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الصهل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sound of a horse's neigh, characterized by a sharp, hoarse quality. It extends to describe the sound of other animals and, metaphorically, a person's aggressive or agitated state.

Derived headwords

الصَّهَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarse sharpness of soundboth

    A quality of sound that is both sharp and hoarse, often associated with a horse's neigh.

الصَّحَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarsenessclassical

    A hoarse quality of the voice or sound.

صَهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to neighboth

    The characteristic sound made by a horse.

صَهِيلاًnoun
  1. 1.
    neighingboth

    The act or sound of a horse neighing.

صَهَّالٌadjective
  1. 1.
    neighing (horse)both

    Describing a horse that makes a neighing sound.

صَاهِلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    neighing horseboth

    A horse that makes a neighing sound.

  2. 2.
    aggressive camelclassical

    A camel that strikes with its feet, bites, and does not bellow due to its pride and internal rumbling.

صَاهِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    aggressive, agitatedclassical

    Describing a person who is aggressive, prone to fighting, and agitated.

صَاهِلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    neighingboth

    The act or sound of neighing; a source noun for the sound.

  2. 2.
    sound of tools/insectsclassical

    The sounds made by shovels in grass or flies in vegetation.

الصَّوَاهِلُnoun
  1. 1.
    neighing soundsboth

    Plural of 'صاهلة', referring to the sounds of neighing.

بَنُو صَاهِلَةَname
  1. 1.
    Banu Sahilaboth

    A proper name for a tribe.

Parallel reading

الصهل، محركة: حدة الصوت مع بحح، كالصهل
Al-sahalu, with harakah: sharpness of sound with hoarseness, like al-sahalu.
وبالفتح: الصحل
And with fatha: al-sahalu (hoarseness).
وصهل الفرس، كضرب ومنع، صهيلا
And the horse neighed, like daraba and mana'a, a neighing.
فهو صهال: صوت
So he is sahhal: a sound.
وكأمير وغراب: صوته
And like amir and ghurab: its sound.
ورجل ذو صاهل: شديد الصيال والهياج
And a man with sahila: fierce in combat and agitation.
والصاهل: البعير يخبط بيده ورجله، ويعض ولا يرغو بواحدة من عزة نفسه ولجوفه دوي
And the sahila: the camel that strikes with its hand and foot, and bites, and does not bellow due to its pride and the rumbling in its belly.
وناقة ذات صاهل
And a she-camel with sahila.
والصاهلة: الصهيل، مصدر على فاعلة
And the sahila: the neighing, a source noun in the pattern fa'ila.
ج: الصواهل، وأصوات ط المساحي وط الذبان في العشب
Plural: al-sawahilu, and the sounds of shovels and flies in the grass.
وبنو صاهلة: حي
And Banu Sahila: a tribe.