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الوغل

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes concepts of entering, delving deeply, and becoming immersed, often with connotations of weakness, baseness, or unwanted intrusion. It extends to meanings of being hidden, distant, or even physically soiled.

Derived headwords

وَغَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to enter and hideboth

    To enter into something and become hidden or concealed within it.

  2. 2.
    to go far awayboth

    To move away, become distant, and disappear.

وَغْلnoun
  1. 1.
    weakling, scoundrelclassical

    A person who is weak, base, fallen, or falls short in matters.

  2. 2.
    dense thicketclassical

    Dense, intertwined trees or shrubs.

  3. 3.
    cockleweedclassical

    A type of weed, specifically cockleweed, which is eaten by doves.

  4. 4.
    false claimantclassical

    One who falsely claims lineage or kinship.

  5. 5.
    refuge, shelterclassical

    A place of refuge or shelter.

  6. 6.
    poor nourishmentclassical

    Bad or poor food or sustenance.

وُغُولnoun
  1. 1.
    entering and hidingboth

    The act of entering and becoming hidden or concealed.

  2. 2.
    going far awayboth

    The act of going far away or becoming distant.

أَوْغَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to go deep intoboth

    To go deeply into something, such as land or knowledge, and go far.

  2. 2.
    to enter hastilyclassical

    To enter somewhere in a hurried or urgent manner.

تَوَغَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to go deep intoboth

    To go deeply into something, such as land or knowledge, and go far.

مُوغِلadjective
  1. 1.
    entering hastilyclassical

    One who enters something in a hurried or urgent manner.

  2. 2.
    deeply involvedboth

    One who has gone deeply into something, like knowledge or a place.

مُوغَلnoun
  1. 1.
    enteringclassical

    The act of entering, especially hastily.

وَغْلnoun
  1. 1.
    intruderclassical

    One who enters upon people's food and drink without invitation.

وَغَلnoun
  1. 1.
    bad foodclassical

    Bad or poor food or sustenance.

وَغَلnoun
  1. 1.
    intruderclassical

    One who enters upon people's food and drink without invitation.

وَغَلnoun
  1. 1.
    drinkclassical

    A drink that is consumed by an intruder.

اِسْتَوْغَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to wash armpitsclassical

    To wash one's armpits or groin area.

مُسْتَوْغَلnoun
  1. 1.
    place to wash armpitsclassical

    The area of the armpits or groin, a place to be washed.

Parallel reading

الوغل: الضعيف النذل الساقط المقصر في الأشياء
Al-wighl: the weak, base, fallen, one who falls short in matters.
والشجر الملتف
And the dense, intertwined trees.
والزوان يأكله الحمام
And the cockleweed that the doves eat.
والمدعي نسبا كاذبا
And the one who falsely claims lineage.
والملجأ
And the refuge.
والسيئ الغذاء، كالوغل
And bad food, like al-wighl.
والداخل على القوم في طعامهم وشرابهم، كالواغل
And the one who enters upon people in their food and drink, like al-wāghil.
وذلك الشراب وغل أيضا
And that drink is also called wighl.
ووغل في الشيء يغل وغولا: دخل وتوارى
And he entered into a thing, yaghilu wughūlan: he entered and became hidden.
أو بعد وذهب
Or he became distant and went away.
وأوغل في البلاد والعلم: ذهب وبالغ وأبعد، كتوغل
And he went deeply into the lands and knowledge: he went, exaggerated, and went far, like tawaghghala.
وكل داخل مستعجلا: موغل
And everyone who enters hastily: is mughil.
وقد أوغلته الحاجة
And need has driven him to go far.
واستوغل: غسل مغابنه
And istaghwala: he washed his armpits/groin.