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غسل

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root غسل primarily denotes the act of washing, cleansing, or purifying. It extends to the substances used for washing, the state of being washed, and places associated with washing. Figuratively, it can mean to cleanse from sin or to engage in sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

غَسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to washboth

    To cleanse something with water or another liquid.

  2. 2.
    to cleanse from sinboth

    To purify someone from wrongdoing or sin, often used metaphorically.

  3. 3.
    to have sexual intercourseclassical

    To engage in sexual intercourse with a woman, sometimes implying frequency.

  4. 4.
    to strikeclassical

    To beat or strike something, causing pain.

غسل الشيء يغسله غسلا — He washed the thing, washing it thoroughly.
غسل الله حوبتك أي إثمك يعني طهرك منه — May God wash away your sin, meaning purify you from it.
غسل الرجل المرأة يغسلها غسلا: أكثر نكاحها — A man had sexual intercourse with a woman, having intercourse with her frequently.
غسله بالسوط غسلا: ضربه فأوجعه — He beat him with a whip, causing him pain.
غُسْلnoun
  1. 1.
    washing (act)both

    The act of washing, the verbal noun of غَسَلَ.

  2. 2.
    washing (substance)both

    The substance used for washing, such as soap or clay.

  3. 3.
    full body washclassical

    The complete washing of the entire body.

الغسل المصدر من غسلت — Al-ghusl is the verbal noun from 'he washed'.
والغسل، بالكسر: ما يغسل به من خطمي وغيره — And al-ghusl (with kasra) is what is used for washing, like marshmallow or other things.
والغسل: تمام غسل الجسد كله — And al-ghusl is the complete washing of the entire body.
غَسَلnoun
  1. 1.
    washing (act)both

    The act of washing, a variant pronunciation of the verbal noun.

غسل وغسل — Ghusl and ghasl (both meaning washing).
غَسِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    washed thingboth

    Something that has been washed.

  2. 2.
    washed garmentboth

    A garment that has been washed.

  3. 3.
    washed corpseclassical

    A corpse that has been ritually washed.

وشيء مغسول وغسيل — And something washed and ghaseel (washed).
ملحفة غسيل — A washed garment.
ميت غسيل في أموات غسلى وغسلاء — A washed corpse among washed dead people.
غُسَلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    washed onesclassical

    Plural of غَسِيل, referring to washed individuals or things.

والجمع غسلى وغسلاء — And the plural is ghusla and ghusalaa.
غُسْلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    washed onesclassical

    Plural of غَسِيل, referring to washed individuals or things.

والجمع غسلى وغسلاء — And the plural is ghusla and ghusalaa.
غَسَّالَىnoun
  1. 1.
    washed onesclassical

    Plural of غَسِيل, referring to washed individuals or things.

والجمع غسالى — And the plural is ghassaala.
غَسِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    washed thingclassical

    A diminutive form of غَسِيل, referring to something washed.

  2. 2.
    washed corpseclassical

    A diminutive form referring to a washed corpse.

وربما قالوا غسيلة — And perhaps they say ghaseela (diminutive of washed).
وميتة غسيل وغسيلة — And a dead woman, ghaseel and ghaseela.
مِغْسَلnoun
  1. 1.
    place of washingboth

    A place where washing is done, especially for the deceased.

والمغسل والمغسل، بكسر السين وفتحها، مغسل الموتى — And al-mighsal and al-maghsal (with kasra and fatha of the sin) is the place for washing the dead.
مَغْسَلnoun
  1. 1.
    place of washingboth

    A place where washing is done, especially for the deceased.

والمغسل والمغسل، بكسر السين وفتحها، مغسل الموتى — And al-mighsal and al-maghsal (with kasra and fatha of the sin) is the place for washing the dead.
اغْتَسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to wash oneselfboth

    To perform the act of washing on oneself.

  2. 2.
    to perform ritual washingboth

    To perform a ritual bath, such as after ritual impurity.

وقد اغتسل بالماء — And he washed himself with water.
وضعت له غسله من الجنابة — She prepared for him his ritual bath for major impurity.
غَسُولnoun
  1. 1.
    washing agentboth

    The substance used for washing, such as soap or detergent.

  2. 2.
    water for washingboth

    The water used for washing.

والغسول: الماء الذي يغتسل به — And al-ghasool is the water with which one washes oneself.
فالرحبتان، فأكناف الجناب إلى ... أرض يكون بها الغسول والرتم — The two open spaces, and the sides of the flank towards ... land where washing agents and Rتم grow.
مُغْتَسَلnoun
  1. 1.
    place of washingboth

    The place where one washes oneself.

