عصل

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root عصل (ʿaṣal) primarily relates to crookedness, bending, or twisting, particularly in physical objects like animal tails, trees, and arrows. It also extends to the meaning of wild onions and can refer to specific locations or paths.

Derived headwords

الأعْصَالnoun

1.
Intestinesclassical
The plural of عَصَل (ʿaṣal), referring to the intestines or guts, specifically the large intestines.

أعْصَالِهَاnoun

1.
Its crooked partsclassical
Referring to the crooked or bent parts of something, likely the tail of an animal in the context of the example.

يرمى به الجرع إلى أعصالها — It is thrown with the gravel towards its crooked parts

عَصَلnoun

1.
Twisted tailclassical
A twisting or bending in the tailbone of an animal, to the extent that its hairless underside becomes visible.
2.
Crooked treeclassical
A type of tree that, when eaten by a camel, causes it to defecate profusely.

عَصْلَةnoun

1.
Crooked treeclassical
A crooked tree, specifically one that causes camels to defecate excessively when eaten.

عَصَلnoun

1.
Crookednessclassical
A state of being crooked or bent, used here as a plural for 'ʿaṣlah' (crooked tree).

وقبيل من عقيل صادق كليوث بين غاب وعصل — And a tribe from ʿAqīl, truthful like lions between a forest and crooked trees

أعْصَلadjective

1.
Crooked-leggedclassical
Describing a man whose legs are crooked or bent.
2.
Crookedclassical
Describing something that is crooked or bent, particularly a tail.

وناب أعصل بين العصل، أي معوج شديد — And a crooked tooth among the crooked, meaning severely bent.

عَصْلَةadjective

1.
Crookedclassical
Describing a tree that is crooked or bent.

عَصْلadjective

1.
Crookedclassical
Describing arrows that are crooked or bent.

المُعَصَّلadjective

1.
Twistedclassical
An arrow that twists or bends when it is shot.

العُنْصُلnoun

1.
Wild onionboth
A wild variety of onion, also known as 'al-isqal' by physicians, from which vinegar can be made.
2.
Placeclassical
A specific location or place.

العُنْصَلاءnoun

1.
Wild onionclassical
Synonymous with 'al-ʿunṣul', referring to a wild onion.

العَنَاصِلnoun

1.
Wild onionsboth
The plural of 'al-ʿunṣul', referring to wild onions.

العُنْصُلَيْنname

1.
The two العنصلينclassical
A reference to two paths or routes, specifically associated with getting lost.

أخذ في طريق العنصلين — He took the path of the two العنصلين (implying getting lost)

طَرِيق العُنْصُلname

1.
The العنصل pathclassical
A specific road or route connecting al-Yamamah to Basra.

Parallel reading

العصل: واحد الأعصال، وهي الأعفاج

Al-ʿaṣal: the singular of al-aʿṣāl, which are the intestines.

وأنشد لأبي النجم * يرمى به الجرع إلى أعصالها *

And Abu al-Najm recited: * It is thrown with the gravel towards its crooked parts *

والعصل: التواء في عسيب الذنب حتى يبدو بعض باطنه الذي لا شعر عليه.

And al-ʿaṣal: a twisting in the tailbone until some of its hairless underside becomes visible.

والعصل: جمع عصلة، وهي شجرة إذا أكل البعير منها سلحته تسليحا.

And al-ʿaṣal: a plural of ʿaṣlah, which is a tree that, if a camel eats from it, causes it to defecate profusely.

وقال (1) : كسلاح النيب يأكلن العصل (2)

And he said: * Like the she-camels eating al-ʿaṣal *

وقال لبيد: وقبيل من عقيل صادق كليوث بين غاب وعصل

And Labīd said: And a tribe from ʿAqīl, truthful like lions between a forest and crooked trees

وناب أعصل بين العصل، أي معوج شديد.

And a crooked tooth among the crooked, meaning severely bent.

ويقال للرجل المعوج الساق: أعصل.

And it is said of a man with crooked legs: he is aʿṣal.

وشجرة عصلة: عوجاء.

And a crooked tree: bent.

وسهام عصل معوجة.

And crooked arrows.

والمعصل (3) بالتشديد: السهم الذي يلتوي إذا رمي به.

And al-muʿaṣṣal (with shaddah): the arrow that twists when it is shot.

والعنصل: البصل البرى.

And al-ʿunṣul: the wild onion.

والعنصلاء والعنصلاء مثله.

And al-ʿunṣalāʾ and al-ʿunṣalāʾ are similar.

والجمع العناصل، وهو الذي يسميه الأطباء الإسقال، ويكون منه خل.

And the plural is al-ʿanāṣil, which is what physicians call 'al-isqal', and from it vinegar is made.

عن ابن اسرافيون.

From Ibn Isrāfiyūn.

والعنصل: موضع.

And al-ʿunṣul: a place.

ويقال للرجل إذا ضل: أخذ في طريق العنصلين.

And it is said of a man who is lost: he has taken the path of the two العنصلين.

وطريق العنصل، هو طريق من اليمامة إلى البصرة.

And the path of al-ʿunṣul, it is a road from al-Yamamah to Basra.