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ض غ ل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a specific sound, particularly one made by a cupper when drawing blood. It is associated with the act of suction and the resulting noise.

Derived headwords

الضَّغِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of cupper's suctionclassical

    The sound made by a cupper (hijām) when he sucks with his cupping glass (miḥjam).

ضَغَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a suction soundclassical

    To make the sound described as الضغيل, which is the sound of a cupper sucking with his instrument.

Parallel reading

الضَّغِيل، كَأَمِير، أَهْمَلَهُ الجَوْهَرِيّ
Al-ḍaghīl, like amīr, was neglected by Al-Jawhari.
وَقَالَ أَبُو عَمْرٍو: وَهُوَ صَوْتُ فَمِ الحَجَّامِ إِذَا امْتَصَّ مِحْجَمَهُ
And Abu Amr said: It is the sound of the cupper's mouth when he sucks with his cupping glass.
وَقَدْ ضَغَلَ، يَضْغَلُ، ضَغِيلاً
And he made the sound, he makes the sound, with a sound.
وَنَقَلَهُ اللَّيْثُ أَيْضًا هَكَذَا
And Al-Layth also transmitted it thus.