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هبل

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of loss, particularly the loss of a child (bereavement). It extends to meanings of being heavy or burdened, cunning or deceitful, and also includes specific proper nouns and a unique gait.

Derived headwords

الهَبَلnoun
  1. 1.
    bereavementclassical

    The source noun for the expression 'his mother bereaved him', meaning she lost him. It signifies the act or state of losing a child.

هَبَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُverb
  1. 1.
    his mother lost himclassical

    A specific idiomatic expression meaning his mother was bereaved of him, i.e., she lost him, typically a child.

الإِهْبَالnoun
  1. 1.
    bereavingclassical

    The act of causing someone to be bereaved, or the state of being bereaved.

الهَبُولadjective
  1. 1.
    bereaved (woman)classical

    A woman who has lost her child; a bereaved mother.

المَهْبِلnoun
  1. 1.
    uterusclassical

    The innermost part of the womb, or the passage for the child, the area between the cervix and the womb.

  2. 2.
    difficult passageclassical

    Metaphorically, a difficult or constricted passage or situation.

الهِبَالَةname
  1. 1.
    name of a she-camelclassical

    The name of a specific she-camel belonging to Asma' b. Kharjah.

الهِبَلadjective
  1. 1.
    heavyclassical

    A heavy, aged person or animal, especially one whose flesh has become abundant and piled upon itself.

  2. 2.
    cursedclassical

    Said to mean 'cursed' in some contexts.

مُهَبَّلadjective
  1. 1.
    A fat manboth

    A fat man

أَهْبَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make heavyclassical

    To make someone or something heavy, especially by causing flesh to accumulate excessively.

الاهْتِبَالnoun
  1. 1.
    taking advantageclassical

    The act of seizing an opportunity, taking advantage of something, or plotting/scheming.

  2. 2.
    retaliationclassical

    The act of retaliating or seeking recompense.

الهَبَّالnoun
  1. 1.
    hunterclassical

    A hunter who deceives or lures prey.

ذِئْبٌ هَبِلadjective
  1. 1.
    cunning wolfclassical

    A wolf characterized by cunning or trickery.

هَبَلname
  1. 1.
    The name of an idol that was in the Kaababoth

    The name of an idol that was in the Kaaba

الهُنْبُلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hyena's gaitclassical

    The limping or awkward gait of a hyena.

Parallel reading

الهبل بالتحريك: مصدر قولك: هبلته أمه، أي ثكلته.
Al-habal (with vowel movement): the masdar of your saying: 'his mother bereaved him', meaning she lost him.
والإهبال: الإثكال.
And al-ihbal: is the act of causing bereavement.
والهبول من النساء: الثكول.
And al-habul from women: the bereaved ones.
والمهبل: أقصى الرحم، ويقال: طريق الولد، وهو ما بين الظبية والرحم
And al-mahbil: the innermost part of the womb, and it is said: the passage of the child, which is between the cervix and the womb.
إذا طرق الامر بالمعضلات تنا وضاق به المهبل
When a matter befalls with severe difficulties and the passage becomes constricted by it.
والهبالة: اسم ناقة لاسماء بن خارجة.
And al-hibalah: the name of a she-camel belonging to Asma' b. Kharjah.
والهبل، مثال الهجف: الثقيل المسن من الناس والإبل
And al-habal, like al-hajaf: the heavy, aged one among people and camels.
وقد هبله اللحم، إذا كثر عليه وركب بعضه بعضا، وأهبله.
And flesh has made him heavy, when it increased upon him and piled up on itself, and made him heavy.
يقال: رجل مهبل.
It is said: a heavy man.
فشب غير مهبل
So he grew up not heavy.
والنساء يومئذ لا يهبلهن اللحم
And the women at that time, flesh did not make them heavy.
والاهتبال: الاغتنام، والاحتيال والاقتصاص.
And al-ihtibal: seizing an opportunity, scheming, and retaliating.
اهتبلت غفلته.
I took advantage of his unawareness.
وعاث في ms1271 غابر منها بعثعثة نحر المكافئ والمكثور يهتبل
And he wrought havoc in the remnants of it, a disturbance from which the one who retaliates and the one who is avenged take advantage.
والهبال: الصياد الذي يهبل الصيد، أي يغتره.
And al-habbal: the hunter who deceives prey, meaning he lures it.
أو مطعم الصيد هبال لبغيته ألفى أباه بذاك الكسب يكتسب
Or a provider of prey, a deceiver for his quarry, he found his father earning through that gain.
وذئب هبل: محتال.
And a cunning wolf: a trickster.
وهبل: اسم صنم كان في الكعبة.
And Hubal: the name of an idol that was in the Ka'bah.
والهنبلة بزيادة النون: مشية الضبع العرجاء.
And al-hunbulah, with the addition of 'nun': the limping gait of a hyena.