ب ه د ل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to young animals, specifically hyena cubs, and also describes a type of bird. It extends to concepts of swiftness in movement and physical attributes, as well as being used for tribal names and personal names.

Derived headwords

البَهْدَلnoun

1.
hyena cubclassical
A young hyena.

بَهْدَلnoun

1.
birdclassical
A type of bird.
2.
green birdclassical
A type of bird, specifically a green one.

بَهْدَلname

1.
tribe nameboth
A tribe belonging to the Banu Sa'd.
2.
personal nameboth
A personal name, such as Bahdal ibn 'Awf.
3.
mother's nameboth
The name of the mother of the famous reader 'Asim ibn Abi al-Najud.

البَهْدَلَةnoun

1.
swiftness in walkingclassical
Lightness and speed in walking, similar to 'al-Bihdala'.
2.
large breastsclassical
When a man has large pectoral muscles or breasts.
3.
insultingclassical
To disparage someone's honor or reputation; to mock or ridicule.
4.
public shamingclassical
Publicly humiliating or ridiculing someone.

بَهْدَلَverb

1.
to be swiftclassical
To walk with lightness and speed.
2.
to have large breastsclassical
To have large pectoral muscles.
3.
to insultclassical
To disparage someone's honor or reputation.
4.
to shame publiclyclassical
To publicly humiliate or ridicule someone.

بَهَادِلnoun

1.
fleshy partsclassical
The fleshy parts between the neck and the collarbone, said of a woman.

Parallel reading

البهدل، كجعفر: جرو الضبع عن ابن عباد.

Al-Bahdal, like Ja'far: a hyena cub, according to Ibn 'Abbad.

بهدل: طائر عن ابن دريد، زاد غيره: أخضر.

Bahdal: a bird, according to Ibn Durayd; others added: green.

وبنو بهدل: حي من بني سعد.

And Banu Bahdal: a tribe from Banu Sa'd.

والبهدلة: الخفة والإسراع في المشي كالبحدلة، عن ابن الأعرابي.

And al-Bahdala: lightness and speed in walking, like al-Bihdala, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

وبه دل الرجل: إذا عظمت ثندوته.

And Bahdala the man: if his pectoral muscles became large.

بهدلة: رجل من تميم هو بهدلة بن عوف بن كعب بن سعد بن زيد مناة بن تميم، يقال له ولأخويه جشم وبرنيق: الأجذاع.

Bahdala: a man from Tamim, he is Bahdala ibn 'Awf ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat ibn Tamim, and he and his two brothers, Jashm and Barniq, are called 'al-Ajdha' (the tall ones).

بهدلة: اسم أم عاصم بن أبي النجود المقرئ المشهور.

Bahdala: the name of the mother of the famous reader 'Asim ibn Abi al-Najud.

ويقال للمرأة: إنها لذات بهادل وبآدل، وهي اللحمات بين العنق إلى الترقوة.

And it is said of a woman: she is indeed possessed of Bahadil and A'adil, which are the fleshy parts between the neck and the collarbone.

والبهدلة: التنقص من الأعراض، والتجريس، عامية.

And al-Bahdala: disparaging the honor, and public shaming, colloquial.