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قزمل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe shortness and ugliness, with one derived term referring to a male. It is noted as being omitted by major lexicographers.

Derived headwords

القَزْمَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    short, ugly personclassical

    A person who is short and ugly.

القَزْمِيلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    maleclassical

    A male individual.

Parallel reading

القزمل، كجعفر، أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان
Al-qazmal, like Ja'far, was neglected by Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan.
وقال ابن عباد: هو القصير الدميم
And Ibn 'Abbad said: it is the short, ugly one.
والقزميلة، بالكسر: الذكر، كما في العباب
And al-qazmīlah, with a kasrah, means the male, as in Al-'Abab.