هذل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to lightness, agility, and rapid, sometimes unsteady, movement. It also extends to concepts of shaking, agitation, and small, insignificant things.

Derived headwords

الهَذْلُولnoun

1.
light manboth
A man who is light in build or quick in movement.
2.
light arrowboth
An arrow that is light in weight, suggesting speed and ease of flight.

الهَذَالِيلnoun

1.
small hillsboth
Little mounds or small hills.

هَذْلُولnoun

1.
small hillboth
A single small mound or hill, the singular form of الهذاليل.

تَهَذْلَلَverb

1.
to shake (urine)classical
Said of a camel's urine when it shakes and moves as it is expelled.
2.
to be agitated (waterskin)classical
Said of a waterskin when its contents are churned or agitated.
3.
to falter (in running)classical
Said of a person who stumbles or moves unsteadily while running.
4.
to sway (bucket)classical
Said of a bucket that sways or moves erratically when being drawn.

هَذَلَverb

1.
to move unsteadilyclassical
To move in a shaky, unsteady, or faltering manner, particularly in running.

هَذِيلname

1.
Hudhail tribeboth
A tribe of Arabs, descended from Hudhail ibn Madraka ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar.

Parallel reading

الرجل الخفيف

The light man.

السهم الخفيف

The light arrow.

التلال الصغار

The small hills.

وهوذل البعير ببوله، إذا اهتز بوله وتحرك

And the camel expelled its urine shakily, if its urine shook and moved.

وهوذل السقاء، إذا تمخض

And the waterskin was agitated, if it was churned.

وهوذل الرجل، إذا اضطرب في عدوه

And the man was unsteady, if he faltered in his running.

وكذلك الدلو

And likewise the bucket.

هوذلة المشآة في قعر الطوى

The swaying of the bucket at the bottom of the well.

وهذيل: حى من مضر، وهو هذيل بن مدركة بن إلياس بن مضر

And Hudhail: a tribe from Mudar, and he is Hudhail son of Madraka son of Ilyas son of Mudar.