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عنتل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something solid, strong, and tough. It is also used to refer to specific anatomical parts, particularly female genitalia, and to describe a destructive or tearing action.

Derived headwords

العَنْتَلnoun
  1. 1.
    solid, strongclassical

    Describing something as solid and strong.

عَنْتَلnoun
  1. 1.
    clitorisclassical

    A term for the clitoris, considered a variant of 'anbal' (عنبل).

عَنْتَلnoun
  1. 1.
    female genitaliaclassical

    A term for the female genitalia, with variations in pronunciation (open or closed vowel).

عنتل الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    to tear apartmodern

    To tear something into pieces.

العَنَاتِلnoun
  1. 1.
    tearing hyenasclassical

    A description of hyenas that tear their prey into pieces.

Parallel reading

هو الصلب الشديد
It is the solid, the strong.
العنتل: البظر، لغة في العنبل بالباء
Al-'antal: the clitoris, a dialectal variant of al-'anbal with a 'b'.
وليس بتصحيف، وإنما هو مثل نبع الماء ونتع
And it is not a scribal error, but rather like 'nab'a' (to spring forth) and 'nata' (to spring forth).
بدا عنتل لو توضع الفأس فوقه مذكرة لانفل عنها غرابها
A clitoris appeared, if an axe were placed upon it, it would remain firm, so that its crow would not fly away.
العنتل، بالضم: فرج المرأة
Al-'antal, with damma: the woman's vulva.
ورواه غيره بالفتح
And others narrated it with fatha.
وعنتل الشيء: أي خرقه قطعا
And 'antala the thing: meaning to tear it into pieces.
والضباع العناتل: التي تقطع الأكيلة قطعا
And the 'anatil hyenas: those that tear the prey into pieces.