ب ح د ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of leaning, tilting, or slanting, particularly of the shoulder. It also extends to meanings of hastening or moving quickly, and is used as a proper name.

Derived headwords

بَحْدَلَverb

1.
to lean, to tiltclassical
The shoulder of a man leaned or tilted to one side.
2.
to hasten, to move quicklyclassical
To move with speed or haste in walking.

بَحْدَلname

1.
proper nameboth
A name of a person, such as Humayd ibn Bahlal, the poet.

البَحْدَلَةnoun

1.
quickness, agilityclassical
Lightness and speed in running or moving.

Parallel reading

بحدل الرجل: مالت كتفه عن ابن الأعرابي

The man's shoulder tilted: his shoulder leaned to the side, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

وفي بعض النسخ: لثته

And in some versions: his gum.

بحدل: أسرع في المشي

Bahlal: he hastened in walking.

بحدل بحدل، يأمره بالسرعة في المشي

Hasten, hasten, commanding him to speed in walking.

والبحدلة: الخفة في السعي

And al-Bahlalah: lightness in running.

بحدل كجعفر: اسم منهم حميد بن بحدل، الشاعر

Bahlal, like Ja'far: a name among them is Humayd ibn Bahlal, the poet.

وبحدل: هو ابن أنيف، من بني حارثة بن جناب الكلبي، جد يزيد بن معاوية، أبو أمه ميسون بنت بحدل

And Bahlal: he is Ibn Unayf, from the Banu Harithah ibn Janab al-Kalbī, the grandfather of Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah, the father of his mother Maysun bint Bahlal.

ومن ولده حسان بن مالك بن بحدل، الذي شد الخلافة لمروان

And among his descendants is Hassan ibn Malik ibn Bahlal, who supported the Caliphate for Marwan.

وأخوه سعيد بن مالك بن بحدل

And his brother Sa'id ibn Malik ibn Bahlal.

وحميد بن حريث بن بحدل، الذي قتل من قتل من فزارة

And Humayd ibn Hurayth ibn Bahlal, who killed those who were killed from Fazara.

وخالد بن سعيد بن مالك بن بحدل وهو الهراس، كان على شرطة هشام

And Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn Malik ibn Bahlal, who is al-Harras, was in charge of Hisham's guard.