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الفطحل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of immense size, great age, and powerful natural phenomena. It encompasses terms for vast periods of time, significant geological or cosmic events, and large, imposing creatures, particularly camels.

Derived headwords

الفطحلnoun
  1. 1.
    Vast expanse of timeclassical

    A long, immeasurable period of time, specifically a primordial era before the creation of humankind.

  2. 2.
    Noah's eraclassical

    A specific historical epoch, referring to the time of the Prophet Noah (peace be upon him).

  3. 3.
    Era of soft stonesclassical

    A period characterized by a geological state where stones were soft and pliable.

  4. 4.
    Great floodclassical

    A powerful and overwhelming deluge or flood.

  5. 5.
    Great fireclassical

    A large and intense conflagration.

  6. 6.
    Large camelclassical

    A camel of impressive size and stature.

  7. 7.
    Proper nameclassical

    A given name, used as a personal identifier.

كهزبرadjective
  1. 1.
    Large and imposingclassical

    Describing something as large, mighty, or formidable, similar to a lion.

كجعفرname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    Used as a proper name, similar to the name Ja'far.

قنفذnoun
  1. 1.
    Hedgehogboth

    A small, spiny mammal known for rolling into a ball when threatened.

Parallel reading

الفطحل، كهزبر: دهر لم يخلق فيه الناس بعد
Al-Fuṭḥal, like a lion: an era in which people had not yet been created.
أو زمن نوح عليه السلام
Or the era of Noah, peace be upon him.
أو زمن كانت الحجارة فيه رطابا
Or an era when stones were moist.
والسيل
And the flood.
والتار العظيم
And the great fire.
والضخم من الإبل
And the large camel.
وكجعفر وقنفذ: اسم
And like Ja'far and Qunfudh: a name.