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العظال

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of clinging or sticking, particularly in the context of animal mating. It extends to concepts of gathering, congregating, and dense growth, as well as a specific poetic term.

Derived headwords

العِظَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Clinging in matingboth

    The act of clinging or sticking together during sexual intercourse, as observed in dogs, locusts, and other creatures that become stuck.

عَظَلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    clung together (animals)both

    Said of dogs, meaning they mounted each other.

عُظِلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    clung together (animals)both

    Said of dogs, meaning they mounted each other.

المُعَاظَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Clinging in matingboth

    The act of clinging or sticking together during sexual intercourse.

التَّعَاظُلnoun
  1. 1.
    Clinging in matingboth

    The act of clinging or sticking together during sexual intercourse.

الاعْتِظَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Clinging in matingboth

    The act of clinging or sticking together during sexual intercourse.

عَاظِلadjective
  1. 1.
    Clinging (locusts)both

    Describing locusts that are clinging together and do not separate.

عُظْلَىadjective
  1. 1.
    Clinging (locusts)both

    Describing locusts that are clinging together and do not separate.

تَعَظَّلُواverb
  1. 1.
    gathered togetherboth

    They gathered together, congregating.

عَظَّلُواverb
  1. 1.
    gathered togetherboth

    They gathered together, congregating.

تَعْظِيلاًnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringboth

    A gathering or congregation.

العَظَالَىname
  1. 1.
    Day of Al-Athalaclassical

    A specific day named 'Al-Athala', referring to a time when people crowded each other, or when two or three rode a single animal.

عَاظَلَverb
  1. 1.
    included in rhymeclassical

    To include a specific word or rhyme in poetry.

العَظْلnoun
  1. 1.
    homosexualsclassical

    A term for effeminate men or homosexuals.

المُعَظِّلadjective
  1. 1.
    dense with treesboth

    A place that is abundant and dense with trees.

المُعَظْئِلّadjective
  1. 1.
    dense with treesboth

    A place that is abundant and dense with trees.

Parallel reading

الملازمة في السفاد من الكلاب والجراد وغيره، مما ينشب
Clinging in mating from dogs, locusts, and others, from what gets stuck.
كالمعاظلة والتعاظل والاعتظال
like clinging, mutual clinging, and the act of clinging.
وعظلت الكلاب، كنصر وسمع: ركب بعضها بعضا
And dogs clung together, as in 'nasara' and 'sami'a': some mounted others.
وجراد عاظل وعظلى، كسكرى: متعاظلة لا تبرح
And locusts that are clinging and 'uzla', like 'sukra': mutually clinging and not separating.
وتعظلوا عليه، وعظلوا تعظيلا: اجتمعوا
And they gathered upon him, and they gathered a gathering: they assembled.
ويوم العظالى، كحبارى: م، لأن الناس ركب بعضهم بعضا، أو لأنه ركب الاثنان والثلاثة دابة
And the Day of Al-Athala, like Hubara: a name, because people crowded each other, or because two or three rode one animal.
وعاظل في القافية عظالا: ضمن
And he included in the rhyme 'athalan': he included it.
والعظل، بضمتين: المأبونون
And 'al-'athl', with two dammahs: the effeminate ones.
والمعظل، كمحسن، والمعظئل، كمشمعل: الموضع الكثير الشجر
And 'al-Mu'adhdhal', like 'Muhsin', and 'al-Mu'adh'il', like 'Mushma''il': the place abundant with trees.