شلل

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being hindered, paralyzed, or disabled, particularly in limbs. It extends to meanings of driving, scattering, and light, quick movement, as well as specific types of sewing and marks on fabric.

Derived headwords

شَلَلْتُ الإِبِلَ أَشُلُّهَا شَلاًverb

1.
to drive camelsclassical
To drive camels, causing them to scatter.

انْشَلَّverb

1.
to scatterclassical
To scatter or disperse, used for camels when driven.

الشَّلَلُnoun

1.
driving camelsclassical
The act of driving camels, causing them to scatter.
2.
paralysisboth
A defect or paralysis affecting the hand.
3.
mark on fabricclassical
A mark or stain on a garment that does not wash out.

شَلَّهُم بالسَّيْفِverb

1.
to strike and scatterclassical
To strike someone with a sword, causing them to scatter or be driven away.

شَلالاًadverb

1.
scatteringclassical
Coming in a scattered manner, often referring to people driving camels.

الشَّلالُnoun

1.
scattered peopleclassical
A group of people who are scattered or dispersed, especially those driving camels.

شَلَّلْتُ الثَّوْبَverb

1.
to sew lightlyclassical
To sew a garment with light, fine stitches.

شَلَّتْ يَمِينُهُ تَشُلُّverb

1.
to be paralyzedboth
His right hand became paralyzed.

أَشْلَلَها اللهُverb

1.
to paralyzeclassical
May God paralyze it (a curse).

تَشْلُلْverb

1.
may your hand not be paralyzedboth
may your hand not be paralyzed

أَشَلُّadjective

1.
adjective for a man (paralyzed)both
adjective for a man (paralyzed)

شَلاءُadjective

1.
adjective for a woman (paralyzed)both
adjective for a woman (paralyzed)

شَلْشَلْتُ الماءَverb

1.
to dripclassical
To drip or trickle water.

مُشَلْشَلٌadjective

1.
drippingclassical
Water that is dripping or trickling.
2.
emaciatedclassical
Having flesh that is shriveled or emaciated.

شَلْشَالٌnoun

1.
tarry waterclassical
Water that is thick or tarry.

يُشَلْشِلُ بِبَوْلِهِverb

1.
to urinate lightlyclassical
A child urinating in small amounts or dribbling.

المُتَشَلْشِلُadjective

1.
shriveledclassical
One whose flesh has become shriveled or emaciated.

شَلْشَلٌadjective

1.
light and quickclassical
A man who is light and quick in movement.

الشَّلِيلُnoun

1.
undergarmentclassical
An undergarment worn beneath a coat of mail, or a short tunic.
2.
saddle clothclassical
The cloth or padding placed on the hindquarters of a camel.
3.
middle of a valleyclassical
The central part of a valley where most of the water flows.

الأَشِلَّةُnoun

1.
undergarmentsclassical
Plural of شليل, referring to undergarments or short tunics.

الشِّلَّةُnoun

1.
intentionclassical
An intention or aim.
2.
distant matterclassical
A distant affair or matter.

Parallel reading

شللت الإبل أشلها شلا، إذا طردتها فانشلت

I drove the camels, I drive them, a driving, if you drive them and they scatter.

والاسم الشلل بالتحريك

And the noun is 'ash-shalal' with vowelization.

ومر فلان يشلهم بالسيف، أي يكسؤهم ويطردهم

And so-and-so passed by, striking them with the sword, meaning he was striking them and scattering them.

وجاءوا شلالا، إذا جاءوا يطردون الإبل

And they came scattering, meaning they came driving the camels.

والشلال القوم المتفرقون

And 'ash-shallal' are the scattered people.

أما والذي حجت قريش قطينة شلالا ومولى كل باق وهالك

By Him whom the Quraysh have circumambulated, a dwelling place scattered and the master of every survivor and perisher.

وشللت الثوب، إذا خطته خياطة خفيفة

And I sewed the garment, meaning I sewed it with light stitching.

والشلل: أثر يصيب الثوب لا يذهب بالغسل

And 'ash-shalal' is a mark that affects a garment which does not go away with washing.

يقال: ما هذا الشلل في ثوبك؟

It is said: What is this mark on your garment?

والشلل: فساد في اليد

And 'ash-shalal' is a defect in the hand.

شلت يمينه تشل بالفتح، وأشلها الله

His right hand became paralyzed, it becomes paralyzed with the fath, and may God paralyze it.

يقال في الدعاء: لا تشلل يدك ولا تكلل!

It is said in supplication: May your hand not be paralyzed, nor your hand become weak!

وقد شللت يا رجل بالكسر تشل شللا، أي صرت أشل

And you have become paralyzed, O man, with the kasr, you become paralyzed, meaning you have become paralyzed.

والمرأة شلاء

And the woman is 'ash-shalā'.

ويقال لمن أجاد الرمي أو الطعن: لا شللا ولا عمى!

And it is said to one who excels in throwing or thrusting: May you not be paralyzed nor blind!

ولا شل عشرك! أي أصابعك

And may your fingers not be paralyzed! Meaning your fingers.

مهر أبى الحبحاب لا تشلى

The colt of Abu al-Habhab does not become paralyzed.

وشلشلت الماء، أي قطرته، فهو مشلشل

And I dripped the water, meaning I let it drip, so it is 'mushalshal'.

مشلشل ضيعته ببنها الكتب

Dripping, which the ink has lost.

ومع ذو شلشل وشلشال، أي ذو قطران

And water with 'shalshal' and 'shalshal', meaning having tar.

فاهتمت النفس اهتمام ذي السقم ووافت الليل بشلشال شخم

So the soul became concerned with the concern of the sick, and encountered the night with thick, tarry substance.

والصبي يشلشل ببوله

And the child dribbles with his urine.

والمتشلشل: الذي قد تخدد لحمه

And 'al-mutashalshil' is one whose flesh has become shriveled.

وأنضو الفلا بالشاحب المتشلشل

And I strip the desert with the pale, shriveled one.

ورجل شلشل بالضم، أي خفيف

And a man 'shalshal' with the damma, meaning light.

الشليل: الغلالة التي تحت الدرع من ثوب أو غيره

'Ash-shalil' is the undergarment that is beneath the armor, made of cloth or otherwise.

وربما كانت درعا قصيرة تحت العليا، والجمع الأشلة

And sometimes it was a short tunic beneath the outer one, and the plural is 'al-ashillah'.

وجئنا بها شهباء ذات أشلة لها عارض فيه المنية تلمع

And we brought her, white, with undergarments, having a cloud in which death gleams.

والشليل: الحلس الذي يكون على عجز البعير

And 'ash-shalil' is the saddle cloth that is on the hindquarters of the camel.

وزين الاشلة بالسدول

And he adorned the undergarments with curtains.

والشليل من الوادي: وسطه، حيث يسيل معظم الماء

And 'ash-shalil' of the valley is its middle, where most of the water flows.

والشلة بالضم: النية، والأمر البعيد

And 'ash-shillah' with the damma is the intention, and the distant matter.

وقلت تجنبن سخط ابن عم ومطلب شلة وهي الطروح

And I said, 'Avoid the displeasure of a cousin and a distant intention, which is the abandoned one.'