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د غ ل

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root د غ ل (d-gh-l) primarily relates to entering something in a corrupting or destructive manner, often implying hiddenness, deceit, or entanglement. It extends to concepts of dense, tangled vegetation, treacherous places, and hidden malice or misfortune.

Derived headwords

الدَّغَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Corruption, mischiefboth

    Entering into a matter with the intent to corrupt or spoil it. This can refer to a corrupting influence or an act of mischief.

  2. 2.
    Dense, tangled vegetationboth

    Thick, intertwined plants, similar to a thicket. It is particularly noted in thorny bushes when mixed with other plants.

  3. 3.
    Place of ambushclassical

    A location where one might fear assassination or ambush due to its hidden or treacherous nature.

اتخذوا كتاب الله دغلا — They took God's book as a source of corruption/misinterpretation.
الدَّغَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Dense vegetationboth

    Abundant and intertwined plants, like a thicket.

الدَّخْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Entanglement, corruptionboth

    Entering into a matter with the intent to corrupt or spoil it.

أَدْغَالٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Dense vegetationboth

    Abundant and intertwined plants.

  2. 2.
    Treacherous placesclassical

    Places that are treacherous, hidden, or dangerous.

عن عتب الأرض وعن أدغالها — From the rough terrain of the land and its treacherous places.
مَكَانٌ دَغِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Tangled, overgrownboth

    A place characterized by dense, tangled vegetation.

  2. 2.
    Hidden, treacherousclassical

    A place that is hidden or treacherous.

أَدْغَلَ الرَّجُلُverb
  1. 1.
    To get lostclassical

    A man became lost within the dense vegetation or a treacherous place.

أدغل الرجل: غاب فيه أي في الدغل — A man became lost: he disappeared into it, meaning into the dense vegetation or treacherous place.
أَدْغَلَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To betray, to assassinateclassical

    To betray someone or to assassinate them secretly.

  2. 2.
    To slanderclassical

    To spread malicious rumors or slander someone.

أدغل به: خانه واغتاله — He betrayed him and assassinated him.
أدغل به أيضا: إذا وشى به — He also slandered him: if he spread rumors about him.
أَدْغَلَ فِي الأَمْرِverb
  1. 1.
    To corrupt, to spoilboth

    To introduce something into a matter that contradicts it, thereby spoiling or corrupting it.

أدغل في الأمر: إذا أدخل فيه ما يخالفه يفسده — He corrupted the matter: if he introduced into it something that contradicted it, spoiling it.
الدَّاغِلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Hidden maliceboth

    Hidden resentment or malice that is kept secret within the heart.

  2. 2.
    Those seeking faultclassical

    A group of people who are looking for your faults and seeking your betrayal.

دَغَلَ فِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    To enter stealthilyclassical

    To enter into something in a suspicious manner, like a hunter entering a blind to stalk prey.

دغل فيه دغلا: دخل فيه دخول المريب كدخول الصائد في القترة ليختل القنص — He entered into it stealthily: he entered it in a suspicious manner, like a hunter entering a blind to stalk prey.
الدَّغَاوِلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamities, misfortunesclassical

    Severe and unexpected misfortunes or calamities.

الدغاول: الدواهي — Calamities: disasters.
لملاذة من غشه ودغاول — For refuge from his deceit and calamities.
المَدَاغِلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Valleys with dense vegetationclassical

    The bottoms of valleys, especially those with abundant and dense vegetation.

الدُّغَيْلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Dense, tangled vegetationboth

    A thicket or dense, tangled growth of plants.

أَدْغَلَتِ الأَرْضُverb
  1. 1.
    To become overgrownboth

    The land became abundant with trees and dense vegetation.

مَكَانٌ دَاغِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Hidden, concealedclassical

    A place that is hidden or concealed.

الدَّاغِلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Malicious plotterclassical

    One who plots evil for others, appearing to wish them well.

يدغل لهم الشر: أي يبغيهم الشر ويحسبونه يريد لهم الخير — He plots evil for them: meaning he wishes them evil while they think he wishes them good.

Parallel reading

اتخذوا كتاب الله دغلا.
They took God's book as a source of corruption/misinterpretation.
الدغل: الشجر الكثير الملتف كالدخل.
Dense vegetation: abundant and intertwined trees, like a thicket.
قيل: هو الموضع يخاف فيه الاغتيال، ج: أدغال، ودغال بالكسر.
It is said: it is a place where assassination is feared, plural: adghal, and dighal (with kasra).
ومكان دغل، ككتف ومحسن: أي ذو دغل، أو خفي كالداغل.
And a place dghil, like katif and muhsin: meaning possessing dense vegetation, or hidden like the daaghil.
أدغال الأرض: رقتها وبطونها والوطاء فيها.
The lowlands of the earth: their softness, their depths, and the flat ground within them.
والقف المرتفع والأكمة دغل، والوادي دغل، والغائط الوطيء دغل، والجبال أدغال.
The high ground and the hill are dghil, the valley is dghil, the low-lying fertile ground is dghil, and the mountains are adghal.
عن عتب الأرض وعن أدغالها
From the rough terrain of the land and its treacherous places.
أدغل الرجل: غاب فيه أي في الدغل.
A man became lost: he disappeared into it, meaning into the dense vegetation or treacherous place.
أدغل به: خانه واغتاله
He betrayed him: he betrayed him and assassinated him.
أدغل به أيضا: إذا وشى به
He also slandered him: if he spread rumors about him.
أدغل في الأمر: إذا أدخل فيه ما يخالفه يفسده
He corrupted the matter: if he introduced into it something that contradicted it, spoiling it.
الداغلة: الحقد المكتتم
The daaghila: hidden resentment.
ودغل فيه، كمنع دغلا: دخل فيه دخول المريب كدخول الصائد في القترة ليختل القنص
And he entered into it stealthily, like man'a, dghalan: he entered it in a suspicious manner, like a hunter entering a blind to stalk prey.
والدغاول: الدواهي
And ad-daghaawil: calamities.
والمداغل: بطون الأودية والوطاء منها إذا كثر شجرها
And al-madaaghil: the bottoms of valleys and the flat ground within them if their trees are abundant.
والدغيلة، كسفينة: الدغل محركة، وقد سبق معناه.
And ad-dughaylah, like sufaynah: the dghal (with fatha), and its meaning has preceded.
أدغلت الأرض: كثر شجرها.
The land became overgrown: its trees became abundant.
ومكان داغل: خفي.
And a place daaghil: hidden.
والداغل: الباغي أصحابه الشر، يدغل لهم الشر: أي يبغيهم الشر ويحسبونه يريد لهم الخير
And the daaghil: the one who plots evil for his companions, he plots evil for them: meaning he wishes them evil while they think he wishes them good.