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قذل

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the back of the head, specifically the nape area. It extends to describe actions related to striking or affecting this part, as well as metaphorical extensions like deviating, following, or being diligent. It also includes terms for defects and related professions.

Derived headwords

القَذَالnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neckboth

    The collective term for the back of the head in humans and horses, located above the occipital bone. It is described as the area below the crown and above the hairline, and for a horse, the place where the bridle strap rests behind the forelock.

  2. 2.
    sides of the napeclassical

    The two sides of the nape, to the right and left of the occipital bone.

قَذَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the napeboth

    To strike someone or something on the nape of the neck.

  2. 2.
    to injure the napeboth

    To inflict an injury upon the nape of the neck.

قذله قذلا — He struck his nape.
قَذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to deviate, to swerveclassical

    To deviate from the right path or course; to lean or incline unjustly.

قذل فلان: مال وجار — So-and-so deviated: he leaned and swerved.
قَذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to followclassical

    To follow someone closely.

قذل فلانا: إذا تبعه — He followed so-and-so: meaning he pursued him.
قَذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to find fault withclassical

    To criticize or find fault with someone.

قذله: عابه — He found fault with him: meaning he criticized him.
قَذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be diligent, to striveclassical

    To exert oneself seriously and diligently in an undertaking.

القذل والوكف والنطف والوحر، محركة في الكل: العيب — Al-qadhl, al-wakf, al-nutf, and al-waHr, all vocalized with haraka, mean a defect.
قَذَلnoun
  1. 1.
    defect, flawclassical

    A defect, fault, or blemish.

قُذُلnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neck (plural)both

    Plural form of 'qadhāl', referring to the nape of the neck.

أَقْذِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neck (plural)both

    Another plural form of 'qadhāl', referring to the nape of the neck.

المَقْذُولadjective
  1. 1.
    wounded on the napeclassical

    Describing someone who has been struck or wounded on the nape of the neck.

القَاذِلnoun
  1. 1.
    cupper, phlebotomistclassical

    A cupper or phlebotomist, because they make incisions below the nape of the neck.

Parallel reading

القذال، كسحاب: جماع مؤخر الرأس من الإنسان والفرس فوق فأس القفا
The qadhāl, like saHāb: the collective of the back of the head of a human and a horse, above the occipital bone of the nape.
هو ما دون القمحدوة إلى قصاص الشعر
It is what is below the crown and above the hairline.
القمحدوة: ما أشرف على القفا من عظم الرأس، والهامة فوقها، والقذال دونها مما يلي المقذ.
The qumhdūwah: what overlooks the nape from the skull bone, and the crown is above it, and the qadhāl is below it, near the nape.
القذال: مقعد العذار من الفرس خلف الناصية.
The qadhāl: the place where the bridle strap rests on a horse behind the forelock.
القذالان: ما اكتنف فأس القفا عن يمين وشمال.
The two qadhāls: what flanks the occipital bone of the nape from the right and left.
وقذله قذلا: ضرب قذاله
And he struck his qadhāl: he hit his nape.
وفي المحكم: أصاب قذاله.
And in Al-MuHkam: he struck his nape.
قذل فلان: مال وجار
So-and-so deviated: he leaned and swerved.
قذل فلانا: إذا تبعه، عن اللحياني
He followed so-and-so: meaning he pursued him, according to Al-Laythānī.
أو عابه، عن الفراء.
Or he criticized him, according to Al-Farra'.
قذل في الأمر: جد.
He was diligent in the matter: he was serious.
القذل والوكف والنطف والوحر، محركة في الكل: العيب.
Al-qadhl, al-wakf, al-nutf, and al-waHr, all vocalized with haraka, mean a defect.
المقذول: المشجوج في قذاله.
Al-maqdhūl: one who is wounded on his nape.
والقاذل: الحجام لأنه يشرط ما تحت القذال.
And al-qādhel: the cupper because he makes incisions below the nape.