عظل

Root entry · 35 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of clinging, adhering, or mounting upon something, particularly in the context of sexual intercourse for animals. It extends to meanings of gathering, crowding, and even a specific type of poetic composition or a historical battle day.

Derived headwords

العظالnoun

1.
Clinging in matingclassical
The act of clinging or adhering during sexual intercourse, observed in dogs, beasts of prey, locusts, and other creatures that become entwined.

ككتابother

1.
Pattern of 'kitab'classical
Indicates that the word 'العظال' follows the pattern of the noun 'كتاب' (book).

المعاظلةnoun

1.
Clinging togetherclassical
The act of clinging or adhering together, particularly in mating.

التعاظلnoun

1.
Clinging togetherclassical
The act of clinging or adhering together, particularly in mating.

الاعتظالnoun

1.
Clinging togetherclassical
The act of clinging or adhering together, particularly in mating.

عاظلتverb

1.
To cling in matingclassical
Past tense verb, first person singular, meaning 'I clung together in mating'.

معاظلةnoun

1.
Clinging in matingclassical
The act of clinging or adhering during sexual intercourse.

عظالاnoun

1.
Clinging in matingclassical
The act of clinging or adhering during sexual intercourse.

تعاظلتverb

1.
To cling togetherclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they clung together', often in mating.

اعتظلتverb

1.
To cling togetherclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they clung together', often in mating.

عظلتverb

1.
To mount each otherclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they mounted each other' during mating.

عظلاnoun

1.
Mounting each otherclassical
The act of mounting each other during mating.

جراد عاظلadjective

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Clinging locustsclassical
Locusts that are clinging to each other during mating, unable to separate.

عظلىadjective

1.
Clinging locustsclassical
Locusts that are clinging to each other during mating, unable to separate.

تعاظلتverb

1.
To cling togetherclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they clung together', often in mating.

تعظلواverb

1.
To gatherclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they gathered'.
2.
To crowd uponclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they crowded upon' someone, possibly to attack.

تعظلاnoun

1.
Gatheringclassical
The act of gathering or crowding together.

عظلواverb

1.
To gatherclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they gathered'.
2.
To crowd uponclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they crowded upon' someone, possibly to attack.

تعظيلاًnoun

1.
Gatheringclassical
The act of gathering or crowding together.

يوم العظالىname

1.
The Day of Al-'Uthalaclassical
A famous historical day of battle among the Arabs, named so because of the crowding and confusion of the defeated army.

عاظلverb

1.
To rhymeclassical
To make words rhyme or to force rhymes in poetry.
2.
To compose poetryclassical
To compose poetry, especially in a way that is forced or convoluted.

عظالاnoun

1.
Forced rhymingclassical
The act of forcing rhymes or composing poetry in a convoluted manner.

العظلnoun

1.
Those confinedclassical
People who are confined or imprisoned.
2.
Homosexualsclassical
Refers to effeminate men or those subjected to homosexual acts.

المعظلadjective

1.
Abundant in treesclassical
A place that is very dense with trees.

المعظئلadjective

1.
Abundant in treesclassical
A place that is very dense with trees.

اعضألتverb

1.
To have many branchesclassical
Past tense verb, third person singular, meaning 'it had many branches', referring to a tree.

اعظألverb

1.
To have many branchesclassical
Verb meaning 'to have many branches', referring to a tree.

عظالىnoun

1.
Clinging locustsclassical
Locusts that are clinging to each other, piled up in layers.

التعظلnoun

1.
Pursuingclassical
The act of pursuing something that has been missed.
2.
Clinging togetherclassical
A variant pronunciation or meaning of 'التعاظل', referring to clinging together.

جراد عظالadjective

1.
Clinging locustsclassical
Locusts that are clinging to each other, piled up in layers.

تعاظلواverb

1.
To crowdclassical
Past tense verb, third person plural, meaning 'they crowded' or 'they were numerous' at a water source.

عظيلهnoun

1.
Rivalclassical
Someone who claims to be equal or superior to another.

العظلnoun

1.
Large mouseclassical
A large type of mouse.

كصردother

1.
Pattern of 'sard'classical
Indicates that the word 'العظل' follows the pattern of the noun 'صرد' (a type of bird).

كجبلother

1.
Pattern of 'jabal'classical
Indicates that the word 'العظل' follows the pattern of the noun 'جبل' (mountain).

Parallel reading

الملازمة في السفاد من الكلاب، والسباع، والجراد، وغيره مما ينشب ويتلازم في السفاد

Clinging during mating from dogs, beasts of prey, locusts, and others that become entwined and cling together in mating.

