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عسقد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe individuals who are tall, foolish, or rough in their disposition and physical build. It focuses on negative or undesirable traits related to stature and character.

Derived headwords

العَسْقَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall personclassical

    A description of a person who is tall.

  2. 2.
    Foolish personclassical

    A description of a person who is foolish or lacking in intelligence.

العَسْقَدadjective
  1. 1.
    Tallclassical

    Describing someone as tall.

  2. 2.
    Foolishclassical

    Describing someone as foolish or stupid.

العَسْقَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Roughly built personclassical

    A man who is rough and coarse in his physical build and disposition.

Parallel reading

هو: (الطويل) الطويل
It [Al-'Asqad] is the tall, the tall.
(الأحمق) الأحمق
[Al-'Asqad is] the foolish, the foolish.
هو الطوال فيه لوثة
He is tall with a certain awkwardness/foolishness.
العسقد: (التار الجافي الخلق) من الرجال
Al-'Asqad: the rough and coarse in creation, from among men.