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اليلل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a condition of the teeth, specifically their shortness or inward curvature. It also extends to describe physical attributes like being stout or elevated, and refers to specific entities like a man, an idol, and a place.

Derived headwords

أَلَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be short-toothedclassical

    To have short upper teeth, or teeth that curve inward into the mouth, with irregular growth.

أَيَلadjective
  1. 1.
    short-toothedclassical

    Describing a male with short upper teeth, or teeth that curve inward into the mouth, with irregular growth.

يَلَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    short-toothedclassical

    Describing a female with short upper teeth, or teeth that curve inward into the mouth, with irregular growth.

أَلَلnoun
  1. 1.
    shortness of teethclassical

    The condition of having short upper teeth, or teeth that curve inward into the mouth, with irregular growth.

يَالِيلname
  1. 1.
    Yalil (man)classical

    A proper name for a man.

  2. 2.
    Yalil (idol)classical

    A name of an idol.

أَيَلnoun
  1. 1.
    stout and elevated placeclassical

    A stout, elevated, and high place.

أَيَلnoun
  1. 1.
    short hoofclassical

    Describing a hoof that is short in its sole.

يَلِيلname
  1. 1.
    Yalil (place)classical

    A place name, a stream near Wadi al-Safra.

Parallel reading

قصر الأسنان العليا، أو انعطافها إلى داخل الفم، واختلاف نبتتها، كالألل.
Shortness of the upper teeth, or their inward curvature into the mouth, and irregularity of their growth, like al-alal.
وهو أيل، وهي يلاء.
And he is ayl, and she is yala'.
وصفاة بينة اليلل: ملساء.
And a rock clearly showing the condition of al-yalal: smooth.
وياليل، كهابيل: رجل، وصنم.
And Yalil, like Habil: a man, and an idol.
وقف أيل: غليظ مرتفع.
And a stout, elevated place: stout and elevated.
وحافر أيل: قصير السنبك.
And a hoof of ayl: short in the sole.
ويليل: ع قرب وادي الصفراء.
And Yalil: a stream near Wadi al-Safra.