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ص ف ص ل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to plants or trees, and potentially the act of grazing livestock on them. It also includes a verb form describing a specific action related to grazing.

Derived headwords

الصَّفْصَلnoun
  1. 1.
    plant or treeclassical

    A type of plant or tree. Its form is 'fa'fal'.

أَصْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to graze camelsclassical

    When a man grazes his camels on a particular plant or tree.

Parallel reading

الصفصل، بالكسر مشددة اللام، أهمله الجوهري، وفي اللسان، والعباب: نبت، أو شجر، ووزنه فعفل
Al-safsal, with a kasra and a doubled lam, was neglected by Al-Jauhari, but in Al-Lisan and Al-Abab: it is a plant, or a tree, and its form is fa'fal.
رعيتها أكرم عود عودا الصل والصفصل واليعضيدا
Its shepherds considered the best wood to be Al-Sil, Al-Safsal, and Al-Ya'did.
أصفل الرجل: إذا رعى إبله إياه
A man 'asfala' [did this]: if he grazed his camels on it.
كذا في التهذيب
Thus it is in Al-Tahdhib.