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دبل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root 'دبل' primarily relates to the concept of gathering, collecting, or consolidating things. It extends to meanings of repairing, improving, or making something whole, and also encompasses the idea of a significant misfortune or calamity.

Derived headwords

دَبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    he fertilized the land: its improvement with manure and the likeboth

    he fertilized the land: its improvement with manure and the like

  2. 2.
    anything you have improved, you have fertilized itboth

    anything you have improved, you have fertilized it

دَبْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lump, massboth

    A lump or mass of something, like gum or other substances.

مُدَبَّلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    repaired, improvedboth

    Describing land that has been repaired, improved, or made fertile.

الدُّبُولnoun
  1. 1.
    channels, ditchesclassical

    Channels or ditches that are cleared and repaired, implying a process of making them functional.

دَبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    he fertilized the land: its improvement with manure and the likeboth

    he fertilized the land: its improvement with manure and the like

  2. 2.
    anything you have improved, you have fertilized itboth

    anything you have improved, you have fertilized it

دَبِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    calamity, misfortuneclassical

    A great misfortune, calamity, or disaster.

دَبِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    calamity, misfortuneclassical

    A great misfortune or calamity, often used in a diminutive form for emphasis or intensity.

دُوبَلnoun
  1. 1.
    small donkeyclassical

    A small donkey that does not grow large.

Parallel reading

دبلت الشء: جمعته، كما تجمع اللقمة بأصابعك.
I gathered the thing: I collected it, just as you collect a mouthful with your fingers.
والدبلة مثل الكتلة من الصمغ وغيره.
And the dableh is like a lump of gum and other things.
ودبل الارض: إصلاحها بالسر جين ونحوه.
And he repaired the land: by fertilizing it with manure and the like.
وأرض مدبولة.
And a repaired/improved land.
وكل شئ أصلحته فقد دبلته ودملته.
And anything you repaired, you have indeed repaired it and made it whole.
منه سميت الجداول الدبول، لأنها تدبل، أي تنقى وتصلح.
From this, the channels were named Al-Dubool, because they are cleared and repaired, meaning they are cleaned and made fit.
والدبل: الداهية.
And Al-Dabl: the calamity.
يقال: دبلا دبيلا، كما يقال ثكلا ثا كلا.
It is said: 'Dabala dabalan', just as it is said 'Thakala thakala'.
وطعان الكماة وضرب الجياد وقول الحواضن دبلا دبيلا
And the fighting of warriors and the striking of steeds and the saying of the nurses: 'Dabalan dabalan' (a calamity, a calamity).
والدبيلة: الداهية، وهي مصغرة للتكبير.
And the Dabeelah: the calamity, and it is a diminutive form used for magnification.
يقال: دبلتهم الدبيلة، أي أصابتهم الداهية، حكاها أبو عبيد.
It is said: 'The Dabeelah struck them', meaning the calamity befell them, as narrated by Abu Ubaid.
والدوبل: الحمار الصغير لا يكبر.
And the Doobl: the small donkey that does not grow large.
وكان الاخطل يلقب به.
And Al-Ahṭal was nicknamed with it.
ومننه قول جرير: بكى دوبل لا يرقئ الله دمعه
And from it is the saying of Jarir: 'A small donkey wept, may God not stop its tears'.