دَقَلٌ
Root: دقل
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دَقَلٌ
[A certain kind of palm-trees;] i. q.
خِصَابٌ [not as meaning “ palm-trees having much fruit, ” but as an appellation applied by the people of El-Bahreyn to the palm-trees which others call دَقَلٌ: see art. خصب]: in the K, الخِضَابُ is erroneously put for الخِصَابُ: n. un. with ة: Az says that دَقَلٌ signifies species (أَلْوَانٌ, of which the sing. is لَوْنٌ, [but here meaning varieties,]) of palm-trees; and the dates thereof are bad, though the
دَقَلَة
may be abundant in fruit; and some have red dates, and some have black; the body of the dates being small, and the stones being large: accord. to AHn, the term دَقَلٌ is applied to any palmtrees [of which the varieties are] unknown: the n. un. دَقَلَةٌ is syn. with خَصْبَةٌ, of which the pl. is خِصَابٌ: and what are termed أَدْقَالٌ [pl. of دَقَلٌ] are the worst of palm-trees, and their dates are the worst of dates.
2 Also [The fruit of the trees thus called; described above;] the worst of dates: or a bad kind of dates: or dates of which the kinds are unknown: accord. to EsSarakustee, the fruit of the دَوْم: n. un. with ة. A rájiz says,
3 Also The mast (سَهْم) of a ship; from the same word in the first of the senses explained above; in Pers., تِيرِ كِشْتِى, and سُتُونْ; i. e., (or so دَقَلَةٌ [the n. un.], JK,) the tall piece of wood of a ship, fixed in the midst thereof, for the sail, i. e., upon which the sail is extended, or [rather] to which the sail is suspended; as also دَوْقَلٌ .
2 Also [The fruit of the trees thus called; described above;] the worst of dates: or a bad kind of dates: or dates of which the kinds are unknown: accord. to EsSarakustee, the fruit of the دَوْم: n. un. with ة. A rájiz says,
[If ye were dates, ye would be dates of the worst kind; and if ye were water, ye would be such as distils scantily, in interrupted drops, from a mountain or rock].لَوْ كُنْتُمُ تَمْرًا لَكُنْتُمُ دَقَلَا أَوْ كُنْتُمُ مَآءً لَكُنْتُمُ و شَلَا
3 Also The mast (سَهْم) of a ship; from the same word in the first of the senses explained above; in Pers., تِيرِ كِشْتِى, and سُتُونْ; i. e., (or so دَقَلَةٌ [the n. un.], JK,) the tall piece of wood of a ship, fixed in the midst thereof, for the sail, i. e., upon which the sail is extended, or [rather] to which the sail is suspended; as also دَوْقَلٌ .
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