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قنثل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a manner of walking, specifically kicking up dust, and also refers to a short or stout person. It is noted as being obscure and potentially a variant or inversion of another word.

Derived headwords

القُنْثَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    kicking up dustclassical

    The act of stirring up dust when walking.

مُقَنْتِلadjective
  1. 1.
    kicking up dustclassical

    Describing someone who stirs up dust when walking.

القُنْثَأَلnoun
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    A short or stout person.

Parallel reading

هو أن يثير التراب إذا مشى
It is to stir up dust when one walks.
وهو مقنثل
And he is one who kicks up dust.
كالنقثلة
Like al-naqthalah.
حكاه اللحياني
Al-Lihyani narrated it.
كأنه مقلوب
As if it were an inversion.
القنثأل، كجردحل: القصير
Al-qanthal, like jurdahal: the short one.
لغة في الكنتأل بالتاء والثاء
A dialectal variant of al-kanta'al with ta' and tha'.