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النسل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns procreation, offspring, and lineage. It extends to concepts of shedding or falling off, rapid movement, and the emergence of new growth or parts.

Derived headwords

النَّسْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Offspring, progenyboth

    Refers to children, descendants, or the act of procreation.

  2. 2.
    Creation, generationclassical

    The act of creating or bringing forth life.

نَسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To shed, fall offboth

    Used to describe something falling off, like wool or hair.

  2. 2.
    To move quickly, hastenboth

    Describes someone walking or moving with speed.

وما سقط منه نسيل ونسال، بالضم، واحدتهما: بهاء — And what fell from it (wool) is a fallen piece and fallen pieces, with dammah, the singular of which is: bahaa.
والماشي ينسل وينسل نسلا ونسلا ونسلانا: أسرع — And the walker moves quickly and moves quickly with speed, speed, and hastening: he hastened.
أَنْسَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To shed (wool, hair)both

    To cause wool or hair to fall off.

  2. 2.
    To produce offspringclassical

    To give birth or to cause to give birth.

  3. 3.
    To emerge, protrudeclassical

    Used for plants extending their tips or parts.

  4. 4.
    To lead, precedeclassical

    To go ahead of a group of people.

وأنسل الصليان أطرافه: أبرزها ثم ألقاها — And the salian plant (a type of grass) produced its tips: it made them prominent then cast them off.
والإبل: حان لها أن ينسل وبرها — And the camels: it was time for their wool to shed.
والقوم: تقدمهم — And the people: he preceded them.
نَسِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Wick (of a candle)both

    The string or cord in a candle that burns.

  2. 2.
    Honeyclassical

    Sweet, viscous fluid produced by bees.

نَسِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    What has fallen offclassical

    Something that has shed or fallen from a larger whole, like wool.

  2. 2.
    Honeyclassical

    Sweet, viscous fluid produced by bees.

نُسَالnoun
  1. 1.
    What has fallen offclassical

    Something that has shed or fallen from a larger whole, like wool.

تَنَاسَلُواverb
  1. 1.
    To procreate, multiplyboth

    To have offspring and increase in number.

وتناسلوا: أنسل بعضهم بعضا — And they procreated: one of them caused the other to procreate.
سُنْبُلverb
  1. 1.
    To sprout, bud (jewelry)classical

    Used for jewelry to sprout or bud when it dries and falls apart.

وكغراب: سنبل الحلي إذا يبس وتطاير — And like 'ghurab': jewelry sprouts when it dries and falls apart.
نَاسِلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Lean, thin (thigh)classical

    Describes a thigh that has little meat.

وفخذ ناسلة: قليلة اللحم — And a lean thigh: little in meat.
النَّسْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Milk (from green fig)classical

    The milky sap that comes out of a green fig.

والنسل، محركة: اللبن يخرج من التين الأخضر — And al-nasl, with harakah: the milk that comes out of the green fig.

Parallel reading

النسل: الخلق، والولد، كالنسيلة ج: أنسال.
Offspring: creation, and child, like offspring plural: ansal.
نسل: ولد، كأنسل، و الصوف نسولا: سقط، كأنسل ونسلته وأنسلته، وما سقط منه نسيل ونسال، بالضم، واحدتهما: بهاء.
Offspring: child, like ansala, and wool shedding with shedding: fell, like ansala and nasaltuhu and ansaltuhu, and what fell from it is nasil and nusala, with dammah, the singular of which is: bahaa.
والماشي ينسل وينسل نسلا ونسلا ونسلانا: أسرع.
And the walker moves quickly and moves quickly with speed, speed, and hastening: he hastened.
وتناسلوا: أنسل بعضهم بعضا.
And they procreated: one of them caused the other to procreate.
وأنسل الصليان أطرافه: أبرزها ثم ألقاها.
And the salian plant produced its tips: it made them prominent then cast them off.
والإبل: حان لها أن ينسل وبرها.
And the camels: it was time for their wool to shed.
والقوم: تقدمهم.
And the people: he preceded them.
وكغراب: سنبل الحلي إذا يبس وتطاير.
And like 'ghurab': jewelry sprouts when it dries and falls apart.
والنسيلة: الفتيلة، والعسل، كالنسيل.
And al-nasila: the wick, and honey, like al-nasil.
والنسل، محركة: اللبن يخرج من التين الأخضر.
And al-nasl, with harakah: the milk that comes out of the green fig.
وفخذ ناسلة: قليلة اللحم.
And a lean thigh: little in meat.