وقد عاظلت معاظلة وعظالا، وتعاظلت واعتظلت

And I engaged in clinging during mating, a clinging, and clinging, and they clung together and became entwined.

قال: (كلاب تعاظل سود الفقا ... ح لم تحم شيئا ولم تصطد)

He said: (Dogs cling together, black-rumped, not hunting anything nor catching prey).

قال ابن الأعرابي: سفد السبع وعاظل

Ibn al-A'rabi said: The beast of prey mated and clung.

وعظلت الكلاب، كنصر وسمع، عظلا: ركب بعضها بعضا في السفاد

And the dogs, following the patterns of 'nasara' and 'sami'a', engaged in 'azala', meaning: some of them mounted others in mating.

وجراد عاظل وعظلى، كسكرى: أي متعاظلة، لازمة بعضها بعضا في السفاد، لا تبرح

And locusts that are clinging and 'uthla', like 'sukra': meaning clinging to each other, adhering to each other in mating, not separating.

ومن كلامهم للضبع: أبشري بجراد عظلى، ورجال قتلى

And from their sayings to the hyena: Rejoice in clinging locusts and slain men.

وتعظلوا عليه تعظلا، وعظلوا تعظيلا أي اجتمعوا

And they gathered upon him a gathering, and they gathered a gathering, meaning they assembled.

قال: (أخذوا قسيهم بأيمنهم ... يتعظلون تعظل النمل)

He said: (They took their bows in their right hands... gathering like ants gather).

وسمي به لأن الناس ركب بعضهم بعضا عندما انهزموا

It was named so because people mounted each other when they were defeated.

أو لأنه ركب فيه الاثنان والثلاثة دابة واحدة في الهزيمة

Or because two and three mounted a single animal in the defeat.

وقيل: سمي يوم العظالى، لأنه تعاظل فيه على الرياسة بسطام بن قيس، وهانئ بن قبيصة، ومفروق بن عمرو، والحوفزان.

And it was said: The Day of Al-'Uthala was named so because Bistam bin Qais, Hani bin Qubaisha, Mafruq bin Amr, and Al-Hufzan vied for leadership.

وعاظل في القافية عظالا: ضمن

And he engaged in 'azala' in the rhyme, a rhyming, meaning he included.

أشعر شعرائكم من لم يعاظل الكلام ولم يتتبع حوشيه

The most poetic of your poets is he who does not force his words and does not pursue their obscure meanings.

قوله: لم يعاظل، أي لم يحمل بعضه على بعض ولم يتكلم بالرجيع من القول، ولم يكرر اللفظ والمعنى

His saying: 'lam yu'adhil', means he did not force one part upon another, nor speak with repeated words, nor repeat the wording and meaning.

وكل شيء ركب شيئا فقد عاظله، قاله الآمدي في الموازنة

And anything that mounted something has 'azala'd it, said Al-Amidi in Al-Muwazana.

والعظل، بضمتين: المجبوسون، وهم المأبونون، عن ابن الأعرابي، مأخوذ من المعاظلة

And 'al-'azal', with two dammahs: those confined, meaning the effeminate, from Ibn al-A'rabi, derived from 'al-mu'adhala'.

والمعظل، كمحسن، والمعظئل، كمشمعل: الموضع الكثير الشجر، كلاهما عن كراع.

And 'al-mu'adhil', like 'muhsin', and 'al-mu'adh'il', like 'mushma'il': a place abundant in trees, both from Kurra'.

يقال: رأيت الجراد ردافى وركابى وعظالى: إذا اعتظلت، وذلك أن ترى أربعة وخمسة قد ارتدفت.

It is said: I saw the locusts in layers, mounted, and clinging: when they became entwined, meaning you see four or five piled on top of each other.

والتعظل: أن يتتبع الشيء قد فاته، يقال: ظل يتعظل في أثره منذ اليوم.

And 'al-ta'adhul': pursuing something that has been missed. It is said: He kept pursuing its trace since today.

وتعاظلوا على الماء: كثروا عليه وازدحموا.

And they crowded at the water: they became numerous and congested there.

وعاظله، وهو عظيله: إذا قال كل منهما: أنا مثلك أو خير منك.

And he was its rival, and it was his rival: when each of them said: I am like you or better than you.

والعظل، كصرد وجبل: الفأرة الكبيرة، يرى بالظاء والضاد، عن أبي سهل.

And 'al-'azal', like 'sard' and 'jabal': the large mouse, seen with 'tha' and 'dad', from Abu Sahl.