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عتلب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to softness, looseness, or yielding, particularly in the context of terrain like a mountain.

Derived headwords

المُعْتَلِبnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessclassical

    Refers to a quality of being soft, yielding, or loose.

مُعْتَلِبadjective
  1. 1.
    softclassical

    Describing something that is soft, yielding, or loose, often used for terrain.

جبل معتلب — a soft mountain
ملحم القارة لم يعتلب — Mulhim al-Qārah did not yield/soften

Parallel reading

هو (الرخو)
it is (the soft/yielding)
جبل معتلب أي رخو
a soft mountain, meaning yielding.
ملحم القارة لم يعتلب
Mulhim al-Qārah did not yield/soften.