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سقل

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to polishing, sharpening, and refining, often applied to swords. It also extends to meanings of the flank or side, and a specific type of hand deformity.

Derived headwords

سَقَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to polishboth

    To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it, especially a sword.

  2. 2.
    to sharpenboth

    To make an edge keen or sharp, as with a sword.

الصَّقْلnoun
  1. 1.
    polishingboth

    The act or process of making something smooth and shiny, particularly a sword.

  2. 2.
    sharpeningboth

    The act of making an edge keen or sharp.

سَقْلnoun
  1. 1.
    flankclassical

    The side of an animal or person, specifically the rib area.

  2. 2.
    polishingclassical

    A variant pronunciation or form related to polishing or sharpening.

أسْقَلadjective
  1. 1.
    having a flankclassical

    Describing something that possesses a flank or side.

سَيْقَلnoun
  1. 1.
    polisherclassical

    One who polishes or sharpens, especially a sword.

صَيْقَلnoun
  1. 1.
    polisherboth

    One who polishes or sharpens, especially a sword.

سَيْقَلverb
  1. 1.
    to polishclassical

    To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it, especially a sword.

صَيْقَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to polishboth

    To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it, especially a sword.

  2. 2.
    to sharpenboth

    To make an edge keen or sharp, as with a sword.

سَيْقَلadjective
  1. 1.
    polishedclassical

    Describing something that has been made smooth and shiny.

صَقِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    polishedboth

    Describing something that has been made smooth and shiny, especially a sword.

  2. 2.
    sharpboth

    Describing an edge that is keen or sharp.

سَقِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    polishedclassical

    Describing something that has been made smooth and shiny.

Parallel reading

السقل لغة في الصقل
As-saql is a dialectal variant of as-ṣaql (polishing).
وهي الخاصرة
And it (as-saql) is the flank.
والسقل في اليد كالصدف
And as-saql in the hand is like a shell (deformity).
سقل سقلا
He polished it, a polishing.
وهو أسقل
And he is asqal (having a flank).
هو السيقل والصيقل
It is as-sayqal and aṣ-ṣayqal (the polisher).
وسيف سقيل وصقيل
And a sword that is saqīl and ṣaqīl (polished/sharp).
والصاد في جميع ذلك أفصح
And the letter ṣād in all of that is more eloquent/correct.