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سحل

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root سحل primarily relates to the concept of scraping, rubbing, or smoothing. It extends to meanings of fine or smooth textures, particularly in fabrics and surfaces, and also encompasses financial transactions and sounds.

Derived headwords

السَّحْلnoun
  1. 1.
    the white garment made of cotton from the clothes of Yemenboth

    the white garment made of cotton from the clothes of Yemen

في الآل يخفضها ويرفعها ريع يلوح كأنه سحل — In the heat haze, a mirage lowers and raises it, shimmering as if it were a white garment.
كالسحل البيض جلا لونها سح نجاء الحمل الاسول — Like white garments whose color was revealed by the swift movement of the shy lamb.
سُحُولnoun
  1. 1.
    a place in Yemenboth

    a place in Yemen

وكفن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في ثلاثة أثواب سحولية كرسف — And the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, was shrouded in three white cotton garments.
سَحْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Young rabbitclassical

    A young rabbit that has grown beyond the suckling stage and separated from its mother.

المِسْحَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Fileboth

    A tool used for filing or rasping.

  2. 2.
    Eloquent tongueclassical

    A skilled and eloquent speaker.

  3. 3.
    Wild assclassical

    A wild donkey.

المِسْحَلانnoun
  1. 1.
    Rings of a bridle bitclassical

    Two rings at the ends of the bit of a bridle, one inserted into the other.

مِسْحَلname
  1. 1.
    Name of a jinnclassical

    The name of a jinn associated with the poet Al-A'sha.

دعوت خليلي مسحلا ودعوا له جهنام جدعا للهجين المذمم — I called my friend Misḥal, and they called for Jahannam upon the reviled bastard.
السَّحِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Unplied threadclassical

    A thread that is not twisted.

  2. 2.
    Single-ply yarnclassical

    Fabric made from yarn spun as a single ply.

  3. 3.
    Single-ply ropeclassical

    A rope twisted once, like a tailor's thread.

  4. 4.
    Sound in donkey's chestclassical

    A sound that circulates in the chest of a donkey.

السحيل: الخيط غير مفتول — As-saḥīl: the thread that is not twisted.
السَّحَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound in donkey's chestclassical

    A sound that circulates in the chest of a donkey.

سَحَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To scrapeboth

    To scrape or rub something, often to remove a surface layer.

  2. 2.
    To smoothboth

    To make something smooth by rubbing or scraping.

  3. 3.
    To pourboth

    To pour out liquids, like rain from the sky.

  4. 4.
    To pay cashclassical

    To pay money quickly or in cash.

  5. 5.
    To beatboth

    To strike someone with a whip or similar instrument.

وسحلت الدراهم فانسحلت، إذا املاست — And the dirhams were rubbed and became smooth, if they were polished.
وسحله مائة سوط، أي ضربه — And he flogged him a hundred lashes, meaning he beat him.
وسحلت الرياح الأرض: كشطت أدمتها — And the winds scraped the earth: they peeled off its surface.
باتت السماء تسحل ليلتها، أي تصب — The sky rained all night, meaning it poured.
مَسْحُولadjective
  1. 1.
    Scrapedboth

    Something that has been scraped or rubbed.

وقد سحلت الحبل فهو مسحول — And the rope was twisted, so it is twisted.
مَسْحَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Twisted onceclassical

    Referring to a rope twisted once, or a fabric with single-ply yarn.

ويقال مسحل لاجل المبرم — And it is said 'musḥal' for the one that is twisted twice.
انسَحَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To flowboth

    To flow smoothly, especially of speech.

  2. 2.
    To become smoothboth

    To become smooth or polished, as with coins.

انسحل بالكلام، إذا جرى به — He spoke fluently, if he spoke with it.
مَسْحَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Path of speechclassical

    To proceed in one's speech or discourse.

وركب مسحله، إذا مضى في خطبته — And he took his course, if he proceeded in his speech.
السُّحَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    what falls from gold, silver, and the like, such as filingsboth

    what falls from gold, silver, and the like, such as filings

السَّاحِلnoun
  1. 1.
    the seashoreboth

    the seashore

الساحل: شاطئ البحر — The coast: the shore of the sea.
سَاحَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To travel along the coastboth

    To journey by way of the coast.

وقد ساحل القوم، إذا أخذوا على الساحل — And the people traveled along the coast, if they took the coastal route.
الإِسْحَلnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of treeclassical

    A plant or tree.

