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قذل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the back of the head, specifically the nape and the area around it. It also extends metaphorically to concepts of inclination, deviation, and injustice.

Derived headwords

القَذَالnoun
  1. 1.
    the back of the headboth

    the back of the head

القَذَلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    sides of the napeclassical

    The two parts that surround the base of the skull, one on the right and one on the left.

أَقْذِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'al-qadhāl'both

    plural of 'al-qadhāl'

قَذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    plural of 'al-qadhāl'both

    plural of 'al-qadhāl'

القَذَلnoun
  1. 1.
    inclinationclassical

    A tendency or leaning towards something.

  2. 2.
    injusticeclassical

    Unfairness or deviation from what is right.

Parallel reading

القذال: جماع مؤخر الرأس
The nape: the entirety of the back of the head.
وهو معقد العذار من الفرس خلف الناصية
And it is the place where the bridle attaches on a horse behind the forelock.
ويقال: القذالان: ما اكتنف فأس القفا عن يمين وشمال
And it is said: Al-Qadhilān: what flanks the base of the skull from the right and left.
ويجمع على أقذلة وقذل
And it is pluralized as aqdhilah and qadhil.
وقذلته: ضربت قذاله
And I struck its nape: I struck its nape.
ويقال: القذل: الميل والجور
And it is said: Al-Qadhil: inclination and injustice.