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السخلة

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to young sheep and goats, extending to concepts of weakness, inferiority, and immaturity in general. It also encompasses actions of taking stealthily, criticizing, and delaying.

Derived headwords

السَّخْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Young of sheep/goatboth

    The young of a sheep or goat, regardless of age.

  2. 2.
    Immature thingclassical

    Anything that has not reached completion or full development.

سَخْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Young of sheep/goatboth

    The young of a sheep or goat.

  2. 2.
    Weak, base personclassical

    A man who is weak and base or ignoble.

سِخَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Young of sheep/goatsboth

    Plural of 'sakhla', referring to young sheep or goats.

  2. 2.
    Weak, base peopleclassical

    Plural of 'sakhil', referring to weak and base men.

سَخَلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Young of sheep/goatsboth

    Plural of 'sakhla', referring to young sheep or goats.

سَخَّلَهُمverb
  1. 1.
    To expel themclassical

    To expel or drive them away.

  2. 2.
    To take stealthilyclassical

    To take something stealthily or by trickery.

سَخَّلَ الشَّيْءَverb
  1. 1.
    To take the thing stealthilyclassical

    To take the thing by stealth or deception.

سَخَّلَهُمverb
  1. 1.
    To criticize themclassical

    To find fault with them or criticize them.

سَخَّلَ النَّخْلَةَverb
  1. 1.
    To weaken the date palmclassical

    To weaken the date palm, its pits, or its dates.

  2. 2.
    To shed datesclassical

    For the date palm to shed its dates.

سَخَّلَ الرَّجُلَverb
  1. 1.
    To shed dates (from him)classical

    To shed dates (referring to a man, metaphorically or as a possessor).

أَسْخَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To delay himclassical

    To delay him or put him off.

المَسْخُولadjective
  1. 1.
    Despised, unknownclassical

    One who is despised, rejected, or unknown.

سَخِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Inferior dateclassical

    An inferior or undeveloped date (also called 'shays').

السَّخَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Refuse, dregsclassical

    The refuse, dregs, or worthless part of something.

Parallel reading

السخلة: ولد الشاة ما كان
The sakhla: the young of the sheep, whatever its age.
ج: سخل وسخال وسخلان
Plurals: sakhil, sikhāl, and sakhalān.
وسخلة، كعنبة، نادرة
And sakhla, like 'anaba, is rare.
ورجال سخل وسخال، كسكر ورمان: ضعفاء أرذال
And men sakhil and sikhāl, like sukkari and rummān: weak and base.
الواحد: سخل
The singular is sakhil.
والسخل أيضا: ما لم يتمم من كل شيء
And the sakhil also: that which is not completed of anything.
وسخلهم، كمنع: نفاهم
And sakhkhalahum, like man'a: expelled them.
والشيء: أخذه مخاتلة
And the thing: taking it stealthily.
وسخلهم تسخيلا: عابهم
And sakhkhalahum taskhīlan: criticized them.
والنخلة: ضعف نواها وتمرها، أو نفضته
And the date palm: its pits and dates weakened, or it shed them.
والرجل: نفضها
And the man: he shed them (the dates).
وأسخله: أخره
And askhalahu: delayed him.
والمسخول: المرذول، والمجهول
And the mashkhūl: the despised, and the unknown.
وككتاب: ع
And like kitāb: 'ayn (referring to a pronunciation or variant).
وكسكر: الشيص
And like sukkari: the shays (inferior date).
والسخالة: النفاية
And the sakhāla: the refuse.