أساريع ظبى أو مساويك إسحل — Gazelle tracks or twigs of Isḥal.

Parallel reading

في الآل يخفضها ويرفعها ريع يلوح كأنه سحل
In the heat haze, a mirage lowers and raises it, shimmering as if it were a white garment.
والجمع سحول، ويجمع أيضا على سحل، مثل سقف وسقف.
The plural is suḥūl, and it is also pluralized as suḥūl, like saqf and saqf.
كالسحل البيض جلا لونها سح نجاء الحمل الاسول
Like white garments whose color was revealed by the swift movement of the shy lamb.
ويقال: سحول: موضع باليمن، وهى تنسب إليه.
And it is said: Suḥūl is a place in Yemen, and it is attributed to it.
والسحل: النقد من الدراهم.
And as-saḥl: ready money of dirhams.
والسحلة، مثال الهمزة: الارنب الصغيرة التى قد ارتفعت عن الخرنق وفارقت أمها.
And as-saḥlah, like hamzah: the young rabbit that has grown beyond the suckling stage and separated from its mother.
والمسحل: المبرد.
And al-misḥal: the file.
والمسحل: اللسان الخطيب.
And al-misḥal: the eloquent tongue.
والمسحل: الحمار الوحشي.
And al-misḥal: the wild ass.
والمسحلان: حلقتان في طرفي شكيم اللجام، إحداهما مدخلة في الاخرى.
And al-misḥalān: two rings at the ends of the bit of the bridle, one inserted into the other.
دعوت خليلي مسحلا ودعوا له جهنام جدعا للهجين المذمم
I called my friend Misḥal, and they called for Jahannam upon the reviled bastard.
السحيل: الخيط غير مفتول.
As-saḥīl: the thread that is not twisted.
والسحيل من الثياب: ما كان غزله طاقا واحدا.
And as-saḥīl of garments: what its yarn was a single ply.
والسحيل من الحبل: الذي يفتل فتلا واحدا، كما يفتل الخياط سلكه.
And as-saḥīl of a rope: that which is twisted once, as a tailor twists his thread.
وقد سحلت الحبل فهو مسحول، ويقال مسحل لاجل المبرم.
And the rope was twisted, so it is twisted, and it is said 'musḥal' for the one that is twisted twice.
وسحلت الشئ: سحقته.
And I scraped the thing: I ground it down.
وسحلت الدراهم فانسحلت، إذا املاست.
And the dirhams were rubbed and became smooth, if they were polished.
وسحلته مائة درهم، إذا عجلت له نقدها.
And I paid him a hundred dirhams, if I hastened his cash payment.
سحلت الدراهم: صببتها، كأنك حككت بعضها ببعض.
I poured the dirhams: I poured them, as if you rubbed some of them against each other.
وسحله مائة سوط، أي ضربه.
And he flogged him a hundred lashes, meaning he beat him.
وأصل السحل القشر، كأنه قشر جلده.
And the origin of saḥl is peeling, as if it peeled its skin.
وسحلت الرياح الأرض: كشطت أدمتها.
And the winds scraped the earth: they peeled off its surface.
باتت السماء تسحل ليلتها، أي تصب.
The sky rained all night, meaning it poured.
ويقال للخطيب: انسحل بالكلام، إذا جرى به.
And it is said to the orator: He spoke fluently, if he spoke with it.
وركب مسحله، إذا مضى في خطبته.
And he took his course, if he proceeded in his speech.
والسحيل والسحال بالضم: الصوت الذي يدور في صدر الحمار.
And as-saḥīl and as-suḥāl with damma: the sound that circulates in the chest of the donkey.
وقد سحل يسحل بالكسر.
And he made a sound, yasḥulu with kasra.
ومننه قيل لعير الفلاة: مسحل.
And from it, the wild ass was called misḥal.
والسحالة: ما سقط من الذهب والفضة ونحوهما كالبرادة.
And as-suḥālah: what falls from gold, silver, and the like, like filings.
الساحل: شاطئ البحر.
The coast: the shore of the sea.
هو مقلوب، وإنما الماء سحله.
It is an inversion, and the water is its saḥl (flow).
وقد ساحل القوم، إذا أخذوا على الساحل.
And the people traveled along the coast, if they took the coastal route.
والإسحل بالكسر: شجر.
And al-isḥal with kasra: a tree.
أساريع ظبى أو مساويك إسحل
Gazelle tracks or twigs of Isḥal.