Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَقَنْقَلٌ

Root: عقل

Full Definition

عَقَنْقَلٌ A great كَثِيب [i. e. hill, or heap, or oblong or extended gibbous hill,] of intermingled sands: or a كَثِيب that is accumulated and intermingled: or a حَبْل [or long and elevated tract] of sand, having winding portions, and حِرَف [app. meaning ridges], and compacted: accord. to El-Ahmar, it is the largest quantity of sand; larger than the كَثِيب: (S voce لَبَبٌ:) pl. عَقَاقِلُ and عَقَاقِيلُ and عَقَنْقَلَاتٌ.
2 And A great, wide, valley: pl. عَقَاقِلُ and عَقَاقِيلُ.
3 Also, sometimes, and عَنْقَلٌ , The مَصَارِين [or intestines into which the food passes from the stomach], or قَانِصَة [which here probably signifies the same], of a [lizard of the species called] ضَبّ: or the [portion of fat termed] كُشْيَة of the ضَبّ. أَطْعِمْ أَخَاكَ مِنْ عَقَنْقَلِ الضَّبِّ [Give thy brother to eat of the intestines, &c., of the dabb: or, as some relate it, مِنْ كُشْيَةِ الضَّبِّ:] is a prov., said in urging a man to make another to share in the means of subsistence; or, accord. to some, denoting derision.
4 Also A [drinking-cup, or bowl, of the kind called] قَدَح.
5 And A sword.


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