فنجل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical characteristics related to wide-set legs and a weak or unsteady gait. It also refers to a specific plant, 'Arachis prostrata'.

Derived headwords

الفِنْجِلnoun

1.
Arachis prostrataclassical
A plant, identified as 'Arachis prostrata', also known as groundnut or earth-nut.

فِنْجِلnoun

1.
wide-hipped manclassical
A man who is 'afḥaj', meaning having widely separated thighs and a pronounced gap between them.

الفَنْجَلَةnoun

1.
wide-legged gaitclassical
The state of having a wide separation between the legs, specifically the shins and feet.
2.
feeble gaitclassical
A weak or unsteady manner of walking, likened to the gait of an old man.

فَنْجَلَverb

1.
to walk wide-leggedclassical
To walk with a wide separation between the legs, a characteristic described as 'mutafājan'.

Parallel reading

الفنجل، كقنفذ، أهمله الجوهري، وفي اللسان: هو عناق الأرض، ويروى بالعين، وقد تقدم عن ابن خالويه.

Al-finjal, like qunfudh, was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and in Al-Lisan: it is 'ināq al-arḍ', and it is narrated with 'ayn', and it has been previously mentioned by Ibn Khālawayh.

الفنجل من الرجال، بالفتح: الأفحج، وهو المتباعد الفخذين الشديد الفحج، عن ابن الأعرابي

Al-finjal among men, with the fatḥa: is al-afḥaj, which means having widely separated thighs and a pronounced gap between them, according to Ibn Al-A'rābī.

الله أعطانيك غير أحدلا ولا أصك أو أفج فنجلا

Allah has given you [offspring] not one with constricted thighs, nor knock-kneed, nor wide-hipped with widely separated legs.

والفنجلة: تباعد ما بين الساقين والقدمين.

And al-fanajalah: is the separation between the shins and the feet.

أيضا: مشية ضعيفة كالفنجلى، وهي مشية الشيخ

Also: a weak gait like al-finjalah, which is the gait of an old man.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: الفنجلة: أن يمشي متفاجا، وقد فنجل

And Ibn Al-A'rābī said: Al-fanajalah: is to walk with widely separated legs, and he has walked thus ('fanjala').

وقد تقدم في فجل.

And it has been previously mentioned under the root 'fajala'.