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الوبل

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense, heavy rain and its associated qualities of severity, weight, and impact. It extends to concepts of forceful action, dense or substantial things, and even negative connotations like unsuitability or overindulgence.

Derived headwords

الوبل والوابلnoun
  1. 1.
    Heavy rainboth

    Intense rain with large drops.

وبلتverb
  1. 1.
    It rained heavilyboth

    The sky rained heavily.

  2. 2.
    To drive hardclassical

    To chase prey forcefully.

  3. 3.
    To strikeclassical

    To hit with a stick.

وبلت السماء تبل: أمطرته — The sky rained heavily upon it.
وبلت الصيد: طرده شديدا — He drove the prey forcefully.
وبلت بالعصا: ضربه — He struck him with a stick.
وبلadjective
  1. 1.
    Intenseclassical

    Describing something severe or intense.

  2. 2.
    Thick stickclassical

    A thick stick or staff.

  3. 3.
    Flexible rodclassical

    A rod that has some flexibility.

  4. 4.
    Bell clapperclassical

    A wooden piece used to strike a bell, like a clapper.

  5. 5.
    Bundle of firewoodclassical

    A bundle of firewood.

  6. 6.
    Fullness of foodclassical

    A feeling of fullness or overindulgence from food.

  7. 7.
    Unsuitable pastureclassical

    Pastureland that is unhealthy or unsuitable for grazing.

كالميبلnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick stickclassical

    A thick stick or staff.

  2. 2.
    Flexible rodclassical

    A rod that has some flexibility.

  3. 3.
    Bell clapperclassical

    A wooden piece used to strike a bell, like a clapper.

  4. 4.
    Bundle of firewoodclassical

    A bundle of firewood.

الوبيلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick stickclassical

    A thick stick or staff.

  2. 2.
    Flexible rodclassical

    A rod that has some flexibility.

  3. 3.
    Bell clapperclassical

    A wooden piece used to strike a bell, like a clapper.

  4. 4.
    Bundle of firewoodclassical

    A bundle of firewood.

الموبلnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick stickclassical

    A thick stick or staff.

  2. 2.
    Flexible rodclassical

    A rod that has some flexibility.

  3. 3.
    Bell clapperclassical

    A wooden piece used to strike a bell, like a clapper.

  4. 4.
    Bundle of firewoodclassical

    A bundle of firewood.

وبلnoun
  1. 1.
    Bundle of firewoodclassical

    A bundle of firewood.

الإبالةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bundle of firewoodclassical

    A bundle of firewood.

مدقة القصار بعد الغسلnoun
  1. 1.
    Fuller's pestleclassical

    The pestle used by a fuller after washing cloth.

المرعى الوخيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Unsuitable pastureclassical

    Pastureland that is unhealthy or unsuitable for grazing.

وبلverb
  1. 1.
    To be unhealthyclassical

    To be unhealthy or unsuitable, referring to land.

وبل، ككرم، وبالة وبالا ووبولا — It became unhealthy, like karuma.
بالةnoun
  1. 1.
    Unhealthinessclassical

    The state of being unhealthy or unsuitable, referring to land.

وبل، ككرم، وبالة وبالا ووبولا — It became unhealthy, like karuma.
وبالاnoun
  1. 1.
    Unhealthinessclassical

    The state of being unhealthy or unsuitable, referring to land.

وبل، ككرم، وبالة وبالا ووبولا — It became unhealthy, like karuma.
وبولاnoun
  1. 1.
    Unhealthinessclassical

    The state of being unhealthy or unsuitable, referring to land.

وبل، ككرم، وبالة وبالا ووبولا — It became unhealthy, like karuma.
وبيلةadjective
  1. 1.
    Unhealthy pastureclassical

    Describing pastureland that is unhealthy or unsuitable for grazing.

وأرض وبيلة: وخيمة المرتع ms1478 ج: ككتب — And an unhealthy pasture: of bad grazing.
استوبلverb
  1. 1.
    To find unsuitableclassical

    To find land unsuitable, even if one likes it.

واستوبل الأرض: إذا لم توافقه وإن كان محبا لها — And he found the land unsuitable: if it did not agree with him, even if he loved it.
وبلة الطعامnoun
  1. 1.
    Food overindulgenceclassical

    A feeling of fullness or overindulgence from food.

