عصل

العُنْصُلُ ذ and العُنْصَلُ, and ↓ العُنْصُلَاآءُ and العُنْصَلَاآءُ, (S, O, K, [in the O, and a second time in the K, mentioned in art. عنصل,]) What is called (S, O, K) by the physicians (S, O) الاـِسْقَالُ, (S, O, K,) pronounced with اـِمَالَة [i. e. el-iskélu, notwithstanding the ق, which is generally an obstacle to امالة], and in some of the books of the physicians written with ى, [i. e. الاـِسْقِيلُ,] (O,) or only known to them as thus pronounced; (TA;) [i. e. scilla, or squill; particularly the officinal squill; ] i. q. البَصَلُ البَرِّىُّ; (O, K;) also called بَصَلُ الفَأْرِ; (K;) [see art. بصل;] and a vinegar is prepared from it: (S, TA:) IAar says that it is a certain plant in the deserts, of which they assert that longing pregnant women desire it and eat it, and that it is what is called البَصَلُ البَرِّىُّ: AHn says, it consists of leaves like the leek, appearing extended and lank: and in one place he says, it is a certain tree [or plant ] of the plain, or soft, tracts, growing in places of water and moisture, in like manner as does the مَوْزَة [?], and it has a blossom like that of the white سَوْسَن [or lily ], of which the bees eat, and make honey; and the oxen, in cases of drought, eat its leaves, which are mixed for them in the fodder: (TA:) it is good for the alopecia, and hemiplegia (الفَالِج), and sciatica; and the vinegar thereof, for chronic cough, and asthma, and the rattles; and strengthens the weak body: (K:) the pl. is عَنَاصِلُ. (S, O.) ― -b2- أَخَذَ فِى طَرِيقِ العُنْصُلَيْنِ (S, O) and طريق العُنْصُلِ, (S,) [ He entered upon, or took to, the road of العنصلين and العنصل,] a road from El-Yemámeh to El-Basrah, is said of a man as meaning (assumed tropical:) he went astray: (S, O:) but AHát says that he asked As respecting طريق العنصلين, and he pronounced the latter word with fet-h to the ص; adding that it should not be pronounced with damm; and that the saying originated from ElFarezdak's mentioning, in his poetry, a man who went astray in this road. (O.) One says also, سَلَكَ طَرِيقَ العنصلينِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) He pursued that which was false, vain, or futile. (TA.)