قطربل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the place name Qatrabbal, a location in Iraq west of the Tigris River, known as a gathering place for revelers and poets. It is also associated with the sale of wine. A second, smaller location of the same name is mentioned near Amid.

Derived headwords

قَطْرَبُلname

1.
Place nameboth
A place name referring to two locations. The primary one is in Iraq, west of the Tigris River, between Baghdad and 'Ukbarā. It was a hub for revelers, poets, and dissolute individuals, and wine was attributed to it. The second location is a village opposite Amid where wine was also sold.

القَطْرَبُلِيّadjective

1.
Attributed to Qatrabbalclassical
An adjective used to describe something or someone originating from or associated with the place named Qatrabbal.

Parallel reading

قَطْرَبِل، بالضم وسكون الطاء وضم الراء وتشديد الباء الموحدة المضمومة

Qatrabbal, with a damma on the qaf, sukun on the ta, damma on the ra, and a shadda on the ba.

أو بتخفيفها وتشديد اللام

Or with a lightened ba and a shadda on the lam.

موضعَان

Two places

أحدهما: بالعراق غربي دجلة

One of them: in Iraq, west of the Tigris.

بين بغداد وعكبراء

Between Baghdad and 'Ukbarā.

وكان مجمعا لأهل القصف والشعراء والخلعاء

And it was a gathering place for people of revelry, poets, and dissolute individuals.

ينسب إليه الخمر

Wine is attributed to it.

والموضع الثاني: قرية مقابل آمد

And the second place: a village opposite Amid.

يباع فيها الخمر أيضا

Wine is also sold there.

يقولون ها قطربل فوق دجلة

They say, 'Behold Qatrabbal, upon the Tigris.'

عدمَتكَ ألفاظا بغير معاني

May I be deprived of words without meaning!

أقلب طرفا لا أرى القفص دونها

I cast my gaze, but I see no cage below it.

ولا النخل باد من قرى البردان

Nor are the date palms visible from the villages of Al-Burdan.