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خشل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hard, dry, or rough objects, particularly dried fruit pits or seeds. It can also refer to the rough ends of jewelry like bracelets and anklets, and by extension, to something of poor quality.

Derived headwords

الخَشْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Dried date pitsclassical

    Refers to the hard, dry pits of dates or similar fruits.

  2. 2.
    Nutsclassical

    Also used to refer to the kernels or nuts of fruits.

خَشْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Dried date pitsclassical

    The same meaning as الخشل, referring to dried fruit pits, but with the vowel on the first letter changed.

خَشْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single date pitclassical

    The singular form of خشل, referring to one dried date pit.

خَشَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Ends of bracelets/ankletsclassical

    Refers to the rough or protruding ends of bracelets and anklets.

خَشَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Poor qualityclassical

    Denotes something of inferior or poor quality.

تَخَشَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    To become rough/poorclassical

    To become rough, dry, or of poor quality.

الخَنْشَلِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    Swiftclassical

    Describes someone or something as swift or fast-moving.

Parallel reading

المقل اليابس، ويقال نوى المقل.
The dried date pit, and it is said the kernel of the date pit.
وكذلك الخشل بالتحريك.
And likewise is الخشل with the vowel movement.
يستخرج الحشرات الخشن ريقها كأن أرؤسها في موجه الخشل
Extracts the insects, their rough saliva, as if their heads were in the waves of the date pits.
الواحدة خشلة وخشلة.
The singular is خشلة and خشلة.
ويقال لرءوس الأسورة والخلاخيل: خشل وخشل.
And the ends of bracelets and anklets are called خشل and خشل.
وقال بعضهم: الخشل: الردئ من كل شئ.
And some of them said: الخشل is the bad of everything.
وقد تخشل.
And it may become rough/poor.
قال أبو عمرو: الخنشليل: الماضي.
Abu Amr said: الخنشليل means the swift.