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المشلوز

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the word 'al-mishallūz', identified as a sweet apricot. The lexicographer debates its proper classification within Arabic morphology, considering it potentially derived from roots involving doubled letters, hollow verbs, or quadriliteral roots.

Derived headwords

المشلوزnoun
  1. 1.
    sweet apricotclassical

    A specific type of apricot, described as sweet. The entry notes its mention by Al-Azhari.

ش ل زother
  1. 1.
    root (linguistic)classical

    A triliteral root in Arabic linguistics, specifically 'sh-l-z'. Al-Azhari mentioned the word 'al-mishallūz' in relation to this root.

Parallel reading

المشلوز: المشمشة الحلوة المخ
Al-mishallūz: the sweet apricot.
ذكره الأزهري في ش ل ز
Al-Azhari mentioned it in relation to the root sh-l-z.
وحقه أن يذكر إما في مضاعف الشين
And it is proper that it be mentioned either under the doubled-Shayn root.
لأن صدر الكلمة مضاعف
Because the beginning of the word is doubled.
وإما في معتل الزاي
Or under the hollow-Zayn root.
لأن عجز الكلمة أجوف
Because the end of the word is hollow.
وإما في رباعي الشين
Or under the quadriliteral Shayn root.
وهذا أولى
And this is more appropriate.
لأن الكلمة مركبة
Because the word is compound.
فصارت كشقحطب وحيعل وأخواتهما
So it became like shaqḥaṭab and ḥayʿal and their counterparts.