قزل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes severe lameness or limping, often characterized by a thin leg. It also extends to describe a proud, strutting gait, and metaphorically to a wounded or crippled state, even being used to describe animals and specific bird feathers.

Derived headwords

القَزَلُ، مُحَرَّكَةًnoun

1.
Severe lamenessclassical
The worst and most severe type of lameness or limping.
2.
Thinness of the legclassical
The thinness of the leg due to loss of flesh, or both this and lameness.

أَقْزَلَverb

1.
To limp severelyclassical
To exhibit severe lameness, characterized by thinness of the leg.
2.
To strut proudlyclassical
To walk with a proud, strutting gait.

أَقْزَلُadjective

1.
Lameclassical
Possessing the qualities of severe lameness and thinness of the leg.
2.
Snakeclassical
A name for a snake.
3.
Wolfclassical
A name for a wolf.
4.
Crippled birdclassical
Used metaphorically for a bird that is injured or crippled.

تدع الفراخ الزغب في آبارها ... من بين مكسور الجناح وأقزلا — You leave the downy chicks in their nests... among those with broken wings and crippled ones.

قَزَلَverb

1.
To limpclassical
To walk with a limping gait, like a lame person.
2.
To strutclassical
To walk with a proud or strutting manner.

قَزَلاًnoun

1.
Limping gaitclassical
A limping gait or manner of walking like a lame person.
2.
Struttingclassical
A proud or strutting walk.

قَزَلاناً، مُحَرَّكَةًnoun

1.
Limping gaitclassical
A limping gait or manner of walking like a lame person.

القَزَلانnoun

1.
Lame peopleclassical
Plural noun referring to lame people.

الأَقْزَلانnoun

1.
Feathers of an eagle's tailclassical
Two feathers located in the middle of an eagle's tail.

أَقَازِلnoun

1.
Plural of أقزلclassical
Plural form of the adjective 'aqzal', referring to lame individuals or possibly other meanings associated with the root.

Parallel reading

القزل، محركة: أسوأ العرج، وأشده

Al-qazal, with vowel movement: the worst and most severe lameness.

أو هو دقة الساق لذهاب لحمها

Or it is the thinness of the leg due to the loss of its flesh.

ولا يكون أقزل إلا بهما، أي بهاتين الصفتين

And one is not described as 'aqzal' except with both, meaning these two characteristics.

والقزل أيضا: التبختر

And 'al-qazal' also means: strutting proudly.

وقد قزل، كفرح، قزلا، فهو أقزل

And he limped, as in 'faraha', with a limp ('qazalan'), so he is lame ('aqzal').

قزل، كضرب، قزلانا، محركة

Qazala, as in 'daraba', with 'qazalana' (vowel movement).

إذا وثب ومشى مشية العرجان

When he jumps and walks with the gait of the lame.

والقزلان: العرجان

And 'al-qazalan': the lame people.

والأقزل: حية

And 'al-aqzal': a snake.

أيضا: الذئب

Also: the wolf.

فقال: (تدع الفراخ الزغب في آبارها ... من بين مكسور الجناح وأقزلا)

So he said: (You leave the downy chicks in their nests... among those with broken wings and crippled ones).

قال ابن عباد: الأقزلان: ريشتان وسط ذنب العقاب

Ibn 'Abbad said: 'Al-aqzalan': two feathers in the middle of the eagle's tail.

ج: أقازل

Plural: 'aqazil'.