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شثل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root describes something that is thick, coarse, and bulky, particularly referring to fingers, toes, hands, or feet. It can also denote a type of plant or a specific measure.

Derived headwords

شَثْلadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-fingeredboth

    Describing fingers that are thick and coarse.

شَثْلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-footedboth

    Describing a foot that is thick-fleshed and bulky.

شَثَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thick/coarseclassical

    The hand or foot became thick and coarse.

شَثْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thickness/coarsenessclassical

    The state of being thick, coarse, or bulky, especially referring to extremities.

شَثْنadjective
  1. 1.
    thick/coarseclassical

    Thick and coarse, used to describe fingers or toes.

شَثَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thickness/coarsenessclassical

    The quality of being thick and coarse.

شَثُنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thick/coarseclassical

    To become thick and coarse, referring to fingers or toes.

شُثُولَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thickness/coarsenessclassical

    The state or quality of being thick and coarse.

شُثُونَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thickness/coarsenessclassical

    The state or quality of being thick and coarse.

Parallel reading

رجل شثل الأصابع: غليظها خشنها.
A man with thick fingers: their thickness, their coarseness.
وقدم شثلة: غليظة اللحم متراكبة
And a thick foot: thick-fleshed and bulky.
وقد شثلت يده ورجله
And his hand and his foot became thick.
وزعم يعقوب وأبو عبيد أن لامها بدل من نون شثن.
And Ya'qub and Abu Ubayd claimed that its 'lam' is a substitute for the 'nun' of 'shathn'.
ابن السكيت: الشثل لغة في الشثن
Ibn al-Sikkit: 'Al-shathl' is a dialectal variant of 'al-shathn'.
وقد شثل شثولة
And he experienced thickness and coarseness.
وشثن شثونة
And he experienced thickness and coarseness.