مقل

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
م ق ل (m-q-l)

Verb[edit]

مَقَلَ (maqala) I, non-past يَمْقُلُ‎ (yamqulu)

  1. to look onto, to introspect
  2. to descend, to run away
  3. to give a bit to drink at the مُقْلَة (muqla)
Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مَقْل (maqlm

  1. verbal noun of مَقَلَ (maqala) (form I)
  2. bottom of a well
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Apparently a Dravidian borrowing, compare Telugu మొగలి (mogali), Tamil முசலி (mucali) meaning apart from other things screw pine. Passed also into Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מוקלא and Classical Syriac ܡܘܩܠܐ (muqlā) already witnessed from the 5th century.

Noun[edit]

مُقْل (muqlm

  1. guggul (Commiphora mukul syn. Commiphora wightii syn. Balsamodendron mukul)
  2. gingerbread palm (Hyphaene thebaica syn. Palma thebaica)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Root
ق ل ل (q-l-l)

The active participle of أَقَلَّ (ʔaqalla).

Adjective[edit]

مُقِلّ (muqill)

  1. poor, pauper
Declension[edit]