  2. 2.
    bathboth

    A place for bathing.

هذا مغتسل بارد وشراب — This is a place for bathing, cold and to drink.
والمغتسل: الموضع الذي يغتسل فيه — And al-mughtasal is the place where one washes.
مَغَاسِلnoun
  1. 1.
    places of washingboth

    Plural of مغتسل, referring to places where washing is done.

والجمع المغاسل، وقد اغتسل بالماء — And the plural is al-maghasil, and he washed himself with water.
والجمع المغاسل والمغاسيل — And the plural is al-maghasil and al-maghasil.
غَسْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    washing (one time)both

    A single instance or amount of washing.

  2. 2.
    hair washing substanceclassical

    Substance used for washing the hair.

  3. 3.
    perfume for hairclassical

    A perfumed substance applied to the hair.

والغسل والغسلة: ما يغسل به الرأس — And al-ghusl and al-ghasla are what is used to wash the head.
والغسلة أيضا: ما تجعله المرأة في شعرها عند الامتشاط — And al-ghasla is also what a woman puts in her hair when combing it.
والغسلة: الطيب؛ يقال: غسلة مطراة — And al-ghasla is perfume; it is said: ghusla mutraah.
غُسْلِينnoun
  1. 1.
    pus/discharge from hellclassical

    A substance that flows from the skin of the inhabitants of hell, like pus or ichor.

  2. 2.
    food of the damnedclassical

    Food from hell, described as intensely hot or as what is cooked from the flesh of the damned.

إلا من غسلين لا يأكله إلا الخاطؤن — Except for ghusleen, which none shall eat but the sinners.
هو ما يغسل من لحوم أهل النار وصديدهم — It is what is washed from the flesh of the people of the Fire and their pus.
غَسِيلُ الْمَلَائِكَةِname
  1. 1.
    washed by angelsclassical

    A title given to Handhalah ibn Abi 'Amir, who was said to have been washed by angels after his martyrdom.

وغسيل الملائكة: حنظلة بن أبي عامر الأنصاري — And Ghaseel al-Mala'ikah is Handhalah ibn Abi 'Amir al-Ansari.
غَسَّالadjective
  1. 1.
    frequent intercourserclassical

    A male who frequently has sexual intercourse.

ورجل غسل: كثير الضراب لامرأته — And a man ghassal: one who frequently mounts his wife.
غَسَّالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wash waterboth

    The water that comes out of something when it is washed.

  2. 2.
    rinsing liquidboth

    The liquid used to rinse something.

وغسالة الثوب: ما خرج منه بالغسل — And the ghassaalah of a garment is what comes out of it during washing.
وغسالة كل شيء: ماؤه الذي يغسل به — And the ghassaalah of everything is its water with which it is washed.
غُسَالnoun
  1. 1.
    washing agentclassical

    A substance used for washing.

وأنشد ابن الأعرابي لعبد الرحمن بن دارة في الغسل: فيا ليل، إن الغسل ما دمت أيما ... علي حرام، لا يمسني الغسل — And Ibn al-A'rabi recited for Abd al-Rahman ibn Darrah regarding al-ghusl: 'O night, indeed sexual intercourse is forbidden to me as long as I am chaste... I must not be touched by ghusl (washing).'
غُسَيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    frequent intercourserclassical

    A male who frequently has sexual intercourse.

وفحل غسل وغسل وغسيل وغسلة، مثال همزة، ومغسل: يكثر الضراب ولا يلقح، وكذلك الرجل — And a stallion ghusl, ghasl, ghaseel, and ghasala (like hamza), and maghsal: he mounts frequently but does not conceive, and likewise a man.
مِغْسَلnoun
  1. 1.
    frequent intercourserclassical

    A male who frequently has sexual intercourse.

وفحل غسل وغسل وغسيل وغسلة، مثال همزة، ومغسل: يكثر الضراب ولا يلقح، وكذلك الرجل — And a stallion ghusl, ghasl, ghaseel, and ghasala (like hamza), and maghsal: he mounts frequently but does not conceive, and likewise a man.
اِسْتَغْسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek washingclassical

    To ask for or seek washing, especially in the context of the evil eye.

فإذا استغسلتم فاغسلوا — So when you are asked to wash (for the evil eye), then wash.
مَغَاسِلnoun
  1. 1.
    places of washingboth

    Plural of مغتسل, referring to places where washing is done.

  2. 2.
    valleysclassical

    Known places or valleys.

