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كول

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to plants, specifically reeds, and also encompasses the concept of gathering or assembling.

Derived headwords

الكولانnoun
  1. 1.
    reed plantboth

    A type of plant, specifically identified as papyrus.

تكولverb
  1. 1.
    gather togetherclassical

    To gather or assemble upon someone.

تكول القوم على فلان — The people gathered together against so-and-so.

Parallel reading

الكولان بالقتح: نبت، وهو البردي.
Al-kulan, with fath, is a plant, and it is the papyrus.
وتكول القوم على فلان: تجمعوا عليه.
And takawwala the people against so-and-so means they gathered upon him.