خ ر د ل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of cutting, chopping, or breaking into pieces. It also extends to describe a state of being broken or fallen, and metaphorically, to the consumption of choice parts. A significant derived meaning refers to the plant mustard and its medicinal properties.

Derived headwords

خَرْدَلَverb

1.
to eat choice partsclassical
To eat the best and most delicious parts of food, specifically referring to the cucumber and its delicacies.
2.
to shake off fruitclassical
To shake a date palm excessively, causing much of its unripe fruit (busr) to fall.
3.
to cut meatclassical
To cut meat into large pieces or small fragments and scatter them.
4.
to be broken/fallenclassical
To be in a state of being fallen or prostrate, as in the case of someone struck down.

خَرْدَلَةnoun

1.
eating choice partsclassical
The act of eating the best and most delicious parts of food, specifically the cucumber and its delicacies.

مُخَرْدِلadjective

1.
shaken off (fruit)classical
A date palm whose unripe fruit has been excessively shaken off.
2.
cut into piecesclassical
Meat that has been cut into pieces, either large or small.
3.
fallen, prostrateclassical
One who has fallen or is prostrate, often due to being struck down or incapacitated.

خَرَادِيلnoun

1.
pieces of meatclassical
Scattered pieces of meat, implying they have been cut up.

الخَرْدَلnoun

1.
mustard (plant/seed)both
A well-known plant seed used medicinally as a warming, softening, attracting, phlegm-removing, and digestive agent. Its application is beneficial for gout, sciatica, vitiligo, and other skin conditions, and it cleanses the face.
2.
Persian mustardclassical
A plant found in Egypt, known as 'Sultan's herb'.

الخَرْدَلَةnoun

1.
large piece of meatclassical
A substantial and abundant piece of meat.

Parallel reading

خردل الطعام خردلة: أكل خياره وأطايبه، عن أبي زيد.

To eat the cucumber and its delicacies, according to Abu Zayd.

خردلت النخلة: كثر نفضها وعظم ما بقي من بسرها، فهي مخردل كما في العباب والمحكم.

He shook the date palm excessively, and much of its unripe fruit remained; it is described as 'mukhardoal' (shaken off).

خردل اللحم: إذا قطع أعضاءه وافرة، أو قطعه صغارا وفرقه، يقال: لحم خراديل: أي مخردل أي مقطع.

To cut meat: if its parts are cut in large pieces, or cut into small pieces and scattered. It is said: 'kharadeel meat', meaning cut up.

يغدو فيلحم ضرغامين عيشهما ... لحم من القوم معفور خراديل

He goes out and hunts two lions whose sustenance is ... meat from people, scattered in pieces.

حتى أتت مغرس المسكين تطلبه ... وحولها قطع منه خراديل

Until she came to the resting place of the poor man seeking him... and around him were scattered pieces of him.

والمخردل: المصروع

And the 'mukhardoal' is the one who is struck down/prostrate.

فمنهم الموبق بعمله، ومنهم المخردل

Some are destroyed by their deeds, and some are struck down.

والخردل: حب شجر م معروف مسخن ملطف جاذب قالع للبلغم ملين هاضم، نافع طلاؤه للنقرس والنسا والبرص والبهق، وينقى الوجه، وينفع من داء الثعلب، خصوصا البري منه.

And mustard: a known plant seed that is warming, softening, attracting, phlegm-removing, loosening, and digestive. Its paste is beneficial for gout, sciatica, vitiligo, and leucoderma, it purifies the face, and is useful for alopecia, especially the wild variety.

ودخانه يطرد الحيات ونص القانون: وتهرب من دخانه الهوام.

Its smoke repels snakes, and according to the Canon: vermin flee from its smoke.

وماؤه يسكن وجع الآذان تقطيرا وكذلك دهنه.

Its water, when dropped, soothes earaches, as does its oil.

ومسحوقه) على الضرس الوجع غاية خصوصا إذا طبخ به الحلتيت.

And its powder applied to a painful molar is extremely effective, especially if asafoetida is cooked with it.

وينقي رطوبات الرأس، ويحلل الأورام المزمنة وضعا مع الكبريت، لا سيما الخنازير.

It purifies head dampness, and dissolves chronic swellings when applied with sulfur, especially scrofulous tumors.

وينفع من الجرب والقوابي، ووجع المفاصل.

And it is beneficial for scabies, pustules, and joint pain.

وإن شرب منه على الريق ذكى الفهم.

And if drunk on an empty stomach, it sharpens understanding.

ويزيل الطحال، وينفع من اختناق الرحم، ويشهي الباه، وينفع من الحميات العتيقة والدائرة، قاله الرئيس.

It removes the spleen, benefits uterine constriction, increases sexual desire, and is useful for chronic and recurring fevers, according to the President (Ar-Razi).

والخردل الفارسي: نبات يكون بمصر، يعرف بحشيشة السلطان.

And Persian mustard: a plant found in Egypt, known as 'Sultan's herb'.

الخردولة، بالضم: العضو الوافر من اللحم، كما في المحكم.

Al-khardalah (with dammah): a substantial piece of meat, as stated in Al-Muhkam.

عضو من اللحم وافر.

A substantial piece of meat.