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خذلب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of weakness, looseness, or infirmity, particularly in an old female camel. It extends to describe a gait that reflects this weakness.

Derived headwords

الخُذْلُبnoun
  1. 1.
    old female camelclassical

    An old, weak, and loose female camel.

خُذْلَبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    weak, loose (camel)classical

    Describing a female camel that is weak and loose in its structure.

خُذْلَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    weak gaitclassical

    A manner of walking that indicates weakness or infirmity.

Parallel reading

هو بالذال المعجمة، وفي (لسان العرب) والتكملة بالمهملة
It is with the voiced dental (ذ), and in (Lisan al-Arab) and Al-Takmilah it is with the unvoiced dental (ث).
وقال ابن دريد: هي الناقة المسنة المسترخية
And Ibn Duraid said: It is the old, loose female camel.
يقال: ناقة خذلبة، أي مسترخية فيها ضعف
It is said: a khadhlaba camel, meaning loose and having weakness.
والخذلبة: مشية فيها ضعف
And al-khadhlaba: a gait that has weakness.
وهو من ذلك
And it is from that.