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الوذيلة

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of smallness, lightness, and specific physical attributes. It encompasses terms for reflective surfaces, fatty tissues, and descriptions of physical agility or brevity.

Derived headwords

الوذيلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mirrorboth

    A reflective surface, often made of polished metal.

  2. 2.
    Polished silver piececlassical

    A piece of silver that has been polished to a shine.

  3. 3.
    Fatty tissueboth

    A piece of fat from the hump of a camel or the rump of a sheep.

  4. 4.
    Short-rumped slave womanclassical

    A female slave who is short in the buttocks.

وذائلnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of الوذيلةboth

    The plural form of the word الوذيلة, referring to multiple instances of mirrors, fatty tissues, or other related meanings.

وذلةadjective
  1. 1.
    Agile, nimbleboth

    Describing someone or something as quick, light, and graceful in movement.

وذلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Lightness, agilityboth

    The quality of being light, quick, and nimble.

وذلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Servantclassical

    A servant, particularly one described as light or quick.

وذالةnoun
  1. 1.
    Butcher's cutclassical

    Meat that a butcher cuts off without proper division or allocation.

توذلواverb
  1. 1.
    To cut off meatclassical

    They cut off meat, referring to the act of a butcher taking portions without division.

Parallel reading

الوذيلة، كسفينة: المرآة
Al-wadhilah, like safinah: the mirror.
والقطعة من الفضة المجلوة
And the piece of polished silver.
أو أعم ج: ms1479 وذيل ووذائل
Or more general, plural: wadhil and wadha'il.
والقطعة من شحم السنام والألية
And the piece of fat from the hump of the camel and the rump.
والأمة اللسناء القصيرة الأليتين
And the slave woman who is short in the buttocks.
والنشيطة الرشيقة، كالوذلة، محركة وكزنخة
And the active, graceful one, like al-wadhilah, with movement and like zankhah.
وخادم وذلة: خفيف
And a servant wadhilah: light.
والوذالة: ما يقطع الجزار من اللحم بغير قسم
And al-wadhalah: what the butcher cuts from the meat without division.
يقال: لقد توذلوا منه
It is said: they have cut off from it.