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خزعل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific type of limping or uneven gait. It is also used to refer to a camel that exhibits this limping characteristic, with a specific noun form denoting this condition.

Derived headwords

خَزْعَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to limpboth

    To walk with an uneven or limping gait, indicating a physical impediment.

تَخَزْعَلُverb
  1. 1.
    limpsboth

    The present tense form of the verb, indicating an ongoing limping action, used here to describe a camel's gait.

متى أرد شدتها تخزعل — When I desire its intensity, it limps
خُزْعَالnoun
  1. 1.
    limpclassical

    A condition of limping or lameness, specifically referring to a camel that has a limp.

خُزْعَالnoun
  1. 1.
    dustclassical

    Fine particles of earth or other matter suspended in the air; dust. This sense is attributed to Abu Malik.

Parallel reading

خزعل في مشيته، أي عرج.
He limped in his gait, meaning he was lame.
متى أرد شدتها تخزعل
When I desire its intensity, it limps
وناقة بها خزعال، أي ظلع.
And a camel with a khuz'al, meaning lameness.
يقال: ناقة بها خزعال، إذا كان بها ظلع.
It is said: a camel has khuz'al if it has lameness.
وهو الغبار.
And it is dust.