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ش ص ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of plant and the act of eating it. It is noted as being omitted by al-Jawhari and defined by Ibn al-A'rabi.

Derived headwords

الشَّاصِلِيnoun
  1. 1.
    a plantclassical

    A specific type of plant, characterized by its name being pronounced with a damma on the 'sad' and a shadda on the 'lam', and it is a مقصورة (maqṣūr) word. If the 'lam' is lightened, it is lengthened.

شَوْصَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat something. This verb form is mentioned by Ibn al-A'rabi.

شَفْصَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat something. This verb form is mentioned alongside 'shawṣala' by Ibn al-A'rabi.

Parallel reading

الشَّاصِلِي، بضم الصاد وفتح اللام المشددة مقصورة
Al-Shāṣilī, with a damma on the ṣād and a fatḥa on the shaddad lām, is a maqṣūr word.
فإذا خففت مدت
And if you lighten it, it is lengthened.
وقد أهمله الجوهري
And al-Jawharī omitted it.
وهو نبت
And it is a plant.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: شوصل، وشفصل: إذا أكله
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: shawṣala and shafṣala mean: if he ate it.
كما في اللسان، والعباب
As in al-Lisān and al-ʿUbāb.