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شفصل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of plant and the act of consuming it. It describes a thorny plant with cotton-like seeds and the action of eating this plant.

Derived headwords

الشَّفْصَلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    plant fruitclassical

    The fruit of the thorny plant that twists around trees, producing structures resembling ducts, which then split open to reveal cotton and seeds like sesame.

شَفْصَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat the Shasli, which is a type of plant.

شَوْصَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat the Shasli, which is a type of plant.

Parallel reading

الشَّفْصَلَى: حمل اللوي الذي يلتوي على الشجر ويخرج عليه أمثال المسال ويتفلق عن قطن وحب كالسمسم.
Al-Shafsala: The fruit of the thorny plant that twists around trees, and on it emerge structures resembling ducts, and it splits open to reveal cotton and seeds like sesame.
ابن الأعرابي: شفصل وشوصل إذا أكل الشاصلى، وهو نبات.
Ibn al-A'rabi: Shafsala and Shawsala, meaning to eat the Shasli, which is a plant.