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خ ز ع ل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to limping, unevenness, or a shaky gait. It also extends to concepts of shaking one's legs, a specific type of spider, and names of places or tribes.

Derived headwords

خزعلverb
  1. 1.
    to limpboth

    To walk with a limp or uneven gait, often due to weakness in the legs.

  2. 2.
    to shake legsclassical

    To shake one's legs, as a walker might do.

وسدو رجل من ضعاف الأرجل متى أرد شدتها تخزعل — And I saw a man with weak legs; when you want to strengthen him, he limps. — And I saw a man with weak legs; when you want to strengthen him, he limps.
خزعالnoun
  1. 1.
    limpingclassical

    A condition of limping or lameness, particularly in a female camel.

وناقة بها خزعال — And a she-camel with a limp.
خزعلةnoun
  1. 1.
    limping gaitclassical

    A type of walking characterized by a shaky or uneven gait, similar to 'khadh'alah'.

  2. 2.
    playfulnessclassical

    Joking and playing around.

الخزعلة: ضرب من المشي كالخذعلة — Al-khaz'alah: a type of walking, like al-khadh'alah.
الخزعلnoun
  1. 1.
    hyenaclassical

    A hyena, named so because of its characteristic limp.

والخزعل: الضبع سمي به لما فيه من الظلع — And al-khaz'al: the hyena, named so because of its limp.
الخزاعلةname
  1. 1.
    tribe nameclassical

    A name for a tribe or clan among the Arabs.

والخزاعلة: بطن من العرب — And al-khuza'ilah: a clan of Arabs.
خزعلname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, likely of a person.

وخزعل: من الأعلام — And Khaz'al: among the proper names.

Parallel reading

وسدو رجل من ضعاف الأرجل متى أرد شدتها تخزعل
And I saw a man with weak legs; when you want to strengthen him, he limps.
ونقل رجل كما تقدم قريبا
And a man moved as was previously mentioned.
خزعل الماشي: نفض رجليه
The walker shook his legs.
وناقة بها خزعال
And a she-camel with a limp.
قال الفراء: وليس في الكلام فعلال بالفتح من غير ذوات التضعيف سواه
Al-Farra' said: And there is no word in the language with the pattern 'fa'al' (فَعْلال) with a fatha, other than those with doubled letters, except for this.
زاد غيره: قسطال للغبار، عن ابن مالك وخرطال للحب
Others added: qistal for dust, from Ibn Malik, and khurtal for grain.
وزاد ثعلب: قهقار، وخالفه الناس، وقالوا: هو قهقر
And Tha'lab added: qahqar, but people disagreed with him and said: it is qahqar.
ومن ذلك: قشعام، للعنكبوت
And among that is: qash'am, for spider.
ونظره بخزعال، وثرثال. اسم، ويأتي له أيضا: قصدال: موضع
And its parallel is with khuz'al and tharthal, a name, and qasdal, a place, will also come for it.
فأما في المضاعف ففعلال فيه كثير، كزلزال وصلصال وقلقال
As for doubled roots, the pattern 'fa'al' (فَعْلال) is abundant in them, like zilzal, salsal, and qalqal.
إذا فتحته فاسم، وإذا كسرته فمصدر
If you open it (the 'fa'al' pattern), it is a noun, and if you break it (with kasra), it is a masdar.
والخزعل: الضبع سمي به لما فيه من الظلع
And al-khaz'al: the hyena, named so because of its limp.
قال ابن الأعرابي: الخزعالة، بالضم: المزاح والتلعب
Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-khaza'alah, with damma, means joking and playing.
الخزعلة: ضرب من المشي، كالخذعلة
Al-khaz'alah: a type of walking, like al-khadh'alah.
وخزعل: من الأعلام
And Khaz'al: among the proper names.
والخزاعلة: بطن من العرب
And al-khuza'ilah: a clan of Arabs.