Arabic

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Etymology

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Possibly applying the pattern فِعْلَلّ (fiʕlall) to the root ج د ل (j-d-l), with later augment (إِلْحَاق (ʔilḥāq)) of ح () and ر (r) for dissimilation (إِدْغَام (ʔidḡām)), as it would otherwise be *جِدْلَلّ (*jidlall), that invites first *جِرْدَلّ (*jirdall) and then جِرْدَحْل (jirdaḥl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جِرْدَحْل (jirdaḥlm

  1. a fat camel

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Further reading

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  • Baalbaki, Ramzi (2008) The Legacy of the Kitāb. Sībawayhi’s Analytical Methods within the Context of the Arabic Grammatical Theory (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 51)‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 151; Sibawayhi’s passage in Derenbourg’s edition 1885 vol. 2 page 388
  • Ǧinnī, Abū l-Fatḥ ʕUṯmān b. (a. 1002) Gottfried Hoberg, editor, Ibn Ginnîi de flexione libellus arabice nunc primum editus in latinum sermonem translatus, volume 1, Bonn: Carl Georg, published 1885, page 12