قهل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns states of dryness, weakness, and neglect, often related to the skin, physical condition, or even a person's reputation. It can also refer to facial features and a weak gait.

Derived headwords

قَهَلَverb

1.
to become dryclassical
The skin became dry and withered, often due to excessive worship.
2.
to be ungratefulclassical
To be ungrateful for favors or good deeds.
3.
to slanderclassical
To praise someone in an ugly or negative way, essentially slandering them.
4.
to neglect one's bodyclassical
To not take care of one's body by not washing or cleaning it.
5.
to accept a giftclassical
To accept a gift or donation.

قَهْلًاnoun

1.
drynessclassical
The state of being dry and withered, especially of the skin.

قُهُولًاnoun

1.
drynessclassical
The state of being dry and withered, especially of the skin.

تَقَهَّلَverb

1.
to become dryclassical
To become dry and withered, particularly the skin, often due to excessive worship.
2.
to neglect one's bodyclassical
To not take care of one's body by not washing or cleaning it.
3.
to walk weaklyclassical
To walk with a weak and feeble gait.
4.
to weaken in voiceclassical
For one's voice to become weak and soft.

القَيْهَلُnoun

1.
faceclassical
The face or countenance.

القَيْهَلَةُnoun

1.
faceclassical
The face or countenance.

اِنْقَهَلَverb

1.
to fallclassical
To fall down.
2.
to weakenclassical
To become weak or feeble.

قيهلname

1.
proper nameclassical
A proper name.

Parallel reading

قَهَلَ جلده، كمنع وفرح، قَهْلًا و قُهُولًا: يَبِسَ

His skin became dry, as in 'man'a' and 'fariha', with 'qahlan' and 'quhulan': it became dry.

أو خاص باليبس من كثرة العبادة

Or it is specific to dryness from excessive worship.

وَقَهَلَ، كَمَنَعَ: كَفَرَ الإحسانَ

And he became dry, as in 'man'a': he was ungrateful for the favor.

وَفُلَانًا: أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثَنَاءً قَبِيحًا

And so-and-so: he praised him with an ugly praise.

وَقَهَلَ، كَفَرِحَ: لَمْ يَتَعَهَّدْ جِسْمَهُ بِالْمَاءِ، وَلَمْ يُنَظِّفْهُ

And he became dry, as in 'fariha': he did not tend to his body with water, nor did he clean it.

وَاسْتَقَلَّ الْعَطِيَّةَ

And he considered the gift insignificant.

وَتَقَهَّلَ: مَشَى مَشْيًا ضَعِيفًا

And he walked weakly: he walked with a weak gait.

وَصَوْتُهُ: ضَعُفَ وَلَانَ

And his voice: it became weak and soft.

وَالْقَيْهَلُ وَالْقَيْهَلَةُ: الطَّلْعَةُ وَالْوَجْهُ

And 'al-qayhalu' and 'al-qayhalatu': the appearance and the face.

وَاجْعَلْ حَنْدُورَتَيْكَ إِلَى قِيهَلِي

And make your two jaws towards my face.

وَانْقَهَلَ: سَقَطَ وَضَعُفَ

And he became weak: he fell and became weak.

تَضْرَحُهُ ضَرْحًا فَيَنْقَهِلُ

You strike it a strike, and it collapses.