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الكبل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to binding, restraining, and delaying. It encompasses physical restraints like ropes or chains, as well as the metaphorical delaying of debts or legal claims. It also extends to descriptions of physical attributes like shortness and specific items like a type of porridge.

Derived headwords

الكبلnoun
  1. 1.
    restraint, fetterboth

    A physical restraint or fetter, often used for binding. It can also refer to the thicker part of a rope or chain.

  2. 2.
    leather strapclassical

    A piece of leather, often doubled, found around the rim of a bucket.

  3. 3.
    thick woolclassical

    The abundant or thick wool of a fur garment.

كبلهverb
  1. 1.
    to bind, restrainboth

    To bind someone with a restraint, such as in a prison or other confinement.

يكبلهverb
  1. 1.
    to bind, restrainboth

    To bind someone with a restraint, such as in a prison or other confinement.

كبلهverb
  1. 1.
    to delay (debt)classical

    To postpone or delay the payment of a debt owed to someone.

المكابلةnoun
  1. 1.
    delaying debtclassical

    The act of postponing or delaying the payment of a debt.

  2. 2.
    preemptive purchaseclassical

    The act of delaying the purchase of a neighboring house until the buyer is entitled to claim it by preemption (shuf'a), which is disliked.

الكابولnoun
  1. 1.
    snare, trapclassical

    A snare or trap used by a hunter to catch prey.

  2. 2.
    place nameclassical

    A location situated between Tiberias and Acre.

كابلname
  1. 1.
    Kabulclassical

    A city in the region of Tokharistan, mentioned as one of its strongholds.

الكابليadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing someone as short in stature.

كبلadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing fur or a garment as short.

الكبولاءnoun
  1. 1.
    porridgeclassical

    A type of porridge or thick gruel.

Parallel reading

الكبل: القيد، ويكسر، أو أعظمه ج: كبول
Al-kabl: the restraint, and it can be pronounced with a kasra, or its greatest part, plural: kubul.
وما ثني من الجلد عند شفة الدلو، أو شفتها نفسها
And what is doubled of leather at the rim of the bucket, or the rim itself.
والكثير الصوف من الفراء
And the abundant wool of the fur.
كبله يكبله وكبله: حبسه في سجن أو غيره
Kabalahu yakbuluhu wa kabbalahu: to imprison him in a jail or elsewhere.
و غريمه الدين: أخره عنه
And to delay the debt of his debtor: to postpone it for him.
والمكابلة: تأخير الدين
And al-mukabalah: the delaying of a debt.
وأن تباع الدار إلى جنب دار وأنت تريدها، فتؤخر ذلك حتى يستوجبها المشتري ثم تأخذها بالشفعة، وقد كره ذلك
And that a house be sold next to a house that you desire, so you delay that until the buyer becomes entitled to it, then you take it by preemption, and this has been disliked.
والكابول: حبالة الصائد
And al-kabūl: the hunter's snare.
وة بين طبرية وعكاء
And a place between Tiberias and Acre.
وكابل، كآمل: من ثغور طخارستان
And Kabul, like Kamil: from the strongholds of Tokharistan.
والكابلي: القصير
And al-kābilī: the short one.
وفرو كبل، محركة: قصير
And fur kabl, with haraka: short.
والكبولاء: العصيدة
And al-kubulā': the porridge.