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Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to colors, particularly shades of blue and red in the eyes, and by extension, to mixed or unclear colors. It also extends to meanings of deception, falsehood, and a certain type of elderly woman, as well as place names and personal names.

Derived headwords

الشَّهْلadjective
  1. 1.
    Bluish-reddish eye colorclassical

    A color description for the eye, less than pure blue (زرق) but better than it, or a redness that tinges the pupil, not as lines but as a lack of deep blackness, making the black appear reddish. It can also mean the blackness of the eye is not pure.

الشَّهْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Eye colorclassical

    A shade of redness in the black of the eye, distinct from 'shaklah' which is redness in the white of the eye.

  2. 2.
    Elderly womanclassical

    An old woman, sometimes described as half-intelligent, specifically applied to women.

شَهِلاَ، كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    To have شهلة eyesclassical

    To possess the characteristic eye color described as 'shahla'.

أَشْهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To have شهلة eyesclassical

    To have eyes with the characteristic 'shahla' color.

اشْهِلَالاًnoun
  1. 1.
    Having شهلة eyesclassical

    The state or act of having eyes with the 'shahla' coloration.

أَشْهَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Having شهلة eyesclassical

    Describing someone with the characteristic 'shahla' eye color, a mix of redness and blackness.

  2. 2.
    Mixed colorclassical

    Referring to a mixed or unclear color, like a grayish white.

شَهْلَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Having شهلة eyesclassical

    Feminine form describing eyes with the 'shahla' coloration, where the white is not pure and has a cloudiness.

شَاهَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To insultclassical

    To exchange insults or curses with someone.

  2. 2.
    To argueclassical

    To dispute with someone, to argue or contend with them.

  3. 3.
    To provokeclassical

    To provoke or challenge someone.

  4. 4.
    To lieclassical

    To speak falsely or to lie.

مُشَاهَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Insultingclassical

    The act of exchanging insults or curses.

  2. 2.
    Arguingclassical

    The act of disputing or arguing with someone.

  3. 3.
    Provocationclassical

    The act of provoking or challenging.

الشَّهْلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Needclassical

    A need or necessity.

الأَشْهَلname
  1. 1.
    Name of an idolclassical

    The name of an idol worshipped by a tribe, from which the name of the tribe Banu Abd al-Ashhal derives.

شَهِيلname
  1. 1.
    Name of a personclassical

    A given name of a person, such as Shahil bin Naby al-Jarmi or Shahil bin al-Asad.

شَهْلname
  1. 1.
    Nicknameclassical

    A nickname, such as that of al-Fand al-Zamani al-Wa'ili, who was called Shahil.

شَهَّالname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically a town in Egypt known as Minyat Shahalah.

تَشَهَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    To fadeclassical

    Referring to the fading of the complexion due to weakness or emaciation.

جَبَلٌ أَشْهَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Dusty white mountainclassical

    A mountain that is dusty and appears whitish.

ذِئْبٌ أَشْهَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Grayish wolfclassical

    A wolf with a grayish or mixed color.

شَهْلَانname
  1. 1.
    Mountain nameclassical

    The name of a mountain.

  2. 2.
    Man's nameclassical

    A man's given name.

التَّشْهِيلverb
  1. 1.
    To make easyclassical

    To make something easy or facilitate it. This is considered a colloquial usage.

Parallel reading

أقل من الزرق في الحدقة، وأحسن منه
Less than blue in the pupil, and better than it.
أو أنء تشرب الحدقة حمرة وليست خطوطا كالشكلة، ولكنها قلة سواد الحدقة، حتى كأنه، أي سوادها يضرب إلى الحمرة والسواد
Or that the pupil absorbs redness, not in lines like 'shaklah', but it is a lack of blackness in the pupil, to the extent that its blackness appears reddish and dark.
الشهلة: حمرة في سواد العين
Al-Shahla: redness in the blackness of the eye.
وأما الشكلة فهي كهيئة الحمرة، تكون في بياض العين
As for al-Shaklah, it is like redness, appearing in the white of the eye.
ولا عيب فيها غير شهلة عينها ... كذاك عتاق الطير شهل عيونها
And she has no flaw except the 'shahla' of her eyes... Thus are the noble birds, their eyes are 'shahla'.
كأني أشهل العينين باز ... على علياء شبه فاستحالا
As if I am one with 'ashhal' eyes, a falcon... on a height, resembling and transforming.
عين شهلاء: إذا كان بياضها ليس بخالص، فيه كدورة
A 'shahla' eye: if its whiteness is not pure, it has cloudiness.
كان رسول الله ضليع الفم، اشهل العينين، منهوس الكعبين
The Messenger of God had a broad mouth, 'ashhal' eyes, and hollowed heels.
ما أشكل العينين قال: طويل شق العين
What does 'ashkal al-aynayn' mean? He said: long eye fissure.
الشهلة: العجوز
Al-Shahla: the old woman.
بات ينزي دلوه تنزيا كما تنزي شهلة صبيا
He made his bucket move back and forth as a 'shahla' (old woman) makes a child move.
شهلة في عينها شهلة
A 'shahla' in her eye has a 'shahla'.
امرأة شهلة كهلة، ولا يقال: رجل شهل كهل
A 'shahla' middle-aged woman, and it is not said: a 'shahil' middle-aged man.
أن لا أرى ذا الضعفة الهبيتا يشاهل العميثل البليتا
That I do not see the weak, the hesitant, provoking the troublesome, the afflicted.
لم أقض حين شهلائي من العروب كالكاعب الحسناء
I did not fulfill when my 'shahlaa' (need) from desire was like the shapely, beautiful maiden.
والشهل: اختلاط اللونين، والكذاب يشرج الأحاديث ألوانا
And 'al-shahl': the mixing of two colors, and the liar weaves tales in various ways.
تشهل ماء الوجه: ذهابه، من هزال
The complexion of the face fades: its going away, from emaciation.
متوضح الأقراب فيه شهلة ... شنج اليدين تخاله مشكولا
Its ribs are clear, with a 'shahla' (mixed color)... its hands are thin, you would think it is 'mashkul'.