قصدل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of bringing or fetching something, specifically valuable goods like ambergris. It is noted as a rare root form, with limited usage and discussion in classical Arabic lexicography.

Derived headwords

قَصْدَالnoun

1.
Ambergrisclassical
A specific type of ambergris, likely of high quality, that is brought or fetched.

قَسْطَلnoun

1.
Ambergrisclassical
A substance, likely ambergris, mentioned in relation to the root 'qasdala'.

Parallel reading

قصدال، بالفتح كما هو مقتضى إطلاقه، وينبغي أن يكون هذا من النوادر، فإنه لا فعلال لهم من غير المضاعف غير خزعال

Qasdal, with the fathah as is implied by its unqualified mention, and it should be one of the rarities, for they do not have the pattern fa'lal from non-doubled roots except for khaz'al.

وقد ذكر في قسطل قريبا

And it was mentioned in Qasṭal nearby.

وقد أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان

And Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it.

قال الصاغاني: جاء في شعر امرئ القيس: (فوق فيها بعيد هدء وعلت ... بعد رقد بعنبر قصدال)

Al-Saghani said: It came in the poetry of Imru' al-Qais: (It rose high after a distant slumber and it reached... after sleeping with ambergris qasdal).

قيل: قصدال ع

It was said: Qasdal is 'ayn (a letter, referring to the root letter).

فإذا أضفت ففيه زحاف

And if you add it (i.e., make it possessive), there is a metrical substitution (zihaf) in it.

والمعنى على الإضافة، هذا نص العباب

And the meaning is based on possession, this is the text of Al-'Ubab.

وكأن المصنف لاحظ هذا فقال يجلب منه العنبر، فتأمل ذلك.

And it is as if the author noted this and said it brings ambergris from it, so ponder that.