ثعل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to protrusions, excrescences, or unusual formations, particularly in animals and teeth. It also extends to terms for a fox and a specific tribal lineage.

Derived headwords

ثُعْلnoun

1.
Protrusion/excrescenceclassical
A small, additional growth found on the udder of a camel or the udder of a sheep. It is considered a defect.

ثُعُولnoun

1.
Protrusions/excrescencesclassical
The plural of ثُعْل, referring to multiple small, additional growths.

ثُعْلnoun

1.
Abnormal tooth formationclassical
An irregularity in the growth of teeth, where some teeth overlap or grow upon others.

أَثْعَلadjective

1.
Having irregular teethclassical
Describing a male person with uneven or overlapping teeth.

ثَعْلَاءadjective

1.
Having irregular teethclassical
Describing a female person with uneven or overlapping teeth.

أَثْعَلَverb

1.
To deviate/disagreeclassical
Used to describe a group of people who deviate from the norm or disagree.

ثُعَالَةname

1.
Foxclassical
A proper name for the animal known as a fox.

مِثْعَلَةnoun

1.
Place with many foxesclassical
A land or area that is abundant with foxes.

ثَعْلname

1.
Tribal ancestorclassical
The name of an ancestor of a branch of the Tayy tribe, specifically Tha'l ibn Amr.

Parallel reading

الثعل بالضم: خلف زائد صغير في أخلاف الناقة وفي ضرع الشاة

The tha'l (with damma) is a small, additional growth in the udder of a camel and in the udder of a sheep.

يقال: ما أبين ثعل الشاة.

It is said: 'How prominent is the tha'l of the sheep.'

والجمع ثعول.

And the plural is tha'ul.

وذموا لنا الدنيا وهم يرضعونها أفاويق حتى ما يدرها ثعل

And they criticized the world to us while they were suckling it with rich milk until the tha'l (excrescence) would not yield milk.

وإنما ذكر الثعل للمبالغة في الارتضاع، والثعل لا يدر.

The tha'l was mentioned for exaggeration in suckling; the tha'l does not yield milk.

والثعل بالتحريك: زوائد في الاسنان واختلاف في منبتها يركب بعضها بعضا.

And the tha'l (with haraka) refers to growths in the teeth and irregularity in their implantation, where some teeth overlap others.

رجل أثعل وامرأة ثعلاء.

A man is ath'al and a woman is tha'laa' (both referring to having irregular teeth).

وربما قالوا: أثعل القوم علينا، إذا خالفوا.

And sometimes they say: 'The people deviated from us,' if they disagreed.

وثعالة: اسم للثعلب، وهو معرفة.

And Tha'alah is a name for the fox, and it is a proper noun.

وأرض مثعلة بالفتح، أي كثيره الثعالب، كما قالوا معقرة للارض الكثيرة العقارب.

And a mith'alah (land) (with fatha) means abundant with foxes, just as they said mu'aqqirah for land abundant with scorpions.

وثعل: أبو حى من طيئ، وهو ثعل بن عمرو أخو نبهان

And Tha'l is the father of a clan from Tayy, who is Tha'l ibn Amr, brother of Nabhan.

وهم الذين عناهم امروء القيس بقوله: رب رام من بنى ثعل مخرج كفيه من ستره

And they are the ones whom Imru' al-Qais referred to with his saying: 'Perhaps a thrower from the sons of Tha'l exposing his hands from his covering.'