ذعلق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to plants, specifically a type of wild leek or herb. It also extends to describe a small bird, a type of truffle, and metaphorically, a young, plump boy or a swift horse. Additionally, it appears as a proper name and the name of a sword.

Derived headwords

الذعلونnoun

1.
A plantclassical
A plant similar to leeks, described as fragrant and growing in tree hollows. Another variety is called 'goat's beard'.

ذعلوقnoun

1.
A plantclassical
A plant that grows along the ground, thinner than leeks, with a milky sap.
2.
A young boyclassical
Describing a young boy who is 'hot-headed' and light-spirited.
3.
A small birdclassical
A small type of bird.
4.
A type of truffleclassical
A variety of truffle.
5.
A eweclassical
A ewe that is light and has a narrow mouth, used for milking.
6.
A swordclassical
The name of a sword belonging to Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-'As.

كالذعلوقother

1.
Like a young, plump horseclassical
Used metaphorically to describe a young, plump, and well-fed colt, or something swift.

نسير بن ذعلوقname

1.
A proper nameclassical
The name of a Tabi'i (a successor to the companions of the Prophet Muhammad) from the Banu Thawr tribe.

Parallel reading

الذعلون، كعصفور: بقل كالكراث طيبا عن ابن الأعرابي، وهو ينبت في أجواف الشجر

Al-Dha'alūn, like 'asfūr: a plant like leeks, fragrant, according to Ibn al-A'rābī, and it grows in the hollows of trees.

وذعلوق آخر يقال له: لحية التيس

And another dha'lūq called: goat's beard.

وقيل: هو نبت يستطيل على وجه الأرض، وقال ابن بري: هو نبت أدق من الكراث، وله لبن

And it was said: it is a plant that extends along the surface of the earth, and Ibn Barrī said: it is a plant thinner than leeks, and it has a milky sap.

حتى شتا كالذعلوق أسرع من طرف الموق شبه به المهر الناعم في خصبه وسمنه

Until he became plump like al-dha'lūq, faster than the blink of an eye, likened to a soft colt in its fertility and fatness.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: الذعلوق: الغلام الحار الرأس، الخفيف الروح كالعذلوق

And Ibn al-A'rābī said: Al-Dha'lūq: the young boy who is hot-headed, light-spirited like al-'adhlūq.

والذعلوق: طائر صغير عن ابن دريد

And Al-Dha'lūq: a small bird, according to Ibn Durayd.

والذعلوق: ضرب من الكمأة عن ابن عباد

And Al-Dha'lūq: a type of truffle, according to Ibn 'Abbād.

والذعلوق: الخفيفة الضيقة الفم من الضأن عن ابن عباد

And Al-Dha'lūq: the light ewe with a narrow mouth, according to Ibn 'Abbād.

وتدعى الضأن للحلب ب ذعلوق، ذعلوق نقله الصاغاني

And the ewes for milking are called dha'lūq, dha'lūq, as transmitted by al-Sāghānī.

وأبو طعمة نسير بن ذعلوق: تابعي من بني ثور، يروي عن ابن عمر، عداده في أهل الكوفة

And Abū Ṭu'mah Nasīr ibn Dha'lūq: a Tabi'i from Banu Thawr, who narrates from Ibn 'Umar, counted among the people of Kufa.

أبي سعيد ووشاحي ذعلوق أعلو به هامة كل بطريق ما ابتل من لحيى يوما بالريق

My father Sa'īd and my sash are Dha'lūq; with it I strike the head of every dignitary, it has never been wet with saliva from my beard.

فقال له ن~ والقلم

So he said to him: Nun. And the Pen.

فقرأ القارىء عليه موة: نسير بن ذعلوق، بالياء التحتية

And the reader recited to him: Mūwah: Nasīr ibn Dha'lūq, with the under-dotted yā'.

وروي أن القارىء قرأ بشير، فسبح الدارقطني، فقال: يسير

And it was narrated that the reader recited: Bashīr, so al-Dāraqutnī exclaimed, and said: Yasīr.

فتلا الدارقطني ن~ والقلم وهي من لطائفه

So al-Dāraqutnī recited: Nun. And the Pen, and this is from his subtleties.