Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

خَدُلَ, inf. n. خَدَالَةٌ [and app. خُدُولَة also], He was, or became, large, and full [or plump], in the shank and fore arm. (TA.) [And in like manner, خَدُلَتْ; or خَدِلَتْ, inf. n. خَدَلٌ (q. v.); She (a woman) was, or became, full, or plump, in the shanks and fore arms.] And خَدُلَتْ, inf. n. خَدَالَةٌ [and خُدُولَةٌ]; (JK;) or خَدِلَتْ, [inf. n. خَدَلٌ;] (Ḳ;) said of the shank (السَّاق, JK, Ḳ), It was, or became, round: (JK:) or full [or plump]. (Ḳ.)

خَدْلٌ Full [or plump]: and large, big, or bulky: (Ḳ:) or large, and full [or plump], in the shank and fore arm: or, as some say, large, big, or bulky. (TA.) You say اِمْرَأَةٌ خَدْلَةٌ andخَدِلَةٌ↓ (Ḳ, TA, [in the CK, by an omission, the latter is made to be خِدْلَةٌ,]) A woman thick and round in the shank: pl. خِدَالٌ: [in the CK, erroneously, اَخْدَالٌ:] or full of flesh in the limbs, with slenderness of the bones; as alsoخَدْلَآءُ↓ andخِدْلِمٌ↓: (Ḳ:) or these two, in the latter of which the م is augmentative, a woman full [or plump] in the shanks and fore arms. (Ṣ.) And خَدْلَةٌ السَّاقِ A woman round in the shank. (JK.) And مَخَلْخَلُهَا خَدْلٌ Her place of the anklet [i. e. her ankle] is large, or big. (Ṣ.) And سَاقٌ خَدْلَةٌ A full [or plump] shank: (Ḳ:) or a round shank: pl. خِدَالٌ. (JK.)

خَدَلٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andخَدَالَةٌ↓ (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ) andخُدُولَةٌ↓ (Ḳ) Fulness [or plumpness], (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or roundness, (JK,) of the shank, (JK, Ḳ,) or of the shanks and fore arms. (Ṣ.) [All are properly inf. ns.: see 1.]

خَدْلَةٌ fem. of خَدْلٌ [q. v.]. (JK, Ḳ.)

Also A grape that is small and worthless by reason of blight, or the like, and want of moisture. (AḤát, Ḳ * TA.)

And The stem of the tree called صَاب, (M, Ḳ,) which is a sort of bitter tree; (TA;) as alsoخُدْلَةٌ↓. (M, Ḳ.)