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مقل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the eye and sight, encompassing concepts like the eyeball, looking, and observing. It also extends to meanings of immersion, particularly in water, and the use of pebbles for measurement or selection.

Derived headwords

المَقْلnoun
  1. 1.
    the fruit of the doum palmboth

    the fruit of the doum palm

المُقْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the eyeball that combines white and blackboth

    the eyeball that combines white and black

مَقْلverb
  1. 1.
    to lookclassical

    To look or gaze.

مَقَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to immerseboth

    To immerse or submerge something in water.

امْقُلُوهُverb
  1. 1.
    to immerse (command)both

    An imperative form meaning to immerse or stir (a fly) in food.

يُتَمَاقَلَانِverb
  1. 1.
    to immerse oneselfclassical

    They immerse themselves in water, often implying a playful or struggling action.

Parallel reading

المقل: ثمر الدوم.
Al-maql: the fruit of the doom palm.
والمقلة: شحمة العين التي تجمع البياض والسواد.
And al-muqlah: the eyeball which gathers the white and the black.
المقل بالفتح: النظر.
Al-maql (with fatha): looking.
يقال: ما مقلته عينى منذ اليوم.
It is said: my eye has not looked at it since today.
أبو عمرو: مقتله: نظرت إليه بمقلتي.
Abu Amr: he looked at it with my eyeballs.
ومقله في الماء مقلا: غمسه.
And he immersed it in water, immersing: he submerged it.
إذا وقع الذباب في الطعام فامقلوه، فإن في أحد جناحيه سما وفى الآخر الشفاء، وإنه يقدم السم ويؤخر الشفاء.
If a fly falls into food, immerse it, for in one of its wings is poison and in the other is healing, and it presents the poison first and delays the healing.
والمقلة بالفتح: حصاة القسم التي تلقى في الماء ليعرف قدر ما يسقى كلى واحد منهم وذلك عند قلة الماء في المفاوز.
And al-muqlah (with fatha): the pebble of division which is thrown into water to know the amount each one of them is watered, and that is when water is scarce in the deserts.
قذفوا سيدهم في ورطة قذفك المقلة وسط المعترك.
They cast their leader into a predicament like the casting of a pebble into the midst of a battle.
مرة وتركها خير من مائة ناقة لمقلة.
One time and leaving it is better than a hundred camels for selection.
هما يتماقلان في الماء.
They are immersing themselves in the water.