Root

م ق ل

1 verb · 6 nouns and adjectives

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • مَاقَلَهُ Form III He vied with him in diving
    , inf. n. مُمَاقَلَةٌ He vied with him in diving: see غَامَسَهُ.
  • تَمَاقَلَا Form VI Open entry
    : see تَغَاطَسَا.
  • مُقْلٌ Theban palm; palma Thebaïca
    The Theban palm; palma Thebaïca of Pococke; the cucifera of Theophrastes. ― -b2- Also The خُوص, or leaves, of the tree thus called: see نظم ― -b3- See also صَمْغٌ.
  • مَقْلَهٌ Open entry
    , for جُرْعَةُ مَقْلَةٍ: see 3 in art. صفن.
  • مُقْلَةٌ ball, or globe, or bulb
    The ball, or globe, or bulb (lit. fat, شَحْمَة), of the eye, i. e., the eyeball, which comprises the white and the black. (Khalk el-Insán of Zj; and S, Msb, K.)

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