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غسله

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of washing, cleaning, and rinsing. It extends to the water used for washing, the place where washing occurs, and the result of washing. Figuratively, it can denote intense action, such as repeated striking or sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

غَسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to washboth

    To clean something with water or another liquid.

  2. 2.
    to strike painfullyclassical

    To hit someone or something forcefully, causing pain.

  3. 3.
    to have much intercourseclassical

    Used for a male animal (like a stallion) or a man having frequent sexual intercourse.

غَسْلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    washingboth

    The act or process of washing.

غُسْلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    washing (noun)both

    The act of washing, often used as a noun of action.

  2. 2.
    water for washingboth

    Water used for the purpose of washing.

  3. 3.
    mallow plantboth

    A plant, specifically mallow, used for washing.

غِسْلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    water for washingboth

    Water used for washing.

  2. 2.
    mallow plantboth

    A plant, specifically mallow, used for washing.

غُسْلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a single washboth

    One instance or act of washing.

  2. 2.
    perfume/hair productclassical

    Substance used by women in their hair during combing, or for washing the head.

  3. 3.
    perfumeclassical

    A fragrant substance, particularly one used for perfuming.

غِسْلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    perfume/hair productclassical

    Substance used by women in their hair during combing, or for washing the head.

  2. 2.
    perfumeclassical

    A fragrant substance, particularly one used for perfuming.

  3. 3.
    water for washingboth

    Water used for washing.

غَسِيلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    washed person/thingboth

    Something or someone that has been washed.

  2. 2.
    laundrymodern

    Clothes or other items that are to be washed or have been washed.

مَغْسُولٌadjective
  1. 1.
    washedboth

    Having been cleaned by washing.

مَغْسَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    place for washingboth

    A place where washing is done, especially for the deceased.

مُغْتَسَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    place for washingboth

    A place where washing is done, especially for the deceased.

  2. 2.
    washroommodern

    A place for washing oneself.

اغْتَسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to wash oneselfboth

    To perform the act of washing on oneself.

  2. 2.
    to be washedboth

    To undergo the process of being washed.

غَسَّالَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    washing machinemodern

    A machine used for washing clothes.

  2. 2.
    washing liquid/residueboth

    The liquid or residue that comes out of something when it is washed.

غَسَّالٌnoun
  1. 1.
    washing machinemodern

    A machine used for washing clothes.

غُسَالَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    washing liquid/residueboth

    The liquid or residue that comes out of something when it is washed.

غُسْلِينٌnoun
  1. 1.
    pus/dischargeclassical

    What is washed from clothing, or the discharge from the skin of people in hell.

  2. 2.
    intense heatclassical

    Extreme heat.

  3. 3.
    tree in hellclassical

    A type of tree found in hell.

مِغْسَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    tool for washingclassical

    Something used to wash an object.

غَسَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to wash intenselyboth

    To wash something thoroughly or excessively.

فَحْلٌ غَسِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    frequent breederclassical

    A male animal (like a stallion) or man that has frequent sexual intercourse, or has it frequently without conception.

مَغَاسِلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    valleysclassical

    Valleys located in the region of Yamama.

غَسَلٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name mentioned in the text.

غُسْلَةٌname
  1. 1.
    water source nameclassical

    The name of a water source.

غَسَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mountainclassical

    A mountain located between Tayma and the mountains of Tayy.

غَسُولَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    village nameclassical

    A village located near Homs.

مَغْسَلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cemeteryclassical

    A burial ground in Medina where clothes were washed.

أَبُو غُسْلَةٍname
  1. 1.
    wolfclassical

    A name or epithet for a wolf.

أَغْسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to have much intercourseclassical

    To engage in frequent sexual intercourse.

تَغْسِيلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    thorough washingboth

    The act of washing the limbs thoroughly or excessively.

غَسَلَ الفَرَسُverb
  1. 1.
    to sweatclassical

    Used to describe a horse sweating profusely.

اغْتَسَلَ الفَرَسُverb
  1. 1.
    to sweatclassical

    Used to describe a horse sweating profusely.

غَسْوِيلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant that grows in marshy or saline soil.

