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القصعل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes negative or undesirable qualities, focusing on terms for a base or ignoble person, and also refers to specific types of scorpions and young wolves. It can also describe the sun reaching the zenith of the sky.

Derived headwords

القَصَعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    ignoble personclassical

    A person characterized by baseness, meanness, or lack of noble qualities.

  2. 2.
    scorpionclassical

    A venomous arachnid, specifically referring to a scorpion.

  3. 3.
    young scorpionclassical

    The offspring or young of a scorpion.

  4. 4.
    young wolfclassical

    The offspring or young of a wolf.

اقْصَعَلَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    sun reached zenithclassical

    The sun reached the highest point in the sky, the zenith.

اقصعلت الشمس — The sun reached the zenith.

Parallel reading

اللئيم
The ignoble person.
والعقرب
And the scorpion.
أو ولدها
Or its young (referring to the scorpion).
أو عقرب صغيرة
Or a small scorpion.
ولد الذئب
The young of the wolf.
واقصعلت الشمس: تكبدت السماء
And the sun reached the zenith: it bore the sky.