ووبلة الطعام وأبلته، محركتين: تخمته — And the fullness of food and making it full: he felt overstuffed.
أبلتهverb
  1. 1.
    To make fullclassical

    To cause a feeling of fullness or overindulgence from food.

ووبلة الطعام وأبلته، محركتين: تخمته — And the fullness of food and making it full: he felt overstuffed.
وبلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Ewe's desireclassical

    A ewe's strong desire for the ram.

وبالشاة وبلة: شهوة للفحل — And with the ewe, a desire: lust for the ram.
استوبلتverb
  1. 1.
    To desire the ramclassical

    The ewes showed strong desire for the ram.

وقد استوبلت الغنم — And the sheep have shown desire.
الوبالnoun
  1. 1.
    Severityclassical

    Hardship, difficulty, or severity.

  2. 2.
    Heavinessclassical

    Weight or heaviness.

  3. 3.
    Horse's nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Dhahra bin Jabir bin Qutn.

  4. 4.
    Water sourceclassical

    A water source belonging to the Banu Asad tribe.

أبيل على وبيلphrase
  1. 1.
    Elderly man with a staffclassical

    An old man leaning on or carrying a staff.

وأبيل على وبيل: شيخ على عصا — And an old man on a staff: an elder on a stick.
الوابلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Joint extremityclassical

    The end of the upper arm bone or thigh bone.

  2. 2.
    Shoulder tipclassical

    The tip of the shoulder.

  3. 3.
    Knee boneclassical

    A bone in the knee joint.

  4. 4.
    Thigh fleshclassical

    The flesh that wraps around the thigh.

  5. 5.
    Livestock offspringclassical

    The young of camels and sheep.

الوبلىadjective
  1. 1.
    Late milkerclassical

    A female animal that continues to produce milk after a strong milking.

الموابلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Perseveranceclassical

    Continuity, persistence, or steadfastness.

الميبلnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel goadclassical

    A braid of leather attached to a stick used to prod camels.

  2. 2.
    Whipclassical

    A whip or riding crop.

الوبيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Staffclassical

    A staff or walking stick.

  2. 2.
    Fuller's toolclassical

    A tool used by a fuller, not a bundle of firewood.

والوبيل في قول طرفة: العصا، أو ميجنة القصار لاحزمة الحطب، كما توهمه الجوهري — And al-wabeel in the saying of Tarfa: the staff, or the fuller's tool, not a bundle of firewood, as al-Jawhari mistakenly thought.

Parallel reading

وبلت السماء تبل: أمطرته
The sky rained heavily upon it.
وبلت الصيد: طرده شديدا
He drove the prey forcefully.
وبلت بالعصا: ضربه
He struck him with a stick.
وأرض وبيلة: وخيمة المرتع ms1478 ج: ككتب
And an unhealthy pasture: of bad grazing.
وقد وبلت، ككرم
And it became unhealthy, like karuma.
واستوبل الأرض: إذا لم توافقه وإن كان محبا لها
And he found the land unsuitable: if it did not agree with him, even if he loved it.
ووبلة الطعام وأبلته، محركتين: تخمته
And the fullness of food and making it full: he felt overstuffed.
وبالشاة وبلة: شهوة للفحل
And with the ewe, a desire: lust for the ram.
وقد استوبلت الغنم
And the sheep have shown desire.
وأبيل على وبيل: شيخ على عصا
And an old man on a staff: an elder on a stick.
والوبلى، كجمزى: التي تدر بعد الدفعة الشديدة
And al-wubla, like jamza: that which gives milk after a strong milking.
والوبيل في قول طرفة: فمرت كهاة ذات خيف جلالة ... عقيلة شيخ كالوبيل ألندد
And al-wabeel in the saying of Tarfa: She passed, a she-camel of great stature with a hump... the noble one of an elder like al-wabeel, of the Al-Naddad.
العصا، أو ميجنة القصار لاحزمة الحطب، كما توهمه الجوهري
The staff, or the fuller's tool, not a bundle of firewood, as al-Jawhari mistakenly thought.