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خ د ل

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root خ-د-ل primarily describes something or someone as large, plump, and well-built, particularly in the limbs like legs and arms. It can also refer to a small, stunted, or inferior thing, such as a shriveled grape or a specific type of shrub.

Derived headwords

الخَدْلnoun
  1. 1.
    large, plump limbboth

    Describing a leg or arm that is large and full, well-developed.

  2. 2.
    large personclassical

    Referring to a person, particularly a child, who is large and stout.

خَدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be large and plumpboth

    The state of having large, full, and well-developed limbs, especially legs.

خَدَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plumpness of limbboth

    The quality of being large and full, particularly referring to the roundness and fullness of a leg.

  2. 2.
    fullness, roundnessclassical

    The state of being rounded and full, like a leg that appears to be tightly folded.

خَدَلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    large-legged womanboth

    A woman characterized by thick, round legs.

  2. 2.
    stunted grapeclassical

    A small, inferior, or stunted berry of a grape, often due to disease or drought.

  3. 3.
    shrub of the soap treeclassical

    Referring to a specific type of shrub known for its bitter properties.

خَدَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large-legged womanboth

    A woman characterized by thick, round legs.

  2. 2.
    stunted grapeclassical

    A small, inferior, or stunted berry of a grape, often due to disease or drought.

  3. 3.
    shrub of the soap treeclassical

    Referring to a specific type of shrub known for its bitter properties.

خَدَلُولَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plumpness, roundnessclassical

    The state of being plump and round, particularly referring to limbs.

خَدَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be plumpclassical

    To be full and rounded, especially in the limbs.

خَدْلَمadjective
  1. 1.
    well-built, plumpclassical

    Describing someone with plump limbs, not necessarily due to being overweight but rather well-formed and full.

خَدَالnoun
  1. 1.
    thick, round legsboth

    Plural form referring to legs that are thick and round.

خَدْلَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    plump-limbedclassical

    Having large, full, and rounded limbs.

خَدَلَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be plumpclassical

    To be full and rounded, especially in the limbs.

Parallel reading

العظيم الممتلئ الساق والذراع.
The large, full-limbed in the leg and arm.
وقد خدل خدالة.
And he was large and plump with plumpness.
إذا أنا بامرأة تحمل غلاما خدلا.
If I were with a woman carrying a stout boy.
قيل: هو الضخم.
It was said: he is the large one.
ويقال: مخلخلها خدل: أي ضخم.
And it is said: her 'mukhalkhal' is 'khadl': meaning large.
وساق خدلة: بينة الخدل، محركة، والخدالة والخدولة بالضم.
And a plump leg: clearly plump, with movement, and 'khadalah' and 'khadulah' with dammah.
وقد خدلت، كفرح: أي ممتلئة.
And she was plump, like 'faraha': meaning full.
خدالة الساق: استدارتها، كأنها طويت طيا.
The 'khadalah' of the leg: its roundness, as if it were folded.
والخدلة بالفتح وتكسر داله: هي المرأة الغليظة الساق المستديرتها، ج: خدال بالكسر.
And 'al-khadlah' with fatha and its dal with kasr: is the woman with thick, round legs, plural: 'khidal' with kasr.
أو ممتلئة الأعضاء لحما في دقة عظام، كالخدلاء والخدلم كزبرج، والميم زائدة، قال: ليست بكرواء ولكن خدلم ولا بزلاء ولكن ستهم
Or full of limbs with flesh over slender bones, like 'al-khadlaa' and 'al-khadlam' like 'zubruj', and the mim is extra, he said: she is not 'kirwaa' but 'khadlam' and not 'bazlaa' but 'sataham'.
الخدلة: الحبة الضئيلة من العنب وهي الصغيرة القميئة، من آفة أو عطش.
The 'khadlah': the small, inferior berry of the grape, which is small and wretched, from a pest or thirst.
الخدلة: الساق من شجرة الصاب، ويضم والصاب: ضرب من الشجر المر.
The 'khadlah': the leg of the soap tree, and with dammah, and the soap tree: a type of bitter tree.
رخيمات الكلام مبطنات ... جواعل في البرى قصبا خدالا
Soft of speech, inwardly ... making reeds in the marsh plump.