فشل

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of weakness, cowardice, and failure. It extends to describe a specific part of a howdah and, metaphorically, the flowing of water. It also has a distinct, and likely unrelated, meaning concerning male anatomy.

Derived headwords

فَشِلَverb

1.
meaning, he became cowardlyboth
meaning, he became cowardly

فَشَلٌnoun

1.
meaning, he became cowardlyboth
meaning, he became cowardly

فَشَلٌnoun

1.
meaning, he became cowardlyboth
meaning, he became cowardly

أَفْشَالٌnoun

1.
plural of al-fashalboth
plural of al-fashal

فَشَلٌnoun

1.
meaning, he became cowardlyboth
meaning, he became cowardly

تَفَشَّلَverb

1.
to flow, to streamclassical
Said of water when it flows or streams out.

فَيْشَلَةٌnoun

1.
tip of the penisclassical
The glans or tip of the male organ.

Parallel reading

الرجل الضعيف الجبان

The weak, cowardly man.

والجمع أفشال

And the plural is 'afshal'.

وقد فشل بالكسر فشلا، إذا جبن

And he became cowardly (fashila bi-l-kasri fashalan) if he was cowardly.

والفشل: شئ من أداة الهودج

And 'al-fashal' is a part of the equipment of the howdah.

وتفشل الماء، أي سال

And water 'tafashshala', meaning it flowed.

والفيشلة: رأس الذكر

And 'al-fayshalah' is the tip of the male organ.