Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

بَغُلَ, aor. ـُ {يَبْغُلُ}, inf. n. بُغُولَةٌ, said of a man, i. q. تَبَلَّدَ [i. e. † He affected stupidity, dulness, or want of intelligence; or he became submissive, and humble;, &c.]. (TA.) [See also 2.]

بَغَلَهُمْ: see 2.

تَبْغِيلٌ, the inf. n., signifies † The being big, thick, or rude, and hard, strong, or sturdy, in body; or said of the body: and hence, accord. to some, is derived بَغْلٌ↓. (TA.)

بغّل, inf. n. as above, ‡ He was impotent and weak, or languid, and fatigued, (JK, Ḳ, TA,) in going, or pace. (TA.)

بغّلت الإِبِلُ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. as above, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) ‡ The camels went a pace between that termed هَمْجَلَة and that termed عَنَق: (Ṣ,* Ḳ, TA:) and hence بَغْلٌ↓ is derived accord. to IDrd: (TA:) or they went in a certain manner, with wide step: (JK:) [see also 5:] or the inf. n. signifies the going in a gentle manner: and one says, أَعْيَا فَبَغَّلَ, i. e. [he was fatigued, so] he went an easy, but a quick, pace; syn. هَمْلَجَ. (TA.)

بَغَّلَهُمْ, (inf. n. as above, TA,) ‡ He made their children to be base-born, or ignoble, (Ḳ, TA,) by marrying among them; (IDrd, TA;) as alsoبَغَلَهُمْ↓, aor. ـَ {يَبْغَلُ}: (Ḳ:) from بَغْلٌ; because the بغل [or mule] is unable to equal the heat, or course, of the horse. (TA.)

تبغّل He (a camel) became like the بَغْل [or mule] in the width of his step. (TA.) [See also 2.]

بَغْلٌ The mule; i. e. the animal generated between the he-ass and the mare [or sometimes between the horse and the she-ass]; (TA;) also called بَغَّالٌ↓; so in a verse of Jereer: (Ṣ, Ṣgh:) pl. أَبْغَلٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (JK) and أَبْغَالٌ, [also] a pl. of pauc., (Mṣb,) and بِغَالٌ, (JK, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) a pl. of mult.; (Mṣb;) and quasi-pl. n. مَبْغُولَآءُ↓, (Ḳ,) meaning a number of mules (بِغَال) together: (JK,* Ṣ:) the female is termed بَغْلَةٌ; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) pl. بَغَلَاتٌ and بِغَالٌ. (Mṣb.) See 2, in two places. You say طَرِيقٌ فِيهِ أَبْوَالُ البِغَالِ [A road in which is the urine of mules]; meaning † a difficult road. (TA.) And فُلَانَةُ أَعْقَرُ مِنْ بَغْلَةٍ [Such a woman is more barren than a she-mule]. (TA.) And البَغْلُ نَغْلٌ وَهُوَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ [The mule is a bastard, and he is a relation to him]; meaning † he is a bastard. (TA.) And as the mule suggests the idea of evil disposition, or perverseness, and roughness, you say, in describing him who is low, or ignoble, هُوَ بَغْلٌ نَغْلٌ † [he is a mule, a bastard]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) The people of Egypt say, اِشْتَرَى فُلَانٌ بَغْلَةً حَسْنَآءَ, meaning ‡ [Such a one bought a beautiful] female slave: and فِى بَيْتِ بَنِى فُلَانٍ بِغَالٌ [‡ In the house of the sons of such a one are slaves, or female slaves]: and اِشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْ بِغَالِ اليَمَنْ وَلٰكِنْ بِغَالِى الثَّمَنْ [‡ I bought of the slaves, or female slaves, of El-Yemen, but for a high price]. (TA.)

بَغَّالٌ [n. un. of بَغَّالَةٌ↓, which is a coll. gen. n., like حَمَّارَةٌ and جَمَّالَةٌ, but explained by Freytag as meaning “he who possesses many mules;”] An owner, or attendant, (Sb, Ṣ,) of mules, (Sb, TA,) or of the mule. (Ṣ.)

See also بَغْلٌ, with which it is syn.

هُوَ مِنَ الثَّوْرِ أَبْغَلُ وَمِنَ الحِمَارِ أَثْقَلُ † [He is more mulish than the bull, and more heavy, or sluggish, than the ass]. (TA.)