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المقل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root 'المقل' primarily relates to looking, gazing, and immersing oneself in water. It also extends to concepts of the eye, a type of fruit, and a medicinal resin.

Derived headwords

المقلnoun
  1. 1.
    gazingboth

    The act of looking intently or observing.

  2. 2.
    immersionboth

    The act of submerging or plunging into water.

  3. 3.
    divingboth

    The act of going deep into water.

  4. 4.
    type of nursingclassical

    A specific method or form of suckling or nursing.

  5. 5.
    bottom of a wellclassical

    The lowest part or base of a well.

  6. 6.
    fear for a young camelclassical

    A father's concern for his young camel's drinking of milk, leading him to give it small amounts in his hand.

المقلnoun
  1. 1.
    incense resinclassical

    A type of incense used by Jews for smoking, also known as 'Kandahar'.

  2. 2.
    tree resinboth

    Resin from a tree, with varieties like Indian, Arabic, and Sicilian, beneficial for coughs, insect bites, hemorrhoids, uterine cleansing, childbirth, placenta expulsion, and kidney stones.

المقل المكيnoun
  1. 1.
    fruit of the doom treeboth

    The fruit of the doom tree, which ripens and is eaten. It is described as coarse, astringent, cold, and strengthening for the stomach.

المقلةnoun
  1. 1.
    eyeballboth

    The part of the eye that contains the pupil and iris, or the entire eye.

  2. 2.
    pupil of the eyeboth

    The dark central part of the eye.

  3. 3.
    lottery stoneclassical

    A stone placed in a vessel when water is scarce during travel, used for drawing lots.

مقلهاverb
  1. 1.
    to cast themclassical

    To cast the lottery stones into the vessel and pour water over them.

تماقلاverb
  1. 1.
    to dive repeatedlyclassical

    To immerse oneself in water multiple times.

امتقلverb
  1. 1.
    to dive repeatedlyclassical

    To dive or plunge into water multiple times.

Parallel reading

المقل: النظر
Al-Maql: Gazing.
والغمس، والغوص في الماء
And immersion, and diving in water.
وأن يخاف الرجل على الفصيل من شربه اللبن فيسقيه في كفه قليلا قليلا
And a man fearing for his young camel from drinking milk, so he gives it little by little in his palm.
وبالضم: الكندر الذي يتدخن به اليهود
And with dammah: The incense resin with which Jews fumigate.
وصمغ شجرة، ومنه هندي وعربي وصقلي، والكل نافع للسعال، ونهش الهوام، والبواسير، وتنقية الرحم، وتسهيل الولادة، وإنزال المشيمة، وحصاة الكلية، والرياح الغليظة، مدر باهي مسمن، محلل للأورام.
And tree resin, of which there are Indian, Arabic, and Sicilian varieties, all beneficial for coughs, insect bites, hemorrhoids, cleansing the uterus, facilitating childbirth, expelling the placenta, kidney stones, and thick winds; it is diuretic, radiant, fattening, and resolves swellings.
والمقل المكي: ثمر شجر الدوم ينضج ويؤكل، خشن، قابض، بارد، مقو للمعدة.
And Al-Maql Al-Makki: The fruit of the doom tree, which ripens and is eaten; it is coarse, astringent, cold, and strengthens the stomach.
والمقلة: شحمة العين التي تجمع السواد والبياض، أو هي السواد والبياض، أو الحدقة ج: كصرد
And Al-Maqlah: The fatty part of the eye that gathers the black and white, or it is the black and white, or the pupil, plural like 'sard'.
وبالفتح: حصاة القسم توضع في الإناء إذا عدم الماء في السفر، ثم يصب عليه ما يغمر الحصاة، فيعطى كل منهم سهمه.
And with fatha: A lot-drawing stone placed in a vessel when water is scarce during travel, then enough water is poured to cover the stone, so each person receives their share.
ومقلها: ألقاها في الإناء وصب عليها الماء.
And its 'maqalah': She cast them into the vessel and poured water over them.
وهذا خير من مئة ناقة لمقلة، أي: من مئة تختارها بعينك ونظرك.
And this is better than a hundred camels for a 'maqalah', meaning: than a hundred you choose with your eye and your sight.
وتماقلا: تغاطا في الماء.
And 'tamaqala': They dived in the water.
وامتقل: غاص مرارا.
And 'imtaqala': He dived repeatedly.