والمغاسل: مواضع معروفة، وقيل: هي أودية قبل اليمامة — And al-maghasil are known places, and it is said they are valleys before Yamamah.
فقد نرتعي سبتا وأهلك حيرة، ... محل الملوك نقدة فالمغاسلا — We may graze for a week, and your people are bewildered, ... the place of kings, Nuqdah, then al-Maghasila.
غَاسُولnoun
  1. 1.
    washing agentclassical

    A substance used for washing.

  2. 2.
    type of tree/plantclassical

    A type of tree or plant.

والغاسول جبل بالشام — And al-Ghasool is a mountain in Syria.
ترعى الروائم أحرار البقول بها، ... لا مثل رعيكم ملحا وغسولا — The grazing animals eat the choice herbs there, ... not like your grazing on salt and ghasool.
غَسْوِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    type of plantclassical

    A type of plant that grows in saline soil.

وغاسل وغسويل: ضرب من الشجر — And ghasil and ghuswayl: a type of tree.
والغسويل وغسويل: نبت ينبت في السباخ — And al-ghuswayl and ghuswayl: a plant that grows in saline soil.

Parallel reading

غسل الشيء يغسله غسلا وغسلا
He washed the thing, washing it thoroughly.
وقيل: الغسل المصدر من غسلت
And it is said: Al-ghusl is the verbal noun from 'he washed'.
والغسل، بالضم، الاسم من الاغتسال
And al-ghusl (with damma) is the noun from 'to wash oneself'.
قال الكميت يصف حمار وحش: تحت الألاءة في نوعين من غسل، ... باتا عليه بتسحال وتقطار
Al-Kumait said, describing a wild donkey: Beneath the thorny shrub in two types of ghusl (dew/moisture), ... they spent the night upon it with dripping and trickling.
يقول: يسيل عليه ما على الشجرة من الماء ومرة من المطر.
He means: water from the tree and sometimes from rain flows upon it.
والغسل: تمام غسل الجسد كله
And al-ghusl is the complete washing of the entire body.
وشيء مغسول وغسيل، والجمع غسلى وغسلاء
And something washed and ghaseel, and the plural is ghusla and ghusalaa.
ملحفة غسيل، وربما قالوا غسيلة
A washed garment, and sometimes they say ghaseela (diminutive).
ميت غسيل في أموات غسلى وغسلاء
A washed corpse among washed dead people.
والمغسل والمغسل، بكسر السين وفتحها، مغسل الموتى
And al-mighsal and al-maghsal, with kasra and fatha of the sin, is the place for washing the dead.
مغتسل بارد وشراب
A place for bathing, cold and to drink.
والمغتسل: الموضع الذي يغتسل فيه
And al-mughtasal is the place where one washes.
وتصغيره مغيسل
And its diminutive is mughaysil.
وفي الحديث : وضعت له غسله من الجنابة
And in the Hadith: She prepared for him his ritual bath for major impurity.
والغسل، بالفتح: المصدر، وبالكسر: ما يغسل به من خطمي وغيره
And al-ghusl (with fatha) is the verbal noun, and (with kasra) it is what is used for washing, like marshmallow or other things.
والغسل والغسلة: ما يغسل به الرأس من خطمي وطين وأشنان ونحوه
And al-ghusl and al-ghasla are what is used to wash the head with, like marshmallow, mud, soapwort, and the like.
فالرحبتان، فأكناف الجناب إلى ... أرض يكون بها الغسول والرتم
The two open spaces, and the sides of the flank towards ... land where washing agents and Rتم grow.
ترعى الروائم أحرار البقول، ولا ... ترعى، كرعيكم، طلحا وغسولا
They graze on the choice herbs, and do not ... graze, like your grazing, on acacia and ghusool (washing agent/plant).
في يا ليل، إن الغسل ما دمت أيما ... علي حرام، لا يمسني الغسل
O night, indeed sexual intercourse is forbidden to me as long as I am chaste... I must not be touched by ghusl (washing).
والغسلة أيضا: ما تجعله المرأة في شعرها عند الامتشاط
And al-ghasla is also what a woman puts in her hair when combing it.
والغسلة: الطيب؛ يقال: غسلة مطراة، ولا تقل غسلة
And al-ghasla is perfume; it is said: ghusla mutraah, and do not say ghusla.
واغتسل بالطيب: كقولك تضمخ؛ عن اللحياني
And he perfumed himself with perfume: like your saying 'he smeared himself'; from Al-Lihyani.
