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مكل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a well having little water, or the water that collects at the bottom of a well. It also extends to the idea of abundance or a large quantity of water.

Derived headwords

مَكَلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to have little waterboth

    Said of a well, meaning its water has become scarce and gathered in the middle.

مَكْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    collected waterclassical

    The water that collects little by little at the bottom of a well until the second drawing.

  2. 2.
    abundance of waterclassical

    The large quantity or abundance of water in a well.

مَكْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceclassical

    Used to refer to the abundance or large quantity of water in a well.

مَكُولadjective
  1. 1.
    having little waterboth

    Describing a well that has become scarce in water.

مَكْلnoun
  1. 1.
    wells with little waterclassical

    The plural of 'makūl', referring to wells that have little water.

Parallel reading

مكلت البئر، أي قل ماؤها واجتمع في وسطها.
The well became scarce in water, meaning its water diminished and gathered in its middle.
فإذا اجتمع فيها قليلا قليلا إلى وقت النزح الثاني فاسم ذلك الماء مكلة، ومكلة.
And when it gathered in it little by little until the second drawing, the name of that water is maklah, and maklah.
يقال: أعطني مكلة ركيتك، أي جمة ركيتك.
It is said: 'Give me the maklah of your well,' meaning the abundance of your well.
والبئر مكول، والجمع مكل.
And the well is makūl (scarce in water), and the plural is makl.