعضل المكان تعضيلا: ضاق.
And a place became constricted by 'ta'deel': meaning it became narrow.
و الأرض بأهلها: غصت.
And the land was crowded with its inhabitants: meaning it was densely populated.
و المرأة بولدها: عسر عليها، كأعضلت، فهي معضل ومعضل، وكذا الدجاجة وغيرها.
And a woman with her child: meaning childbirth became difficult for her, like 'a'dhalat', so she is 'mu'dal' and 'mu'dal', and so is a hen and others.
وتعضل الداء الأطباء، وأعضله: غلبهم.
And the disease overcame the physicians, and it baffled them: meaning it defeated them.
وداء عضال، كغراب: معي غالب.
And an incurable disease, like 'ghurab': meaning a prevailing and difficult one.
وحلفة عضال: شديدة لا مثنوية فيها.
And an unbreakable oath: meaning severe with no possibility of breaking it.
واعضألت الشجرة: كثرت أغصانها والتفت.
And the tree became abundant with branches: meaning its branches became numerous and dense.
والعضل، بالكسر: الرجل الداهية، والشديد القبح، كالمعضل، كمحسن.
And 'al-'adl', with kasra: means a shrewd man, and one of extreme ugliness, like 'al-mu'dal', like 'muhsin'.
وبالتحريك: ع بالبادية كثير الغياض، أو هو بالفتح، وابن الهون بن خزيمة، أبو قبيلة، والجرذ.
And with haraka: a place in the desert with many thickets, or it is with fatha, and Ibn al-Hawn bin Khuzaymah, a tribal ancestor, and the gerbil.
وكصرد وقفل: الدواهي، الواحد: عضلة، بالضم.
And like 'surad' and 'qufl': calamities, the singular is 'adhalah', with damma.
وبنو عضيلة، كجهينة: بطن.
And Banu Adhilah, like 'Juhaynah': a clan.
والمعضلات: الشدائد.
And 'al-mu'dalat': hardships.
والعضيل، كقرشب: اللئيم، الضيق الخلق.
And 'al-'udhayl', like 'qurshab': the mean, the ill-tempered.