Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and al-Mufradat — All in One Search

عَضَلٌ

Root: عضل

Full Definition

عَضَلٌ : see عَضَلَةٌ.

def.2 Also, accord. to the context in the S, and as written in all the copies, with damm to the ع, but it is only with fet-h to that letter and to the ض, and thus it is written by IAar and other leading lexicologists, The [large species of rat called] جُرَذ: or, accord. to IAar, the male of the فَأْر [or rat]: (TA, and T in art. فأر:) pl. عِضْلَانٌ. [See also عَظَلٌ.]
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more