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ب ر ق ل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to speech without substance, possibly originating from the concept of lightning without rain. It also includes terms for a type of projectile toy.

Derived headwords

برقلverb
  1. 1.
    to lieclassical

    To speak falsely or utter untruths.

برقلةnoun
  1. 1.
    empty talkclassical

    Speech that is not followed by action; talk without substance.

  2. 2.
    lyingclassical

    The act of speaking falsely.

البرقيلnoun
  1. 1.
    projectile toyclassical

    A small object, like a pebble or a nut, that children throw as a toy.

قوس البندقnoun
  1. 1.
    slingshotclassical

    A device used for shooting small projectiles, specifically nuts.

البرقلةnoun
  1. 1.
    slingshotclassical

    A colloquial term for a slingshot or projectile toy.

الفرقلةnoun
  1. 1.
    slingshotclassical

    A colloquial term, using 'f' instead of 'b', for a slingshot or projectile toy.

Parallel reading

أي كذب
meaning, he lied.
البرقلة: كلام لا يتبعه فعل
Al-barqalah: speech that is not followed by action.
مأخوذ من البرق الذي لا مطر معه
derived from lightning that has no rain with it.
لا تبرقل علينا
Do not speak empty words to us.
وهو من الألفاظ المنحوتة
and it is from the compound words.
البرقيل، بالكسر لا أحسبه عربيا محضا
Al-barqeel, with a kasra, I do not think it is purely Arabic.
وهو الجلاهق الذي يرمى به أي يرمي به الصبيان البندق
and it is the projectile that is thrown with, meaning what children throw nuts with.
برقيل: هو قوس البندق، معرب
Barqeel: it is the bow of the nut, a loanword.
وهو الذي تسميه العامة: البرقلة والفرقلة، بالباء والفاء
and it is what the common people call: al-barqalah and al-farqalah, with 'b' and 'f'.