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صعل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes smallness, particularly in relation to the head, and by extension, things that are thin, stunted, or crooked. It is applied to people, animals, and even plants.

Derived headwords

صَعِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    small-headedboth

    Describing a man or a female ostrich with a small head.

صَعْلَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    small-headed (female)both

    Describing a woman with a small head.

الصَّعْلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    crooked, bare palm frondclassical

    A type of palm tree whose fronds are crooked and bare near the base.

صَعْلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    hairlessclassical

    Describing a donkey that has lost its hair.

صَعْلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    thinness, smallnessclassical

    Refers to thinness or smallness.

Parallel reading

الصَّعْلُ: الصَّغِيرُ الرَّأْسِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنَّعَامِ.
As-sa'lu: the small-headed one among men and ostriches.
وَرَجُلٌ صَعِلٌ وَامْرَأَةٌ صَعْلَاءُ.
And a man is sa'il (small-headed) and a woman is sa'laa' (small-headed).
وَالصَّعْلَةُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ: العَوْجَاءُ الجَرْدَاءُ أُصُولُ السَّعَفِ.
And as-sa'lah among palm trees: the crooked, bare base of the fronds.
وَحِمَارٌ صَعْلٌ: ذَاهِبُ الوَبَرِ.
And a donkey is sa'l: one that has lost its hair.
بِهَا كُلُّ خَوَّارٍ إِلَى كُلِّ صَعْلَةٍ
Among them is every weakling towards every crooked [palm tree].
وَالصَّعْلُ: الدِّقَّةُ.
And as-sa'lu: thinness.
رَهْطٌ مِنَ الهِنْدِ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ صَعْلٌ
A group from India, in their hands is thinness.