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عنصل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of wild onion or leek, its properties, and derived products like vinegar. It also extends to geographical locations and metaphorical uses related to being lost.

Derived headwords

عُنْصُلnoun
  1. 1.
    wild onionboth

    A type of wild onion, also known as wild leek.

  2. 2.
    wild leekboth

    A wild plant resembling a leek, with a bulbous root.

عُنْصُلnoun
  1. 1.
    wild onion vinegarclassical

    Vinegar made from the wild onion (عنصل), noted for its extreme acidity.

العُنْصُلَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    of wild onion vinegarclassical

    Pertaining to or made from the wild onion vinegar.

العُنْصَلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    wild onion plantboth

    A plant whose root is like an onion and whose leaves are like those of a leek but wider.

  2. 2.
    wild leekboth

    Another term for the wild leek plant.

العُنْصُلnoun
  1. 1.
    locationclassical

    A place name.

العُنْصُلَيْنname
  1. 1.
    route nameclassical

    A specific route, particularly the one from Al-Yamamah to Basra.

العُنْبَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    from Banu Anbarclassical

    Pertaining to or belonging to the tribe Banu Anbar.

العَنَاصِلnoun
  1. 1.
    wild onionsboth

    The plural form of عنصل, referring to multiple wild onions.

Parallel reading

يقال عنصل وعنصل للبصل البري
It is said 'unṣul and 'unṣul for the wild onion.
العنصل والعنصل كراث بري يعمل منه خل يقال له خل العنصلاني
Al-'unṣul and al-'unṣul is a wild leek from which is made a vinegar called al-'unṣulānī vinegar.
وهو أشد الخل حموضة
And it is the most acidic of vinegars.
العنصلاء نبت
Al-'unṣalā' is a plant.
العنصل نبات أصله شبه البصل وورقه كورق الكراث وأعرض منه
Al-'unṣul is a plant whose root is like an onion and its leaves are like the leaves of a leek but wider.
ونوره أصفر تتخذه صبيان الأعراب أكاليل
And its blossoms are yellow, which the children of the Bedouins use to make garlands.
والضرب في جأواء ملمومة، ... كأنما هامتها عنصل
And striking in a vast, desolate plain, ... as if its summit were a wild onion.
العنصل والعنصل البصل البري
Al-'unṣul and al-'unṣul is the wild onion.
وهو الذي تسميه الأطباء الإسقال
And it is what the physicians call 'al-isqāl'.
ويقال للرجل إذا ضل: أخذ في طريق العنصلين
And it is said of a man when he is lost: he has taken the route of al-'unṣulayn.
وطريق العنصل هو طريق من اليمامة إلى البصرة
And the route of al-'unṣul is a route from Al-Yamamah to Basra.
ففضل به الطريق فقال: وما نحن، إن جارت صدور ركابنا، ... بأول من غوت دلالة عاصم
So he got lost on the route, and he said: And we are not, if the chests of our mounts lean, ... the first to be misguided by the guidance of 'Āṣim.
أراد طريق العنصلين فياسرت ... به العيس في وادي الصوى المتشائم
He meant the route of al-'unṣulayn, so the camels traveled with him in the ill-omened valley of al-Ṣuwā.
سألت الأصمعي عن طريق العنصلين ففتح الصاد، قال: ولا يقل بضم الصاد
I asked Al-Aṣma'ī about the route of al-'unṣulayn, and he pronounced the 'ṣād' with fatḥa, saying: And it is not said with a ḍamma on the 'ṣād'.
وتقوله العامة إذا أخطأ إنسان الطريق
And the common people say it when a person misses the way.