فله

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, fracturing, or becoming weak, often applied to physical objects like swords or bones, but also to armies in defeat. It extends to concepts of loss, scarcity, and barrenness, particularly in land, and also includes specific terms for plants like pepper and related medicinal uses.

Derived headwords

فَلَّverb

1.
to break, fractureboth
To break or fracture something, often a solid object like a sword or bone.
2.
to defeat, routboth
To defeat an enemy army, causing them to flee.

تَفَلَّلَverb

1.
to be broken, fracturedboth
To become broken or fractured, often used for a sword or bone.
2.
to be routed, fleeboth
To be defeated and flee from the battlefield.

اِنْفَلَّverb

1.
to break, fractureboth
To break or fracture, often used reflexively or passively.
2.
to flee, disperseboth
To flee or disperse, especially after being defeated.

اِفْتَلَّverb

1.
to break, fractureclassical
To break or fracture something.

فَلَّلَverb

1.
to break, fractureboth
To break or fracture something.
2.
to defeat, routboth
To defeat an enemy army.

فُلٌّnoun

1.
broken piececlassical
A single broken piece, often referring to a chip or fragment from a sword.

فُلُولٌnoun

1.
routed soldiersboth
Soldiers who have been defeated and are fleeing.
2.
broken piecesclassical
Broken pieces or fragments.

أَفْلَالٌnoun

1.
routed soldiersboth
Plural of 'fulool', referring to defeated and fleeing soldiers.
2.
broken piecesclassical
Plural of 'fulool', referring to broken pieces or fragments.

فَلِيلٌadjective

1.
broken, chippedboth
Describing a sword or bone that is broken or chipped.

مُفَلَّلٌadjective

1.
broken, chippedboth
Describing a sword or bone that is broken or chipped.

أَفَلٌّadjective

1.
broken, chippedclassical
Describing a sword or bone that is broken or chipped.

مُنْفَلٌّadjective

1.
broken, chippedclassical
Describing a sword or bone that is broken or chipped.

فَلْوَلَةٌnoun

1.
breaking, fracturingclassical
The act of breaking or fracturing.
2.
defeat, routclassical
The act of defeating an army.

فَلِيلٌnoun

1.
broken camel's toothclassical
A broken or fractured tooth of a camel.
2.
groupclassical
A group or collection of things.
3.
gathered hairclassical
A mass or clump of hair.
4.
palm fiberclassical
Fiber from a palm tree.

فَلٌّnoun

1.
what falls offboth
Anything that breaks off or falls from something, like gold dust or iron filings.
2.
sparksboth
Sparks from fire.
3.
barren landboth
Infertile land, land that does not grow vegetation.

أَفَلَّverb

1.
to take the least partclassical
To take the smallest or least significant part of something, like a tenth.
2.
to lose wealthclassical
For one's wealth to be lost or depleted.

اِسْتَفَلَّverb

1.
to take the least partclassical
To take the smallest or least significant part of something, like a tenth.

فَلِيٌّadjective

1.
barren landboth
Land that has not received rain and is infertile.

فَلَىnoun

1.
routed battalionclassical
A defeated and fleeing military unit.

فُلْفُلٌnoun

1.
pepperboth
The spice pepper, particularly Indian pepper.
2.
pepper plantboth
The plant that produces pepper.

دارُ الفُلْفُلِnoun

1.
pepper plant when fruitingclassical
The pepper plant during its initial fruiting stage.

خادِمٌ كَيِّسٌnoun

1.
clever servantclassical
A description of a servant who is intelligent and capable.

تَفَلْفَلَverb

1.
to quicken stepsclassical
To quicken one's pace or steps.
2.
to swaggerclassical
To walk with a swagger or proud gait.
3.
to blacken teatsclassical
For the teats of a camel's udder to blacken.

فِلْيَةٌnoun

1.
rain-deprived landclassical
Land that has not received rain in a year but is expected to receive it the following year.

مُفَلْفَلٌadjective

1.
dyed like pepperclassical
Describing a garment dyed with patterns resembling pepper grains.
2.
pungentclassical
Describing a drink that has a sharp, pungent taste.
3.
very curlyclassical
Describing hair that is extremely curly.
4.
tannedclassical
Describing leather that has been thoroughly tanned.

أَفَلٌّname

1.
sword nameclassical
The name of a specific sword belonging to Adi ibn Hatim.

فُلْفُلَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, specifically a town in Isfahan.

Parallel reading

ثلمه فتفلل وانفل وافتل

It was damaged, so it broke and became fragmented, and it fractured and broke.

