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كالحسكل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes something of poor quality or small size. It extends to refer to specific small or inferior things, such as young camels, small soldiers, or even testicles, and also describes the act of culling young camels.

Derived headwords

الحِسْكِلnoun
  1. 1.
    inferiorityclassical

    The inferior or low-quality aspect of anything.

حَساكِلnoun
  1. 1.
    inferior thingsclassical

    Plural of 'حِسْكِل', referring to the inferior or low-quality things of any kind.

حِسْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    inferiorityclassical

    A singular form or instance of inferiority or low quality.

حِسْكِلَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    testiclesclassical

    The two testicles.

حَسْكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cull young camelsclassical

    To select and slaughter the young camels from a herd.

حُسْكِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    culling of young camelsclassical

    The act or instance of culling young camels.

حَساكِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    young soldiersclassical

    The young or inexperienced members of an army.

Parallel reading

وكجعفر: الرديء من كل شيء.
And like Ja'far: the inferior of everything.
وكزبرج: ما تطاير من الحديد المحمى إذا طبع.
And like Zubraj: what flies off from heated iron when it is stamped.
والحسكلتان: الخصيتان.
And the two 'hiskilatan': the two testicles.
وحسكل: نحر صغار إبله.
And he 'haskala': slaughtered the young of his camels.
وحساكلة الجند: صغارهم.
And the 'hasakilat' of the soldiers: their young ones.