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نقثل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes a specific manner of walking, characterized by a slow, shuffling gait that stirs up dust. It is associated with the elderly or infirm.

Derived headwords

النَّقْثَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shuffling walkboth

    A slow, unsteady gait, often associated with old age or weakness, that stirs up dust as one walks.

نَقْثَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with a shuffleclassical

    To walk with a slow, shuffling gait, characterized by raising dust.

نَقْثَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shuffling gaitclassical

    The act or manner of walking with a shuffling, dust-raising gait.

نَبْثverb
  1. 1.
    to stir upclassical

    To agitate or stir up, specifically referring to dust being raised by movement.

نَبْثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    stirring upclassical

    The act of stirring up, used here adverbially to describe the manner of walking.

نَقْثُلُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I shuffleclassical

    The first-person singular imperfect form of the verb, indicating the action of shuffling.

Parallel reading

النقثلة: مشية الشيخ، يثير التراب إذا مشى.
Al-naqthalah: the walk of an old man, he stirs up dust when he walks.
قاربت أمشى القعولى والفنجله
I almost walked like the old woman and the one with the shuffling gait.
وتارة أنبث نبثا نقثله
And at times I stir up dust with a shuffling gait.