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مدل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of being hidden, inconspicuous, or having little substance. It describes a person who is not prominent and physically lean.

Derived headwords

المَدَلّnoun
  1. 1.
    Hidden personclassical

    A man who is inconspicuous or not well-known.

  2. 2.
    Lean personclassical

    A person who is physically thin and has little flesh.

تَمَدَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    he used a handkerchief, a variant of 'tandala'both

    he used a handkerchief, a variant of 'tandala'

تَنَدَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    he used the handkerchiefboth

    he used the handkerchief

Parallel reading

المدل، بكسر الميم: الرجل الخفى الشخص، القليل اللحم، بالدال والذال جميعا.
Al-madallu, with a kasra on the mim: the hidden person, the lean one, using both dal and dhal.
وتمدل بالمنديل: لغة في تندل:
And tamaddala bil-mindīli: a linguistic variant of tandala: