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ط ن ب ل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of foolishness, dullness, and heaviness, possibly extending to a place name. It describes someone acting foolishly or being inherently slow-witted and burdensome. It also mentions a place name and a term for strife.

Derived headwords

طَنَبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to feign foolishnessclassical

    To act foolishly or pretend to be unintelligent after having been sensible.

  2. 2.
    to neglectclassical

    To neglect or ignore something.

طُنْبُولname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A name for two villages in Egypt, in the Sharkia Governorate. It is also sometimes pronounced with a 'm' instead of 'n'.

طُنْبُولname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A name for two villages in Egypt, in the Sharkia Governorate. It is also sometimes pronounced with a 'm' instead of 'n'.

طُنْبُلname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A name for two villages in Egypt, in the Sharkia Governorate. It is also sometimes pronounced with a 'm' instead of 'n'.

الطُّنْبُلnoun
  1. 1.
    dullardclassical

    A dull, foolish, slow-witted, and heavy person.

طُنْبَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strifeclassical

    A state of conflict or dispute between people.

Parallel reading

طنبل الرجل، أهمله الجوهري، وقال الصاغاني: أي: تحامق بعد تعاقل.
The man acted foolishly; Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Al-Saghani said: meaning, he feigned foolishness after being sensible.
وطنبول، بالفتح، كما هو ظاهر إطلاقه، بل وجد هكذا في نسخة شيخنا مقيدا، قال شيخنا: ولعله معرب أو مولد، إذ لا فعلول بالفتح في كلام العرب: قريتان بمصر، من أعمال الشرقية، ويقال أيضا: طمبول، بقلب النون ميما، وهكذا ورد في الكتب، والمشهور الأول.
And Tanbul, with a fatha, as its usage appears, rather it was found thus noted in our Sheikh's copy. Our Sheikh said: It is possibly a loanword or a modern coinage, as there is no 'fa'alul' with a fatha in the Arabic language: two villages in Egypt, from the Sharkia province, and it is also said: Tambul, with the 'n' changed to 'm', and thus it is mentioned in books, and the first is the famous one.
الطُّنْبُل، كجعفر: هو البليد الأحمق الوخم الثقيل.
Al-Tanbul, like Ja'far: is the dull, foolish, slow-witted, and heavy person.
وقال ابن عباد: كان بينهم طنبلة، أي شر.
And Ibn 'Abbad said: There was strife among them, meaning conflict.