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قعل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to specific natural phenomena and actions. It describes the blooming of grapevines, a type of mountain, and a particular gait involving kicking up dust.

Derived headwords

القَعَالnoun
  1. 1.
    grape blossomboth

    The blossom or flower of the grapevine.

أَقْعَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to blossomclassical

    Said of a grapevine when its blossoms split open and scatter.

القَاعِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tall mountainclassical

    A single unit of the tall mountains.

القَوَاعِلnoun
  1. 1.
    tall mountainsclassical

    The plural of 'al-qā'ilah', referring to tall mountains.

قَعُولnoun
  1. 1.
    dust-kicking gaitclassical

    A man's gait characterized by kicking dust with one foot onto the other, implying a specific manner of walking.

القَعُولَىnoun
  1. 1.
    dust-kicking gaitclassical

    The specific gait of kicking dust with one foot onto the other.

Parallel reading

نور العنب
The blossom of the grapevine.
أقعل الكرم، إذا انشق قعاله وتناثر
The grapevine blossomed, when its blossoms split and scattered.
القاعلة: واحدة القواعل، وهي الطوال من الجبال
Al-qā'ilah: one of the tall mountains, meaning the tall mountains.
وقَعُول الرجل، أي مشى مشية من يحثي التراب بإحدى قدميه على الأخرى، لقبل فيهما
And the man's qafūl, meaning he walked a gait of one who kicks dust with one foot onto the other, for a purpose in them.
فصرت أمشى القعولى والفنجله
So I began to walk the qafūlā and the fanjalah.