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وت ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe individuals characterized by excessive consumption, specifically of food or drink. It also refers to the accumulated wealth or provisions resulting from such consumption.

Derived headwords

الوتلnoun
  1. 1.
    men who fill their bellies with drinkclassical

    A term referring to men who have filled their stomachs with beverages, implying excessive consumption.

أوتلnoun
  1. 1.
    one who fills his belly with drinkclassical

    Singular form of 'al-watil', referring to an individual man who has excessively consumed drink.

الكتامnoun
  1. 1.
    those who fill their bellies with foodclassical

    A term referring to people who have filled their stomachs with food, implying excessive consumption.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: هم الرجال الذين ملؤوا بطونهم من الشراب، جمع أوتل
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: They are the men who filled their bellies with drink, the plural of 'awtal'.
والكتام، بالتاء: المالئوها من الطعام
And 'al-kattām', with a taa': those who fill them (bellies) with food.
كذا في التهذيب
Thus it is in Al-Tahdhib.