قسطل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dust, specifically fine dust or powder. It also extends to describe the color of dust, particularly reddish-brown, and by extension, the colors of the evening twilight and a rainbow.

Derived headwords

القسطلnoun

1.
dustboth
Fine dust or powder, often kicked up by movement.

القصطلnoun

1.
dustboth
An alternative spelling for dust, with the same meaning as القسطل.

القسطالnoun

1.
dustclassical
A variant form of dust, possibly implying a more extended or dispersed quantity.

القسطلانيةnoun

1.
rainbowclassical
The phenomenon of a rainbow, likely due to its colorful appearance.
2.
redness of twilightclassical
The reddish hue observed during twilight.

القسطلانيadjective

1.
dust-coloredclassical
Describing something that has the color of dust, typically a reddish-brown hue.

Parallel reading

الغبار

dust

والقصطل، بالسين والصاد: الغبار

And al-qasṭal, with sin and ṣād: dust

والقسطال لغة فيه

And al-qisṭāl is a variant term for it

كأنه ممدود منه مع قلة قعلال في غير المضاعف

as if it were an extended form of it, with the limited form qalaal in non-doubled roots

ولنعم مأوى المستضيف إذا دعا

And what a good refuge for the guest when he calls

والخيل خارجة من القسطال

And the horses emerging from the dust

كأنه قسطال يوم ذى رهج

As if it were dust on a day of dust and commotion

والقسطلانية: قوس فزح، وحمرة الشفق أيضا

And al-qasṭalāniyyah: a rainbow, and the redness of the twilight also

ترى جدثا قد جرت الريح فوقه ترابا كلون القسطلانى هابيا

You see a grave over which the wind has blown dust the color of the dust-colored, rising