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غرل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of being wide, uncircumcised, or a lingering residue. It describes expansiveness in living, a state of being uncircumcised, and the remnants of water or mud left behind in various containers or on the ground.

Derived headwords

أَغْرَلadjective
  1. 1.
    wide, spaciousclassical

    Describing a life or living situation that is abundant and spacious.

  2. 2.
    uncircumcisedclassical

    Referring to a male who has not undergone circumcision.

الغَرَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foreskinclassical

    The fold of skin that covers the head of the penis, specifically referring to it in the context of being uncircumcised.

غَرِلadjective
  1. 1.
    loose-limbed, relaxedclassical

    Describing a person whose physical constitution is relaxed or loose, not tense.

الغُرَيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    water residueclassical

    The water that remains in a basin or pond, especially water that is difficult to drink or has sediment.

الغِرينnoun
  1. 1.
    water residueclassical

    The water that remains in a basin or pond, especially water that is difficult to drink or has sediment.

  2. 2.
    sediment, dregsclassical

    The residue or dregs left at the bottom of a container, such as a bottle.

الغَرَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin mud layerclassical

    A thin layer of mud that dries on the surface of the ground after a flood recedes.

الغَرَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mud depositclassical

    Mud carried by floodwaters that remains on the ground, whether wet or dry.

Parallel reading

عيش أغرل، أي واسع.
A wide life, meaning spacious.
وغلام أغرل، أي أقلف.
And a boy uncircumcised, meaning uncircumcised.
والغرلة: القلفة.
And al-gharla: the foreskin.
ورجل غرل: مسترخي الخلق.
And a man gharril: relaxed in his creation/disposition.
الغريل والغرين: ما يبقى من الماء في الحوض،
Al-ghurayl and al-ghareen: what remains of water in a basin,
والغدير تبقى فيه الدعاميص لا يقدر على شربه،
and a pond in which are left stagnant waters that cannot be drunk,
وكذلك ما يبقى في أسفل القارورة من الثفل.
and likewise what remains at the bottom of a bottle of dregs.
هو أن يأتي السيل فيلبث على وجه الأرض ثم ينضب فيرى طينا رقيقا قد جف على وجه الأرض.
It is when the flood comes and stays on the surface of the earth, then recedes, and a thin mud is seen that has dried on the surface of the earth.
هو الطين يحمله السيل فيبقى على وجه الأرض رطبا كان أو يابسا.
It is the mud that the flood carries, remaining on the surface of the earth, whether wet or dry.