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جحدل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something that is stout, heavy, and fallen or overthrown. It encompasses physical attributes of bulkiness and the action of causing something to fall.

Derived headwords

الجَحْدَلnoun
  1. 1.
    stout, fat personboth

    Refers to a person who is stout and fat, implying a large and heavy build.

جَحْدَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make fall, overthrowboth

    To cause something or someone to fall down forcefully; to overthrow or topple.

Parallel reading

الجحدل : الحادر السمين.
Al-Jahdal: the stout, fat one.
وجحدله، أي صرعه.
And Jahdaluhu, meaning to overthrow him.