مِغْزَلٌ
Root: غزل
Full Definition
مِغْزَلٌ
and
مُغْزَلٌ and
مَغْزَلٌ , the first as pronounced by [the tribe of] Temeem, the second as pronounced by [that of] Keys, and the last the most rare, or the second as pronounced by Temeem, A spindle; i. e. the thing with which one spins: Fr says that
مُغْزَلٌ is the original form, from أُغْزِلَ “ it was made to turn round ” or “ revolve ” [or “ was twirled ”]; but the dammeh was deemed by the Arabs difficult of pronunciation, and therefore they said مِغْزَلٌ, and in like manner مِصْحَفٌ and مِخْدَعٌ and مِجْسَدٌ and مِطْرَفٌ: accord. to IAth, مِغْزَلٌ signifies the instrument [with which one spins]; and
مَغْزَلٌ , the place of the
غَزْل [which means the act of spinning and the span thread or yard]; and
مُغْزَلٌ , the place in which (فِيهِ [or this may here mean upon which]) the غَزْل [i. e. spun thread or yarn] is put: pl. مَغَازِلُ. أَعْرى مِنْ مِغْزَلٍ is a prov. [meaning More naked than a spindle]. And one says, صَاحِبُ الغَزَلِ أَضَلُّ مِنْ سَاقِ مِغْزَلٍ [The practiser of the talk and actions &c. usual between the lover and the object of love is more erring than the shank of a spindle), of which the error is its [aiding in] clothing mankind while it is [itself] naked.
2 It is said in a book of certain of the Jews, عَلَيْكُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَرُبْعُ المِغْزَلِ, meaning [I pon you lie as due from you such and such things and) the fourth part of what your women have spun.
3 And [the pl.] مَغَازِلُ signifies The عَمَد or عُمُد [app. meaning the upright wooden supports of the seat] of the [machine called] نَوْرَج [q. v.] with which the reaped grain heaped together is thrashed.
2 It is said in a book of certain of the Jews, عَلَيْكُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَرُبْعُ المِغْزَلِ, meaning [I pon you lie as due from you such and such things and) the fourth part of what your women have spun.
3 And [the pl.] مَغَازِلُ signifies The عَمَد or عُمُد [app. meaning the upright wooden supports of the seat] of the [machine called] نَوْرَج [q. v.] with which the reaped grain heaped together is thrashed.
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