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طسل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root طسل primarily relates to flowing water, mirages, and abundance. It describes the appearance and movement of water and heat hazes, as well as things that are plentiful, such as milk, livestock, or wealth.

Derived headwords

طَسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to flowclassical

    Describing water flowing on the surface of the earth.

  2. 2.
    to shimmerclassical

    Describing the shimmering or wavering appearance of a mirage.

الطَّسَلnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing waterclassical

    Water that is running on the surface of the earth.

  2. 2.
    mirage lightclassical

    The shimmering light or appearance of a mirage.

  3. 3.
    mirage distortionclassical

    The distortion or wavering caused by a mirage.

طَسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be distortedclassical

    Used to describe the wavering or distortion of a mirage.

تقنع الموماة طسلا طاسلا — The desert was covered with a shimmering mirage.
طاسِلadjective
  1. 1.
    shimmeringclassical

    Describing something that shimmers or wavers, like a mirage or dust.

  2. 2.
    coveredclassical

    Describing something that is covered or clothed, often with dust.

الطاسِلnoun
  1. 1.
    raised dustclassical

    Dust that is raised high into the air.

طَيْسَلnoun
  1. 1.
    shimmering mirageclassical

    A bright, shimmering mirage.

  2. 2.
    dark nightclassical

    A very dark or black night.

  3. 3.
    strong windclassical

    A strong, powerful wind.

  4. 4.
    abundant milkclassical

    A large quantity of milk.

  5. 5.
    abundanceclassical

    A large amount or quantity of anything.

  6. 6.
    basinclassical

    A basin or washbowl.

  7. 7.
    dustclassical

    Dust.

طَيْسَلَةname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A proper name.

تهزأ مني أخت آل طيسله — The sister of the آل طيسله mocks me.
طَيِّسَلadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantclassical

    Describing something as plentiful, such as water or livestock.

الطَّيْسnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceclassical

    Meaning the same as الطيسل, signifying abundance.

الطَّرْطَبِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceclassical

    Having the same meaning as الطيسل and الطيس, indicating abundance.

Parallel reading

الماء الجاري على وجه الأرض.
Flowing water on the surface of the earth.
ضوء السراب.
The light of the mirage.
اضطراب السراب.
The distortion of the mirage.
وطسل السراب: اضطرب؛
And the mirage shimmered: it was distorted;
تقنع الموماة طسلا طاسلا
The desert was covered with a shimmering mirage,
بل بلد يكسى القتام الطاسلا
But a land clothed in raised dust,
الطاسل الملبس.
The covered one.
الطاسل والساطل من الغبار المرتفع.
The raised dust.
السراب البراق.
The shimmering mirage.
ليل طيسل: مظلم.
A dark night: black.
الريح الشديدة.
The strong wind.
اللبن الكثير، وقيل: الكثير من كل شيء.
Abundant milk, and it is said: abundance of everything.
للماء الكثير طيسل وطسل؛
Abundant water is called Taysal and Tasal;
الطيسل الطست،
Al-Taysal is the basin,
وطيسل الرجل إذا سافر سفرا قريبا فكثر ماله؛
And a man's wealth increased if he traveled a short journey;
أخضر طيسا زغربيا طيسلا
Green, abundant, and plentiful,
ماء طيسل ونعم طيسل أي كثير.
Abundant water and abundant livestock, meaning plentiful.
الغبار.
Dust.