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قثل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large, heavy, or slow, often associated with a lack of agility or a sluggish disposition. It can refer to a person's character, physical attributes like a beard, or even specific objects like a bunch of dates or a large piece of meat.

Derived headwords

القثولnoun
  1. 1.
    Slow, sluggish personclassical

    A slow, clumsy, and relaxed person, lacking in energy or quickness.

  2. 2.
    Large, dense date clusterclassical

    A large, thick, and dense cluster of date palm fruit.

  3. 3.
    Large piece of meatclassical

    A substantial portion of meat, including its bones.

قثولadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow, sluggish, clumsyclassical

    Describing someone who is slow, clumsy, and unenergetic.

  2. 2.
    Thick-beardedclassical

    A man with a large and thick beard.

قثولاadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow, sluggish, clumsyclassical

    Describing someone who is slow, clumsy, and unenergetic.

قثول رثadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow and raggedclassical

    Describing someone who is both slow and in a ragged or worn-out state.

قثولاadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow, sluggish, clumsyclassical

    Describing someone who is slow, clumsy, and unenergetic.

Parallel reading

وهو العيي الفدم المسترخي
And he is the slow, clumsy, relaxed one.
لا تحسبني كفتى قثول رث كحبل الثلة المبتل
Do not think of me as a slow, ragged young man, like a wet rope of a flock.
وشمر الضبعان واشمعلا وكان شيخا حمقا قثولا
And the two hyenas girded themselves and set off, and he was a foolish, slow old man.
أنت بلبل قلقل، وصاحبك هذا عثول قثول
You are a restless, agitated bird, and your companion here is slow and sluggish.
القثول: عذق النخل الضخم الكثيف
Al-qathūl: The large, dense cluster of dates.
القثول: البضعة الكبيرة من اللحم بعظامها
Al-qathūl: The large piece of meat with its bones.
أعطيته قثولا من اللحم
I gave him a large piece of meat.
رجل قثول اللحية: أي كبيرها
A man with a qathūl beard: meaning a large one.