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س ر ط ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes something that is long and perhaps unsteady or restless in its form or movement. It primarily focuses on physical descriptions of length and a certain kind of agitated or sprawling nature.

Derived headwords

السَّرْطَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    length and restlessnessclassical

    A state of being long with a degree of agitation or unsteadiness.

سَرْطَلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    longclassical

    Describing someone or something as being long.

  2. 2.
    long and restlessclassical

    Describing someone or something as being long with an agitated or sprawling build.

سَرُطَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be long and restlessclassical

    The verb form indicating the state of being long and having an agitated or sprawling build.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن دريد: طول في اضطراب
And Ibn Duraid said: length with restlessness.
وهو سرطل، كجعفر: طويل، مضطرب الخلق
And he is sarṭal, like Ja'far: long, of agitated build.
وقد سرطل
And he has become sarṭal.
لكان أخصر، وأوفق لسياقه
it would have been more concise and more fitting to its context.