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نعثل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a male hyena and, by extension, a man with a long beard, drawing a parallel to a specific historical figure. It also describes a particular gait associated with old age.

Derived headwords

النَّعْثَلnoun
  1. 1.
    male hyenaclassical

    The male of the hyena species.

  2. 2.
    man with long beardclassical

    A name given to a man who had a long beard. It was used as a comparison for Uthman (may God be pleased with him) when he was criticized or maligned, due to his long beard.

نَعْثَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    old man's gaitclassical

    A manner of walking, similar to 'naqthalah', characterized as the gait of an old man.

Parallel reading

النعثل: الذكر من الضباع.
Al-Na'thal: The male of the hyenas.
ونعثل: اسم رجل كان طويل اللحية
And Na'thal: The name of a man who had a long beard.
وكان عثمان رضى الله عنه إذا نيل منه وعيب شبه بذلك الرجل لطول لحيته.
And Uthman (may God be pleased with him), when he was spoken ill of or criticized, was likened to that man because of his long beard.
والنعثلة، مثل النقثلة، وهي مشية الشيخ.
And al-Na'thalah, like al-Naqthalah, is the gait of an old man.