Parallel reading

غسله يغسله غسلا، ويضم، أو بالفتح مصدر، وبالضم اسم
He washed it, he washes it, a washing (masdar), and it is with damma, or with fatha it is a masdar, and with damma it is a noun.
فهو غسيل ومغسول ج: غسلى وغسلاء
So he is washed (participle) and washed (passive participle), plural: ghusla and ghusalaa.
وهي: غسيل وغسيلة ج: كسكارى
And she is: ghaseel (washed woman) and ghaseelah (a type of woman), plural: kaskara.
والمغسل، كمقعد ومنزل، والمغتسل: موضع غسل الميت
And al-maghsal, like maq'ad and manzil, and al-mu'taghasal: the place for washing the deceased.
وقد اغتسل بالماء
And he has washed himself with water.
والغسل، بالضم، والغسل والغسلة، بكسرهما، وكصبور وتنور: الماء يغتسل به، والخطمي
And al-ghusl, with damma, and al-ghusl and al-ghuslah, with kasra for both, and like saboor and tanur: the water with which one washes, and the mallow.
واغتسل بالطيب: تنضخ
And he perfumed himself: he was sprinkled.
والغسلة، بالكسر: الطيب، وما تجعله المرأة في شعرها عند الامتشاط، وما يغسل به الرأس من خطمي ونحوه، كالغسل، بالكسر، وورق الآس
And al-ghuslah, with kasra: the perfume, and what a woman puts in her hair when combing, and what is used to wash the head from mallow and the like, like al-ghusl, with kasra, and myrtle leaves.
وغسالة الشيء، كثمامة: ماؤه الذي يغسل به، وما يخرج منه بالغسل
And ghassalat of a thing, like thamaamah: its water with which it is washed, and what comes out of it by washing.
والغسلين، بالكسر: ما يغسل من الثوب ونحوه، كالغسالة، وما يسيل من جلود أهل النار، والشديد الحر، وشجر في النار
And al-ghusleen, with kasra: what is washed from a garment and the like, like al-ghassalah, and what flows from the skins of the people of the Fire, and intense heat, and trees in the Fire.
وكمنبر: ما غسل به الشيء
And like minbar: what the thing was washed with.
وغسل يغسل: ضرب فأوجع
And ghassala, yaghsilu: he struck and caused pain.
والمرأة: جامعها كثيرا، كغسلها
And the woman: he had much intercourse with her, like ghassalaha.
والفحل الناقة: أكثر ضرابها
And the stallion the she-camel: he increased her mating.
وفحل غسل، بالكسر وكصرد وأمير وهمزة ومنبر وسكيت: كثير الضراب، أو يكثر الضراب ولا يلقح
And a ghusl stallion, with kasra and like surad, amir, hamza, minbar, and sukkait: much mating, or frequent mating without conception.
وكذا الرجل
And likewise the man.
والمغاسل: أودية باليمامة
And al-maghasil: valleys in Yamama.
وغسل، بالكسر: ع بديار بني أسد
And ghasl, with kasra: a place in the lands of Banu Asad.
وذالت غسل: ع آخر
And Dhat Ghasl: another place.
وغسل، بالضم: ع عن يمين سميراء، وبه ماء يقال له غسلة
And ghasl, with damma: a place to the right of Sumayraa, and it has water called Ghaslah.
وغسل، محركة: جبل بين تيماء وجبلي طيئ
And ghasal, harakah: a mountain between Tayma and the mountains of Tayy.
والغسولة، كقثولة: ة قرب حمص
And al-ghasoolah, like qathoolah: a village near Homs.
والمغسلة، كمنزلة: جبانة بالمدينة يغسل فيها الثياب
And al-maghsalah, like manzilah: a cemetery in Medina where clothes were washed.
وأبو غسلة، بالكسر: الذئب
And Abu Ghaslah, with kasra: the wolf.
وأغسل: أكثر الضراب
And aghsala: he had much intercourse.
والتغسيل: المبالغة في غسل الأعضاء
And al-taghseel: the exaggeration in washing the limbs.
وغسل الفرس كعني، واغتسل: عرق
And the horse sweated (ghasala ka'ani), and it sweated (ightasala): it sweated.
والغسويل: نبت في السباخ
And al-ghasweel: a plant in the salt marshes.