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Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes hair that is curly, stiff, and tightly coiled, particularly associated with the hair of Black people. It also extends to describe a person who is fleeing, cautious, or fearful, and metaphorically, a head with very tightly curled hair.

Derived headwords

اقْلَعَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be curly and stiffclassical

    Describing hair as being curly and stiff, like the hair of the Zanj (Black people).

اقْلَعَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be curly and stiffclassical

    Similar to اقلعط, describing hair as being curly and stiff.

المُقْلَعِطadjective
  1. 1.
    fleeing, cautiousclassical

    Describing someone who is fleeing, cautious, wary, or fearful.

  2. 2.
    very curly-headedclassical

    Describing a head with extremely tightly curled hair, which does not grow long and is stiff.

القَلَعْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    extreme curlinessclassical

    The state of extreme curliness of hair, characterized by stiffness.

Parallel reading

اقْلَعَطَ الشعر، أهمله الجوهري.
The hair was curly and stiff; Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال الليث: جعد وصلب كشعر الزنج كاقلعد.
And Al-Layth said: curly and stiff like the hair of the Zanj, like اقلعد.
والمقلعط، كمطمئن: الهارب الحاذر النافر الخائف، نقله الصاغاني عن ابن عباد.
And 'al-muqali'at', like 'mutama'inn': the fugitive, the cautious, the startled, the fearful, transmitted by Al-Saghani from Ibn 'Abbad.
وقال ابن دريد: المقلعط: الرأس الشديد الجعودة لا يكاد يطول شعره، ولا يكون إلا مع صلابة
And Ibn Duraid said: 'al-muqali'at': the head with intensely curly hair, whose hair hardly grows long, and it is only with stiffness.
بأتلع مقلعط الرأس طاط
With a long neck, a head of tightly curled hair, bowed.
وكذلك اقلعد، وبهما روي قول الشاعر:
And likewise 'iqla'ada', and by both of them is narrated the saying of the poet:
فما نهنهت عن سبط كمي ... ولا عن مقلعط الرأس جعد
So I did not refrain from a strong, brave man... nor from a curly-headed, tightly curled man.
والاسم القلعطة، وهو أشد الجعودة عن ابن دريد.
And the noun is 'al-qal'atah', which is the extreme curliness, according to Ibn Duraid.