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صهل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the sound made by a horse, specifically its neigh or whinny. It also encompasses the horse itself when characterized by this sound.

Derived headwords

الصَّهِيْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    neighingboth

    The characteristic sound made by a horse, similar to a braying sound made by a donkey.

الصَّهَالُnoun
  1. 1.
    neighingboth

    The characteristic sound made by a horse, similar to a braying sound made by a donkey.

صَهِلَverb
  1. 1.
    to neighboth

    The horse made its characteristic sound, a neigh or whinny.

يَصْهَلُverb
  1. 1.
    to neighboth

    The horse makes its characteristic sound, a neigh or whinny.

صَهِيْلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    neighingboth

    The sound of a horse's neigh or whinny.

صَهَّالٌadjective
  1. 1.
    a neighing horseboth

    a neighing horse

Parallel reading

الصَّهِيْلُ والصَّهَالُ: صوت الفرس، مثل النهيق والنهاق.
The neighing and the neighing: the sound of the horse, like the braying and the braying.
وقد صَهِلَ الفرسُ يَصْهَلُ بالكسر صَهِيْلًا، فهو فرسٌ صَهَّالٌ.
And the horse neighed, it neighs with a kasra, a neighing; so it is a neighing horse.