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قرعبل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a type of crawling or creeping creature, possibly with a large belly. It also relates to the sound or action of rattling or clattering.

Derived headwords

القُرَعْبِلَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Crawling creatureclassical

    A broad, bloated, large-bellied crawling creature. Its original form was 'qur'abal', to which three letters were added because a name cannot exceed five letters.

قُرَعْبِلother
  1. 1.
    Root formclassical

    The original root form from which 'al-qur'abilanah' is derived.

قُرَيْعِبَةname
  1. 1.
    Diminutiveclassical

    The diminutive form of 'al-qur'abilanah'.

Parallel reading

القُرَعْبِلَانَة: دويبة عريضة محبنطئة عظيمة البطن
Al-qur'abilanah: a broad, bloated, large-bellied crawling creature.
وأصله قرعبل
And its origin was Qur'abal.
فزيدت فيه ثلاثة أحرف: لان الاسم لا يكون على أكثر من خمسة أحرف.
So three letters were added to it, because a name cannot be more than five letters.
وتصغيره قريعبة.
And its diminutive is Quraybah.