رغل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to plants, specifically a type of sour herb, and extends to concepts of nurturing, straying, abundance, and a specific type of uncircumcised state. It also includes a proper name associated with a historical event.

Derived headwords

الرَّغْلnoun

1.
sour herbboth
A type of sour plant, referred to by the Persians as 'sarmak'. The plural form is 'arghal'.

أرْغَلَتْverb

1.
to sprout/growboth
The land has sprouted or grown plants.
2.
to nurseboth
A woman has nursed (a child). This verb can be pronounced with 'r' or 'z'.
3.
to strayboth
Camels have strayed from their grazing grounds.

عَيْشٌ أرْغَلٌadjective

1.
abundant lifeboth
A life that is abundant and plentiful.

غُلَامٌ أرْغَلٌadjective

1.
uncircumcised boyclassical
A boy who is uncircumcised, also described as 'aqlaf'.

أبو رِغَالname

1.
Abu Rigalclassical
A proper name of a guide to the Abyssinians when they marched on Mecca; he died on the way.

الرَّغْلَةnoun

1.
nursing in distractionclassical
A nursing that occurs in a state of distraction or unawareness.

رَغَلَverb

1.
to nurseclassical
A kid nursed its mother. This is used to describe someone who is eager to nurse, even before their own offspring.

رَمٌ رَغُولٌadjective

1.
opportunistic eaterclassical
Someone who seizes and eats everything, especially during times of scarcity, and is also a threat during times of plenty.

Parallel reading

الرغل بالضم: ضرب من الحمض تسميه الفرس " السرمق ".

Ar-raghl (with dammah) is a type of sour plant that the Persians call 'as-sarmak'.

والجمع أرغال.

And its plural is 'arghal'.

وقد أرغلت الأرض، إذا أنبتته

And the land has sprouted, meaning it has grown it (the plant).

وأرغلت المرأة، أي أرضعت، بالراء والزاى جميعا.

And a woman has nursed, meaning she has breastfed, pronounced with both 'r' and 'z'.

وأرغلت الإبل عن مراتعها، أي ضلت.

And the camels have strayed from their grazing grounds, meaning they have become lost.

وعيش أرغل وأغرل، أي واسع.

And a life that is 'arghal' and 'aghral' means abundant.

وغلام أرغل بين الرغل، أي أعزل، وهو الاقلف.

And a boy who is 'arghal' among the 'raghl' means uncircumcised, which is 'al-aqlaf'.

أبو رغال (1) يرجم قبره، وكان دليلا للحبشة حين توجهوا إلى مكة فمات في الطريق.

Abu Rigal (1) they stone his grave; he was a guide for the Abyssinians when they headed to Mecca, and he died on the way.

والرغلة: رضاعة في غفلة.

And 'ar-raghlah' is nursing in a state of distraction.

يقال رغل الجدي أمه (2) : رضعها.

It is said that the kid nursed its mother: it suckled it.

يسبق فيها الحمل العجيا رغلا إذا ما آنس العشيا

The pregnant ewe precedes the old one, nursing a kid when it senses the evening.

يقول: إنه يبادر بالعشى إلى الشاة يرغلها دون ولدها.

He means: it rushes in the evening to the ewe, nursing it before its own lamb.

يصفه باللؤم.

He describes it (the ewe) with baseness.

يقال: فلان رم رغول، إذا اغتنم كل شئ وأكله.

It is said: 'So-and-so is 'ram raghul', meaning he seizes and eats everything.

يقول: إذا أجدب لم يحقر شيئا وشره إليه، وإن أخصب لم ينم جاره خوفا من غائلته.

He means: if it is a time of drought, he does not disdain anything and rushes to it; and if it is a time of plenty, his neighbor does not sleep for fear of his harm.