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ب ح ظ ل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the action of jumping or leaping, particularly in a quick, darting manner, often associated with small animals like mice or rats. It can also refer to the act of hopping.

Derived headwords

بَحْظَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to leapboth

    To jump or leap, especially in a quick, darting motion.

بحظل الرجل بحظلة — The man leaped a leaping.
بحظل الجرذ وغيره — The rat and others leaped.
بَحْظَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a leapboth

    The act or instance of leaping or jumping.

بحظل الرجل بحظلة — The man leaped a leaping.
حَظْلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to leapclassical

    To jump or leap, similar to the root بحظل.

وكذلك حظلب حظلبة — And likewise, he leaped a leaping.
حَظْلَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a leapclassical

    The act or instance of leaping or jumping, associated with the verb حظلب.

وكذلك حظلب حظلبة — And likewise, he leaped a leaping.

Parallel reading

بحظل الرجل بحظلة: قفز قفزان اليربوع والفأرة
The man leaped a leaping: he jumped the jumps of the jerboa and the mouse.
وكذلك حظلب حظلبة
And likewise, he leaped a leaping.
والظاء معجمة مشالة والحاء مهملة كذا في التهذيب
And the Ẓāʼ is dotted and raised, and the Ḥāʼ is undotted, as stated in Al-Tahdhib.
والفأرة بالواو، ونص الأصمعي في النوادر: أو الفأرة
And the mouse is with a Wāw, and Al-Aṣmaʻī stated in Al-Nawādir: or the mouse.
ونص أبي حيان: بحظل الجرذ وغيره: قفز، هكذا أورده في كتاب الارتضاء.
And Abū Ḥayyān stated: 'Baḥẓala the rat and others: to leap', thus he cited it in Kitāb Al-Irtidāʼ.