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خ ب ت ل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe characteristics related to shortness, clumsiness, or foolishness, particularly in relation to women or individuals acting foolishly. It also touches upon actions that are ill-advised or lead to negative outcomes.

Derived headwords

الخَبْتَلnoun
  1. 1.
    short womanclassical

    A term referring to a woman who is short in stature.

الخَبْتَلnoun
  1. 1.
    clumsy, foolish personclassical

    A description of a person who is awkward, foolish, and acts rashly, often doing things that are disliked by people.

خَبْتَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be clumsy/foolishclassical

    To act in a clumsy, foolish, or awkward manner.

خَبْتَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    clumsiness, foolishnessclassical

    The state or act of being clumsy, foolish, or acting rashly.

Parallel reading

الخبتل، كجعفر أهمله الجوهري، وفي المحكم: هي المرأة القصيرة.
Al-khibtal, like Ja'far, was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and in Al-Muḥkam: it is the short woman.
قال ابن دريد: أحسب أبا عبيدة ذكر أن العرب تقول: الخبتل كقنفذ: شبه الأهوج الأبله المقدم على مكروه الناس.
Ibn Duraid said: I think Abu Ubaidah mentioned that the Arabs say: Al-khibtal, like Qunfudh: resembles the rash, foolish one who proceeds to do what people dislike.
اختلفَت نسخ الجمهرة الصحيحة الخط المعتمدة الضبط، في هذا التركيب، ففي بعضها كما ذكر، وفي بعضها بالحاء المهملة والباء الموحدة والتاء المثناة الفوقية.
The correct, authenticated, and vocalized manuscripts of Al-Jamharah differed in this construction; in some of them it is as mentioned, and in some of them with the unpointed ḥā', the single-pointed bā', and the two-pointed ṭā'.
وفعله الخبتلة نقله ابن دريد، عن أبي مالك، كما في العباب.
And its verb is al-khibtalah, narrated by Ibn Duraid, from Abu Malik, as in Al-'Abab.