فسل

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of baseness, worthlessness, and lowliness, often applied to people. It also extends to meanings related to the refuse or dross of metals and the young shoots of date palms.

Derived headwords

فَسُلَverb

1.
a weak, cowardly manboth
a weak, cowardly man

فَسَلٌadjective

1.
a weak, cowardly manboth
a weak, cowardly man

فُسُلَةٌnoun

1.
basenessclassical
The state or quality of being base or ignoble.

فُسُولَةٌnoun

1.
basenessclassical
The state or quality of being base or ignoble.

فُسَلَاءُnoun

1.
base peopleclassical
A group of people characterized by baseness or ignobility.

أَفْسَالٌnoun

1.
base peopleclassical
A group of people characterized by baseness or ignobility.

فِسَالٌnoun

1.
base peopleclassical
A group of people characterized by baseness or ignobility.

فُسُولٌnoun

1.
base peopleclassical
A group of people characterized by baseness or ignobility.

مَفْسُولٌadjective

1.
the same (weak, cowardly)both
the same (weak, cowardly)

فَسَالَةُ الحَدِيدِnoun

1.
iron drossclassical
The refuse, scum, or dross that rises to the surface when iron is smelted.

مِفْسَلَةٌnoun

1.
woman feigning illnessclassical
A woman who pretends to be ill or indisposed when her husband desires intimacy with her.

فَسِيلَةٌnoun

1.
young date palm
A young shoot or sucker of a date palm tree.

فَسِيلٌnoun

1.
young date palm
A young shoot or sucker of a date palm tree.

فَسِيلَانٌnoun

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young date palmsclassical
The plural of 'fasīlah' or 'fasīl', referring to young shoots or suckers of date palm trees.

Parallel reading

الفسل من الرجال: الرذل.

The 'fasl' among men: the base one.

والمفسول مثله.

And the 'mafsūl' is similar.

وقد فسل بالضم فسالة وفسولة، فهو فسل من قوم فسلاء، وأفسال وفسال، وفسول.

And he was 'fasala' (base), with the meaning of 'fasālah' and 'fasūlah', so he is a 'fasl' from a people of 'fusalaā'', and 'afsāl', 'fisāl', and 'fusūl'.

وقال: إذ ما عد أربعة فسال فزوجك خامس وأبوك سادى

And he said: 'When four 'fisāl' are counted, your husband is the fifth and your father is the sixth.'

وفسالة الحديد: سحالته.

And the 'fasālah' of iron: its dross.

والمفسلة: المرأة التي إذا نشط زوجها لغشيانها اعتلت عليه.

And the 'mifsalah': the woman who, when her husband is eager to approach her, feigns illness.

والفسيلة والفسيل: الودي، وهو صغار النخل، والجمع الفسلان.

And the 'fasīlah' and the 'fasīl': the sucker, which is the young date palm, and the plural is 'faslān'.