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دقل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of something being inferior or of poor quality, particularly in the context of dates. It can also refer to a specific part of a ship.

Derived headwords

الدقلnoun
  1. 1.
    the worst quality of datesboth

    the worst quality of dates

دقلةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single inferior dateclassical

    A single unit of the worst kind of dates.

أدقلverb
  1. 1.
    to produce inferior datesclassical

    Said of palm trees when they produce the worst kind of dates.

دوقلverb
  1. 1.
    to monopolize foodclassical

    Said of a person who singles out and takes a specific portion of food for themselves.

Parallel reading

الدقل: الخصاب (2) ، الواحدة دقلة.
Al-diql: The inferior dates (2), the single unit is diqlah.
والدقل: سهم السفينة (3) ، وأصله الأول.
And al-diql: the mast of the ship (3), and it is its primary origin.
والدقل: أردأ التمر.
And al-diql: the worst of dates.
وقد أدقل النخل.
And the palm trees have produced inferior dates.
ويقال دوقل فلان، إذا اختص بشئ من مأ كول.
And it is said, 'So-and-so has duqala,' if he singles out something to eat.