والغسول: كل شيء غسلت به رأسا أو ثوبا أو نحوه
And al-ghasool is everything with which you wash a head, a garment, or the like.
والمغسل: ما غسل فيه الشيء
And al-maghsal is what the thing is washed in.
وغسالة الثوب: ما خرج منه بالغسل
And the ghassaalah of a garment is what comes out of it during washing.
وغسالة كل شيء: ماؤه الذي يغسل به
And the ghassaalah of everything is its water with which it is washed.
والغسلين: ما يغسل من الثوب ونحوه كالغسالة
And al-ghuslayn is what is washed from a garment and the like, like al-ghassaalah.
وفي التنزيل العزيز: إلا من غسلين لا يأكله إلا الخاطؤن
And in the Noble Quran: Except for ghusleen, which none shall eat but the sinners.
هو ما يغسل من لحوم أهل النار وصديدهم
It is what is washed from the flesh of the people of the Fire and their pus.
شرابه الحميم والغسلين
Their drink is boiling water and ghuslayn.
وغسيل الملائكة: حنظلة بن أبي عامر الأنصاري
And Ghaseel al-Mala'ikah is Handhalah ibn Abi 'Amir al-Ansari.
رأيت الملائكة يغسلونه وآخرين يسترونه
I saw the angels washing him and others covering him.
وغسل الله حوبتك أي إثمك يعني طهرك منه
May God wash away your sin, meaning purify you from it.
واغسلني بماء الثلج والبرد أي طهرني من الذنوب
And wash me with water of snow and hail, meaning purify me from sins.
غسل الرجل المرأة يغسلها غسلا: أكثر نكاحها
A man had sexual intercourse with a woman, having intercourse with her frequently.
ورجل غسل: كثير الضراب لامرأته
And a man ghassal: one who frequently mounts his wife.
من غسل يوم الجمعة واغتسل وبكر وابتكر فيها ونعمت
Whoever has sexual intercourse on Friday and washes himself, and goes early and walks early and walks with dignity...
من غسل الميت فليغتسل
Whoever washes a dead body should wash himself.
والغسل من غسل الميت مسنون
And washing after washing a dead body is recommended.
وأنزل عليك كتابا لا يغسله الماء تقرؤه نائما ويقظان
And He sent down to you a Book that water does not wash away; you recite it while asleep and awake.
وغسل الفحل الناقة يغسلها غسلا: أكثر ضرابها
And a stallion covers a she-camel, covering her extensively: its frequent mounting.
وفحل غسل وغسل وغسيل وغسلة، مثال همزة، ومغسل: يكثر الضراب ولا يلقح، وكذلك الرجل
And a stallion ghusl, ghasl, ghaseel, and ghasala (like hamza), and maghsal: he mounts frequently but does not conceive, and likewise a man.
وإذا عرق الفرس: قد غسل وقد اغتسل
And if a horse sweats: it has become ghusl and has washed itself.
ولم ينضح بماء فيغسل
And it was not splashed with water so it would be washed.
إذا اغتسلت بالماء، فتخاء كاسر
When it washes itself with water, it is like a breaking falcon.
كحائض لم تغسل
Like a menstruating woman who has not washed.
العين حق فإذا استغسلتم فاغسلوا
The evil eye is real, so when you are asked to wash (for it), then wash.
والمغاسل: مواضع معروفة، وقيل: هي أودية قبل اليمامة
And al-maghasil are known places, and it is said they are valleys before Yamamah.
فقد نرتعي سبتا وأهلك حيرة، ... محل الملوك نقدة فالمغاسلا
We may graze for a week, and your people are bewildered, ... the place of kings, Nuqdah, then al-Maghasila.
وأنخن جمالهن بذات غسل ... سراة اليوم يمهدن الكدونا
And they made their camels kneel at Dhat Ghusl ... in the height of the day, preparing the hardship.
والغاسول جبل بالشام
And al-Ghasool is a mountain in Syria.
تظل إلى الغاسول ترعى، حزينة، ... ثنايا براق ناقتي بالحمالق
She grazes towards al-Ghasool, sad, ... the passes of my camel's shining in al-Hamaliq.
وغاسل وغسويل: ضرب من الشجر
And ghasil and ghuswayl: a type of tree.
ترعى الروائم أحرار البقول بها، ... لا مثل رعيكم ملحا وغسويلا
The grazing animals eat the choice herbs there, ... not like your grazing on salt and ghuswayl (plant).
والغسويل وغسويل: نبت ينبت في السباخ
And al-ghuswayl and ghuswayl: a plant that grows in saline soil.