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قدعل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of foolishness or being foolish. The primary derived term discussed is a noun referring to a foolish person.

Derived headwords

القندعلnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish personclassical

    A term referring to a foolish or stupid individual. It is noted as being similar to the word 'jardhal'.

القنذعلnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish person (variant)classical

    This is a variant pronunciation or spelling of 'al-qanda'il', using the letter 'dhal' (ذ) instead of 'dal' (د). It carries the same meaning of a foolish person.

Parallel reading

القندعل، كجردحل أهمله الجوهري
Al-qanda'il, like jardhal, was neglected by Al-Jauhari.
وقال الأزهري في الخماسي: هو الأحمق
And Al-Azharī said in his work on five-letter roots: it is the fool.
ومما يستدرك عليه: القنذعل بالذال المعجمة: لغة في المهملة، نقله الأزهري.
And among what is added to it: Al-qanadh'al with the dotted 'dhal' is a variant pronunciation of the unpointed one, as transmitted by Al-Azharī.