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العسقلة

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of hardness, solidity, and barrenness, often associated with the ground or terrain. It also extends to natural phenomena like mirages and clouds, as well as specific geographical locations and edible fungi.

Derived headwords

العَسْقَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard, stony placeclassical

    A place characterized by hardness and white stones.

  2. 2.
    Mirageclassical

    The phenomenon of a mirage.

العَسَاقِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Trufflesmodern

    Truffles, a type of edible fungus.

عَسْقَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Trufflemodern

    A single truffle.

عَسْقُولnoun
  1. 1.
    Trufflemodern

    A single truffle.

العَسَاقِلnoun
  1. 1.
    Miragesclassical

    Mirages, the optical illusions seen in hot weather.

  2. 2.
    Scattered cloudsclassical

    Scattered pieces of clouds.

العَسَاقِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Miragesclassical

    Mirages, the optical illusions seen in hot weather.

  2. 2.
    Scattered cloudsclassical

    Scattered pieces of clouds.

عَسْقَلَانname
  1. 1.
    Ascalonmodern

    A city on the coast of the Levant, a pilgrimage site for Christians.

  2. 2.
    City in Balkhmodern

    A city or district in Balkh, or a neighborhood within it.

العَسْقَلَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    From Ascalonmodern

    Relating to or originating from the city of Ascalon.

الرَّأْسnoun
  1. 1.
    Top partmodern

    The uppermost part of something.

Parallel reading

العسقلة: مكان فيه صلابة وحجارة بيض
Al-'asqalah: a place with hardness and white stones.
وتريع السراب
And the mirage.
والعساقيل: الكمأة
And al-'asaqil: truffles.
الواحد: عسقل وعسقول
The singular is 'asqal and 'asqul.
والعساقل والعساقيل: السراب
And al-'asaqil and al-'asaqil: the mirage.
والقطع المتفرقة من السحاب
And scattered pieces of clouds.
وعسقلان: د بساحل الشام، تحجه النصارى
'Asqalan: a city on the coast of the Levant, visited by Christians.
وة ببلخ، أو محلة
And a city in Balkh, or a district.
منها: عيسى ابن أحمد بن وردان العسقلاني
From it: Isa ibn Ahmad ibn Wardan al-'Asqalani.
و من الرأس: أعلاه
And from the head: its top.