← Back to Al-Qamus al-Muhit

القرثل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something short and stout, possibly with a thick or bushy appearance. It is associated with physical characteristics, particularly shortness and a certain kind of beauty or radiance.

Derived headwords

القُرْثُلnoun
  1. 1.
    Short and stout personboth

    A person, particularly a man, who is short and stout or thickset.

  2. 2.
    Radiant beautyclassical

    Refers to a kind of beauty or radiance, possibly associated with the shortness or stoutness.

قُرْثُلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shortness and stoutnessboth

    The state or quality of being short and stout.

Parallel reading

الزريء القصير
The short and stout one.
وهي: بهاء
And it [referring to the quality] is: radiance/beauty.