سعل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to coughing and its associated actions or conditions. It also extends to metaphorical meanings involving disruptive or malicious entities, particularly female demons.

Derived headwords

سَعَلَverb

1.
he coughs (with a cough)both
he coughs (with a cough)

يَسْعَلُverb

1.
coughsboth
Present tense of the verb 'to cough'.

سُعَالًاnoun

1.
a coughboth
The act or sound of coughing.

المَسْعَلnoun

1.
place of coughingclassical
The part of the throat from which coughing originates.

السُّعْلَاةnoun

1.
the most evil of ghoulsboth
the most evil of ghouls

السُّعْلَاءnoun

1.
can be pronounced with a long or short 'a'both
can be pronounced with a long or short 'a'

السَّعَالِيnoun

1.
plural of saʿlāh and saʿlāʾboth
plural of saʿlāh and saʿlāʾ

استَسْعَلَتverb

1.
became like a she-demonclassical
A woman became like a she-demon, characterized by being loud-mouthed and vulgar.

Parallel reading

سعل يسعل سعالا

He coughed, he coughs, a cough.

والمسعل: موضعه من الحلق.

And the mas'al: its place in the throat.

والسعلاة: أخبث الغيلان

And the su'lah: the most wicked of the ghoul-demons.

وكذلك السعلاء، يمد ويقصر

And likewise the su'laa', it is pronounced with a long or short vowel.

والجمع السعالي

And the plural is su'aali.

واستسعلت المرأة: صارت سعلاة

And the woman became like a su'lah: she became a su'lah.

إذا صارت صخابة بذية

If she became loud-mouthed and vulgar.