نهشل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the state of being old and infirm, or a vigorous old age. It also extends to names for animals like wolves and falcons, and personal or tribal names.

Derived headwords

النَّهْشَلnoun

1.
old and infirm personclassical
An old person who is unsteady and disturbed due to advanced age.
2.
vigorous old personclassical
One who has grown old but still retains some vigor or strength.
3.
wolfclassical
A name for a wolf.
4.
falconclassical
A name for a falcon.

نَهْشَلَverb

1.
to grow old and infirmclassical
To become old and unsteady due to advanced age.
2.
to bite/gnaw vigorouslyclassical
To bite or gnaw at someone, often with a vigorous or tearing motion.
3.
to eat ravenouslyclassical
To eat like a hungry person, with great eagerness.

نَهْشَلَةnoun

1.
old and infirm womanclassical
The female equivalent of 'nahshal', referring to an old and unsteady woman.
2.
old ageclassical
The state of advanced age, characterized by infirmity and unsteadiness.

نَهْشَلname

1.
name of a manboth
A proper name for a man.
2.
name of a wolfclassical
A proper name given to a wolf.

أبو نَهْشَلname

1.
kunya (patronymic)both
A kunya, or patronymic, referring to a father of someone named Nahshal.

Parallel reading

المسن المضطرب من الكبر

The old person unsteady from old age.

هو الذي أسن وفيه بقية

He is one who has grown old but still has some remaining strength.

والأنثى نهشلة

And the female is Nahshalah.

وقد نهشل

And she has grown old and infirm.

نهشل مشتق من النهشلة، وهي الكبر والاضطراب

Nahshal is derived from Nahshalah, which is old age and unsteadiness.

وقد نهشل الرجل إذا كبر

And a man has grown old and infirm when he ages.

ونهشل: من أسماء الذئب

And Nahshal: among the names of the wolf.

ونهشل: اسم رجل

And Nahshal: the name of a man.

وهي أيضا قبيلة معروفة

And it is also a known tribe.

خلا أن حيا من قريش تفاضلوا ... على الناس، أو أن الأكارم نهشلا

Except that a tribe from Quraysh excelled ... over the people, or that the noble ones were Nahshal.

ونهاشل: اسم رجل

And Nahshal: the name of a man.

هو ينصرف لأنه فعلل

It is declinable because it is on the pattern 'fa'alala'.

وكان لقيط بن زرارة التميمي يكنى أبا نهشل

And Laqit bin Zurarah al-Tamimi was known by the kunya Abu Nahshal.

والنهشل: الذئب

And Al-Nahshal: the wolf.

والنهشل: الصقر

And Al-Nahshal: the falcon.

نهشل إذا عض إنسانا تجميشا

He bites a person with a tearing motion.

ونهشل إذا أكل أكل الجائع

And he eats like a hungry person.