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ب ر ع ل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to young animals, specifically the offspring of a hyena or a rock hyrax. It is noted as being omitted by al-Jawhari and defined by al-Asma'i.

Derived headwords

البِرْعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Hyena cubclassical

    A young hyena, similar in form to 'fir'al'.

  2. 2.
    Rock hyrax offspringclassical

    The offspring of a rock hyrax, specifically from a jackal.

فِرْعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Young hyenaclassical

    A term for a young hyena, used as a comparison for 'bir'al'.

Parallel reading

البرعل، كقنفذ أهمله الجوهري
Al-bir'al, like qunfudh, was omitted by al-Jawhari.
وقال الأصمعي: هو ولد الضبع كالفرعل
And al-Asma'i said: it is the cub of a hyena, like al-fir'al.
أو هو ولد الوبر من ابن آوى
Or it is the offspring of the rock hyrax from a jackal.
كذا في اللسان والعباب
Thus it is in al-Lisan and al-'Ubab.