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ذبل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root ذبل (dh-b-l) primarily relates to wilting, drying up, or becoming thin and emaciated. It also extends to describe materials derived from sea turtles and lamp wicks, as well as a specific mountain.

Derived headwords

الذبلnoun
  1. 1.
    with fatḥa on the dhāl: something like ivory, which is the back of the sea turtle from which bracelets are madeboth

    with fatḥa on the dhāl: something like ivory, which is the back of the sea turtle from which bracelets are made

ذبلverb
  1. 1.
    it witheredboth

    it withered

  2. 2.
    also with ḍammaboth

    also with ḍamma

ذبل البقل يذبل ذبلا وذبولا — The herb wilted, wilting with wilting and wilting.
ذبل بالضم — He wilted (using the verb with dammah on the first radical).
ذبولnoun
  1. 1.
    wiltingboth

    The state or process of wilting, becoming dry and faded.

  2. 2.
    emaciationboth

    The state of being thin and wasted away.

ذبل البقل يذبل ذبلا وذبولا — The herb wilted, wilting with wilting and wilting.
أذبلهverb
  1. 1.
    to make wiltboth

    To cause something to wilt or become dry, often attributed to intense heat.

  2. 2.
    to make emaciatedboth

    To cause a horse or other creature to become thin and gaunt.

أذبله الحر — The heat made him/it wilt/emaciated.
ذبل الفرسverb
  1. 1.
    the horse became emaciatedboth

    The horse grew thin and gaunt.

ذبل الفرس — The horse became emaciated.
الذبالةnoun
  1. 1.
    the wickboth

    the wick

الذبالnoun
  1. 1.
    lamp wicksboth

    The plural form of الذبالة (lamp wick).

والجمع الذبال — And the plural is al-dhubāl.
يَذْبُلname
  1. 1.
    Yadhbulclassical

    The name of a mountain.

ويذبل: اسم جبل — And Yadhbul: the name of a mountain.

Parallel reading

الذبل: شئ كالعاج، وهو ظهر السلحفاة البحرية، يتخذ منه السوار.
Al-dhubl: a substance like ivory, which is the shell of the sea turtle, from which bracelets are made.
ترى العبس الحولي جونا بكوعها. لها مسكا من غير عاج ولا ذبل
You see the yearly-aged frowning woman with her elbow. She has musk, not from ivory nor from tortoiseshell.
والذبالة: الفتيلة، والجمع الذبال.
And al-dhubālah: the wick, and the plural is al-dhubāl.
وذبل البقل يذبل ذبلا وذبولا، أي ذوى.
And the herb wilted, wilting with wilting and wilting, meaning it withered.
وكذلك ذبل بالضم.
And likewise, it wilted (using the verb with dammah on the first radical).
وأذبله الحر وذبل الفرس: ضمر.
The heat made him/it wilt/emaciated, and the horse became emaciated: it grew thin.
على الذبل جياش كأن اهتزامه إذا جاش فيه حميه غلى مرجل
Upon the emaciated one, a warrior whose armor, when his passion boiled within him, was like a boiling cauldron.
ويذبل: اسم جبل.
And Yadhbul: the name of a mountain.