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Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns young animals, specifically the offspring of sheep and goats. It extends to meanings of weakness, inferiority, and being insignificant, as well as actions related to taking stealthily or delaying.

Derived headwords

السَّخْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Lamb or kidboth

    The young of a sheep or goat, male or female, from birth.

  2. 2.
    Beloved youngclassical

    The beloved young animal to its parents.

كأني بجبار يعمد إلى سخلي فيقتله — As if I see a tyrant heading to kill my young lamb and killing it.
سُخْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Weaklings, inferiorsclassical

    Weak and base people.

  2. 2.
    Unformed thingclassical

    Anything that is not fully developed.

فلقد جمعت من الصحاب سرية ... خدبا لدات غير وخش سخل — I have gathered from companions a troop ... strong and firm, not weaklings.
سُخَّالnoun
  1. 1.
    Weaklings, inferiorsclassical

    Base and ignoble people.

سَخَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To drive away, expelclassical

    To drive them away or expel them.

وسخلهم، كمنع، سخلا: نفاهم، كخسلهم — And he drove them away, like 'man'a', 'sakhlan': he expelled them, like 'khasalahum'.
سَخْلverb
  1. 1.
    To take stealthilyclassical

    To take something stealthily and by pulling.

وسخل الشيء: أخذه مخاتلة، واجتذابا — And he took the thing stealthily: taking it by trickery and by pulling.
سَخَّلَهُمْverb
  1. 1.
    To disparage, weakenclassical

    To disparage them and consider them weak.

وسخلهم تسخيلا: عابهم، وضعفهم، وهي لغة هذيل — And he disparaged them 'taskhilan': he criticized them and weakened them, and this is a dialect of Hudhayl.
سَخُلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To be weak (date palm)classical

    The date palm became weak in its pits and dates, or it shed its fruit.

وسخلت النخلة: ضعفت نواها وتمرها، أو) إذا نفضته — And the date palm became weak: its pits and dates weakened, or) if it shed its fruit.
سَخَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To shake off (dates)classical

    He shook the date palm.

وسخل الرجل النخلة: نفضها — And the man shook the date palm: he shook it.
أَسْخَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To delay (something)classical

    He delayed the matter.

وأسخله، أي الأمر: أخره — And he delayed it, meaning the matter: he postponed it.
المَسْخُولadjective
  1. 1.
    Despicable, lowlyclassical

    Despicable and base.

  2. 2.
    Unknownclassical

    Unknown.

كواكب مسخولة، أي مجهولة — Unknown stars, meaning unknown.
السِّخَالnoun
  1. 1.
    A mountain rangeclassical

    A mountain range near the sunrise, called Khinzir.

حل أهلي ما بين درنى فبادو لي وحلت علوية بالسخال — My family settled between Darna and Bado, and Alawiyyah settled in Al-Sikhal.
السَّخْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Unripe datesclassical

    The unripe dates whose pits have not hardened, in the dialect of Medina.

فأهدت إليه امرأة رطبا سخلا، فقبله — A woman presented him with soft, unripe dates, and he accepted them.
السَّخَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Refuse, dregsclassical

    The refuse or dregs.

أبو سخيلةname
  1. 1.
    A male given nameclassical

    A name of a Tabi'i (successor to the Companions).

أم سخلname
  1. 1.
    A mountain nameclassical

    A mountain belonging to the Banu Ghāḍirah.

Parallel reading

السخلة: ولد الشاة ما كان، من المعز والضأن، ذكرا كان أو أنثى
The lamb/kid: the offspring of the sheep, whether from goats or sheep, male or female.
وقيل: تختص بأولاد الضأن
And it was said: it is specific to the young of sheep.
وقل: تختص بأولاد المعز
And it was said: it is specific to the young of goats.
السخل المولود المحبب إلى أبويه
The beloved young animal to its parents.
وهو في الأص ل: ولد الغنم
And it is in origin: the young of sheep.
رجال سخل وسخال: ضعفاء أرذال
Men 'sakhil' and 'sikhāl': weak and base.
والسخل أيضا: ما لم يتمم من كل شيء
And 'sakhil' also: anything that is not completed.
السخل، والسخال: الأوغاد
Al-sakhil, and al-sikhāl: the base people.
وسخلهم، كمنع، سخلا: نفاهم، كخسلهم
And he drove them away, like 'man'a', 'sakhlan': he expelled them, like 'khasalahum'.
وسخل الشيء: أخذه مخاتلة، واجتذابا
And he took the thing stealthily: taking it by trickery and by pulling.
وسخلهم تسخيلا: عابهم، وضعفهم، وهي لغة هذيل
And he disparaged them 'taskhilan': he criticized them and weakened them, and this is a dialect of Hudhayl.
وسخلت النخلة: ضعفت نواها وتمرها، أو) إذا نفضته
And the date palm became weak: its pits and dates weakened, or) if it shed its fruit.
وأسخله، أي الأمر: أخره
And he delayed it, meaning the matter: he postponed it.
المسخول: المرذول، كالمخسول
The 'maskhul': the despised, like 'makhsul'.
كواكب مسخولة، أي مجهولة
Unknown stars, meaning unknown.
حل أهلي ما بين درنى فبادو لي وحلت علوية بالسخال
My family settled between Darna and Bado, and Alawiyyah settled in Al-Sikhal.
وقلت لحا الله رب العباد جنوب السخال إلى يترب
And I said, 'May God, Lord of the servants, destroy the southern Al-Sikhal towards Yathrib'.
وهو الذي لا يشتد نواه
Which is that its pit does not harden.
إذا اقترثت البسرتان والثلاث في مكان واحد سمي السخل
If two or three dates cluster together in one place, it is called 'al-sakhil'.
فأهدت إليه امرأة رطبا سخلا، فقبله
A woman presented him with soft, unripe dates, and he accepted them.
أن رجلا جاء بكبائس من هذه السخل
That a man came with bunches of these unripe dates.