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ح ش ل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes baseness, lowliness, or being inferior. It is also used to refer to one's dependents or the dregs of a group.

Derived headwords

الحشلnoun
  1. 1.
    Basenessclassical

    The quality of being base, ignoble, or inferior.

حشَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be baseclassical

    To be ignoble, base, or of low quality.

حشْلاًnoun
  1. 1.
    Basenessclassical

    The state or quality of being base or ignoble.

حَشَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be baseclassical

    To be ignoble, base, or of low quality. This is a variant form.

حَشِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dependents

    One's family, children, or dependents.

  2. 2.
    Dregsclassical

    The worthless or undesirable part of a group of people; the rabble.

Parallel reading

الحشل بالشين المعجمة، أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني، وقال ابن سيده: هو الرذل.
Al-Hashal (with the dotted shīn), omitted by Al-Jawhari and Al-Saghani, and Ibn Sidah said: it is the base.
من كل شيء لغة في الحسل، بالسين المهملة.
Of everything, it is a variant pronunciation of Al-Hasal (with the unpointed sīn).
وحشله حشلا: رذله.
And he was base, baseness: he was ignoble.
الحشيلة كسفينة: العيال.
Al-Hashīlah (like safīnah): the dependents.
وأيضا: خشارة القوم.
And also: the dregs of the people.