قثعل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to archery, specifically describing a poorly made or flawed arrow. It is also noted as a potential misspelling of another root.

Derived headwords

المقثعلnoun

1.
flawed arrowclassical
An arrow that is not well-made or straight, possibly due to poor fletching or shafting.

المقتعلnoun

1.
flawed arrowclassical
An arrow that is not well-made or straight, possibly due to poor fletching or shafting. This is suggested to be the correct form, with المقثعل being a misspelling.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجماعة

The group neglected it.

وهو السهم الذي لم يبر بريا جيدا

It is the arrow that was not well-fletched or straightened.

أو هو تصحيف المقتعل

Or it is a misspelling of al-muqt'al.

ومحله قعل

And its place is q-'-l.

وهكذا نقله الصاغاني على الصواب هناك

And thus al-Saghani transmitted it correctly there.

وكذا صاحب اللسان

And likewise the author of al-Lisan.

فرميت القوم رشقا صائبا ... ليس بالعصل ولا بالمقتعل

And I shot the people with an accurate shot... not crooked and not flawed.

كما سيأتي ذلك في موضعه

As that will come in its place.

وفيه تحقيق يأتي في قعثل قريبا

And in it is an investigation that will come soon in q-'-th-l.

ثم رأيت صاحب اللسان أورده مشككا فيه

Then I saw the author of al-Lisan mention it with doubt.

ورأيت بخطه في حذائه: يحقق

And I saw in his handwriting in his margin: 'It is verified'.

فتأمل ذلك

So ponder that.