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قهبل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of coarseness, a specific gait, and greetings, particularly associated with the face or what is presented. It also has a less common association with lice.

Derived headwords

القَهْبَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild female donkeyclassical

    A coarse or large female wild donkey.

  2. 2.
    A type of gaitclassical

    A specific manner or style of walking.

  3. 3.
    Louseclassical

    A louse, according to Al-Mu'arrij.

القَهْبَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Faceclassical

    The face, used in greetings.

قهبلهverb
  1. 1.
    To greet favorablyclassical

    To greet someone with a good greeting, or to say 'Qahbalak' to them.

قهبلةnoun
  1. 1.
    A good greetingclassical

    A favorable or good greeting, as in the phrase 'Qahbalahu qahbalatan'.

Parallel reading

أتان الوحش الغليظة
The coarse female wild donkey.
ضرب من المشي
A type of gait.
حيا الله قهبلك
May God bless your face.
أي وجهك
Meaning, your face.
حيا الله قهبله ومحياه وسمامته وطلله وآله بمعنى
May God bless his face, his countenance, his mark, his dwelling, and his family, all meaning the same.
حيا الله قبله، أي ما أقبل منه
May God bless what he turned towards, meaning what came from him.
قهبله قهبلة
He greeted him with a good greeting.
قال له ذلك
He said that to him.
أو حياه بتحية حسنة
Or he greeted him with a good greeting.
القهبلة: القملة
Al-Qahbalah: The louse.