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غربل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sifting or straining, often used metaphorically for selection or purification. It extends to meanings related to being cut, fragmented, or even violently killed and dismembered.

Derived headwords

الغَرْبَالnoun
  1. 1.
    sieveboth

    A tool used for sifting or straining, typically made of mesh, to separate finer particles from coarser ones.

غَرْبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to siftboth

    To pass something, like flour or grain, through a sieve to separate it or purify it.

  2. 2.
    to cut upclassical

    To cut something into pieces or fragments.

وغربلت الدقيق وغيره — And I sifted flour and other things.
مُغَرْبَلadjective
  1. 1.
    siftedboth

    Having been passed through a sieve.

  2. 2.
    killed and dismemberedclassical

    Describing someone who has been violently killed, often implying being cut up or dismembered.

  3. 3.
    bloatedclassical

    Describing a body that is swollen, often due to death or injury.

Parallel reading

الغربال معروف.
The sieve is well-known.
وغربلت الدقيق وغيره.
And I sifted flour and other things.
ويقال: غربله، إذا قطعه.
And it is said: 'gharbalahu', if he cut him.
أبو عبيد: المغربل: المقتول المنتفخ.
Abu Ubaid said: 'Al-Mugharbal': the killed, bloated one.
ترى الملوك حوله مغربله
You see the kings around him, killed and dismembered