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Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of narrowness, stealth, and confinement, often associated with thieves or restricted passages. It also extends to actions of throwing and a specific way of tying a turban.

Derived headwords

الزقلnoun

1.
thievesclassical
A term referring to thieves, though its Arabic origin is questioned.
2.
non-Arabicclassical
Considered not to be of Arabic origin.

الزواقيلnoun

1.
thievesclassical
A term for thieves, mentioned as being omitted by Al-Jawhari.

الزقيلةnoun

1.
narrow alleyboth
A narrow street or alleyway.
2.
narrow pathclassical
A narrow road or path.

زوقلverb

1.
tie turban looselyclassical
To tie a turban such that its ends hang down from the sides of the head.

زواقيل العمامةnoun

1.
hair showing from turbanclassical
Hair protruding from beneath a turban or skullcap.

العمة الزوقليةadjective

1.
turban with hanging endsclassical
Describing a turban tied in a specific way, with ends hanging down.

الزواقيلnoun

1.
people of the regionclassical
A group of people from the region of Al-Jazira and its surroundings.

زقلهverb

1.
throw himmodern
To throw someone or something.

زقلاnoun

1.
a throwingmodern
The act of throwing.

الزقلةnoun

1.
gag for a thiefclassical
An object placed in the mouth of a captured thief to prevent them from speaking.

Parallel reading

هم اللصوص

They are thieves.

السكة الضيقة

The narrow alley.

الطريق الضيق

The narrow road.

زوقل فلان عمامته، إذا سدل طرفيها من ناحيتي رأسه

So-and-so tied his turban, meaning he let its ends hang down from the sides of his head.

أن تخرج الشعور من تحتها

That hair emerges from beneath it.

والعمة الزوقلية من ذلك

And the turban tied in that manner is derived from that.

قوم بناحية الجزيرة وما حولها

A people from the region of Al-Jazira and its surroundings.

زقله، زقلا: رماه

He threw him, a throwing: he threw him.

شيء يجعل في فم اللص إذا أمسك به لئلا يتكلم

Something placed in the mouth of a thief when he is apprehended, so that he does not speak.