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العميثل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root describes slowness, heaviness, and a dragging quality, often associated with physical size or deliberate affectation. It also encompasses terms for strength, nobility, and specific animal characteristics.

Derived headwords

العُمَيْثِلnoun
  1. 1.
    Slow and heavy personboth

    Describing someone who is slow due to their large size and flabbiness.

  2. 2.
    Person dragging clothesclassical

    Someone who lets their clothes trail on the ground out of affectation or pride.

  3. 3.
    Energetic and robust personclassical

    A description of someone who is strong and active, paradoxically.

  4. 4.
    Tall person with long clothesclassical

    Refers to someone who wears long, trailing garments.

  5. 5.
    Short and relaxed personclassical

    Describes someone who is short and has a relaxed, perhaps drooping, posture.

  6. 6.
    Lionclassical

    A term for a lion, likely due to its strength and imposing nature.

  7. 7.
    Noble lordclassical

    Designates a respected and generous leader or master.

  8. 8.
    Majesty, splendorclassical

    Refers to magnificence, grandeur, or beauty.

العُمَيْثِلadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow, heavyboth

    Characterizing something as slow and heavy due to its size and flabbiness.

  2. 2.
    Dragging clothesclassical

    Someone who trails their clothes deliberately.

  3. 3.
    Energetic, robustclassical

    Describing someone as strong and active.

  4. 4.
    Tall, long-robedclassical

    Referring to someone who wears long garments.

  5. 5.
    Short, relaxedclassical

    Describing someone as short and loose-limbed.

  6. 6.
    Large, strong, broadclassical

    Characterizing something as physically large, powerful, and wide.

العُمَيْثِلnoun
  1. 1.
    Long-tailed gazelle/ibexclassical

    Refers to a gazelle or wild goat that has a long tail.

العُمَيْثِلnoun
  1. 1.
    Majestic she-camelclassical

    A large and impressive female camel.

العُمَيْثِلِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dragging gaitclassical

    A manner of walking characterized by slowness, dragging one's feet, and trailing garments.

Parallel reading

العُمَيْثِل من كل شيء: البطيء لعظمه وترهله
Al-ʿumaythil from everything: the slow one due to his bulk and flabbiness.
ومن يسبل ثيابه دلالا
And one who lets his clothes trail out of affectation.
والجلد النشيط، ضد
And the energetic, robust one, an opposite meaning.
وهي: بهاء
And it means: splendor.
والطويل الثياب
And the one with long clothes.
والقصير المسترخي
And the short, relaxed one.
والطويل الذنب من الظباء والوعول
And the long-tailed one among gazelles and wild goats.
والضخم الشديد العريض
And the huge, strong, broad one.
والأسد
And the lion.
والسيد الكريم
And the noble lord.
وبهاء: الناقة الجسيمة
And splendor: the large she-camel.
والعميثلية: مشية في تقاعس وجر ذيول
And al-ʿumaythaliyyah: a gait with slowness and dragging of hems.