والقوم: هزمهم، فانفلوا وتفللوا

And the people: he defeated them, so they fled and became routed.

وقوم فل: منهزمون ج: فلول وأفلال

And a routed people: they are fleeing, plural: fulool and aflaal.

وسيف فليل ومفلول وأفل ومنفل: منثلم

And a broken sword, and a fractured one, and a chipped one, and a fragmented one: it is chipped.

وفلوله: ثلمه، واحدها: فل

And its fragments: its damage, and its singular is: ful.

والفليل: ناب البعير المنكسر، والجماعة، كالفل، والشعر المجتمع، كالفليلة، والليف

And al-faleel: a broken camel's tooth, and a group, like al-ful, and gathered hair, like al-faleelah, and palm fiber.

والفل: ما ندر عن الشيء، كسحالة الذهب، وبرادة الحديد، وشرار النار، والأرض الجدبة، ويكسر، أو التي تمطر ولا تنبت، أو ما أخطأها المطر أعواما، أو ما لم تمطر بين ممطورتين، أو القفرة

And al-ful: what falls off a thing, like gold dust, and iron filings, and sparks of fire, and barren land, and it is broken, or that which is rained upon but does not grow, or what the rain misses for years, or what is not rained upon between two rainy periods, or a desert.

وأفللنا: وطئناها، وبالكسر: الأرض لا نبات بها، وما رق من الشعر

And aflalna: we trod upon it, and with kasr: land without vegetation, and what is thin of hair.

واستفل الشيء: أخذ منه أدنى جزء، كعشره

And istafalla the thing: he took from it the least part, like its tenth.

وأفل: ذهب ماله

And afla: his wealth was lost.

وفل عنه عقله يفل: ذهب ثم عاد

And his mind left him and returned: it went away then came back.

والفلى، كربى: الكتيبة المنهزمة

And al-falaa, like rubaa: the defeated battalion.

والفلفل، كهدهد، وزبرج: حب هندي، والأبيض أصلح، وكلاهما نافع لقلع البلغم اللزج مضغا بالزفت، ولتسخين العصب والعضلات تسخينا لا يوازيه غيره، وللمغص، والنفخ، واستعماله في اللعوق للسعال، وأوجاع الصدر، وقليله يعقل، وكثيره يطلق ويجفف ويدر، ويبدد المني بعد الجماع، ويفسد الزرع بقوة

And al-fulful, like hudhud, and zabraj: Indian seeds, and the white is better, and both are beneficial for expelling viscous phlegm when chewed with pitch, and for warming nerves and muscles with an unparalleled warmth, and for colic, and bloating, and its use in a linctus for cough, and chest pains; a little of it constipates, and much of it loosens, dries, and induces, disperses semen after intercourse, and strongly spoils crops.

وأما الدار فلفل: وهو شجر الفلفل أول ما يثمر، فيزيد في الباءة، ويحدر الطعام، ويزيل المغص، وينفع من ms1442 نهش الهوام، طلاء بالدهن

And as for Daar al-fulful: it is the pepper plant when it first fruits, it increases sexual potency, aids digestion, removes colic, and is beneficial for the bites of venomous creatures, applied as an ointment with oil.

وككهدهد: الخادم الكيس، والليف، واسم

And like hudhud: the clever servant, and palm fiber, and a name.

وتفلفل: قارب بين الخطا، وتبختر، وشاص فاه بالسواك، كفلفل فيهما، وقادمتا الضرع اسودت حلمتاهما

And tafalfala: he quickened his steps, and swaggered, and cleaned his mouth with a siwak, like fulfula in both, and the two front parts of the udder, their teats blackened.

والفلية، بالكسر: الأرض لم يصبها مطر عامها، حتى يصيبها المطر من القابل ج: الفلالي

And al-fuliyyah, with kasr: land that did not receive rain in its year, until it receives rain from the next year, plural: al-falali.

وثوب مفلفل، بالفتح: موشى كصعارير الفلفل

And a mufalfal garment, with fath: embroidered like pepper grains.

وشراب مفلفل: يلذع لذعه

And a mufalfal drink: its pungency stings.

وشعر مفلفل: شديد الجعودة

And mufalfal hair: intensely curly.

وأديم مفلفل: نهكه الدباغ

And mufalfal hide: the tanning has worn it out.

والأفل: سيف عدي ابن حاتم

And al-Afl: the sword of Adi ibn Hatim.

وفلفلان، بالكسر: ة بأصبهان

And Fulfulan, with kasr: a town in Isfahan.