غسل

Root entry · 43 derived lemmas

The root غسل (ghasala) primarily denotes the act of washing or cleansing. It extends to encompass the substances used for washing, the places where washing occurs, and the results of washing, including bodily fluids and even metaphorical cleansing from sin. The root also covers related concepts like bathing, purification, and specific types of plants and locations.

Derived headwords

غَسَلَهُ يَغْسِلُهُ غَسْلًاverb

1.
to wash itboth
The basic verb form meaning to wash something, often with water.
2.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
A euphemism for sexual intercourse, particularly in the context of requiring ritual purification.

غَسْلًاnoun

1.
washing (noun)both
The act of washing, often used as a masdar (verbal noun) for the verb 'to wash'.
2.
sexual intercourseclassical
The act of sexual intercourse, as a masdar.

غسله يغسله غسلا بالفتح — He washed it, he washes it, a washing (with fath on the 'seen').

غُسْلًاnoun

1.
washing (noun)both
The act of washing, used as a masdar, with a different vocalization than the previous entry.

أو بالفتح مصدر من غسلت، وبالضم اسم من الاغتسال — Or with fath (is) a masdar from 'he washed', and with damma (is) a noun from 'he performed ablution'.

غَسِيلٌadjective

1.
washedboth
Something that has been washed.
2.
dead bodyclassical
A dead body that has been washed for burial.

فهو غسيل ومغسول — So he is a washed one and a washed one (passive participle).

مَغْسُولٌadjective

1.
washedboth
The passive participle of the verb 'to wash', meaning something that has been washed.

فهو غسيل ومغسول — So he is a washed one and a washed one (passive participle).

غُسْلَىnoun

1.
dead bodies (plural)classical
A broken plural for 'ghaseel', referring to washed dead bodies.

ج: غسلى وغسلاء، كقتلى وقتلاء — Plural: ghasla and ghasalaa, like qatla and qatalaa.

غُسَلَاءnoun

1.
dead bodies (plural)classical
Another broken plural for 'ghaseel', referring to washed dead bodies.

ج: غسلى وغسلاء، كقتلى وقتلاء — Plural: ghasla and ghasalaa, like qatla and qatalaa.

غَسِيلَةٌnoun

1.
washed dead bodyclassical
A term for a washed dead body, sometimes used with a feminine ending.
2.
washed garmentclassical
A garment that has been washed.

قال اللحياني: وميت غسيل وغسيلة أيضا — Al-Laythani said: And a dead person is ghaseel and also ghaseelah.

مَغْسَلٌnoun

1.
place of washingboth
A place where washing is done.

والمغسل كمقعد ومنزل — And al-maghsal (is) like maq'ad and manzil (in pattern).

مُغْتَسَلٌnoun

1.
place of washingboth
The place where one performs washing or bathing.

هذا مغتسل بارد وشراب — This is a place to wash (in), cool and to drink.

مَغَاسِلُnoun

1.
washing places (plural)both
The plural of 'maghsal' or 'mu'tasal', referring to multiple places of washing.

والجمع المغاسل — And the plural is al-maghasil.

غُسْلٌnoun

1.
washing (act)both
The act of washing, particularly ritual washing or bathing.
2.
washing waterclassical
A small amount of water used for washing.
3.
cleansing agentclassical
Substances like soapwort or natron used for washing.

وضعت له غسله من الجنابة — I prepared for him his washing (water) for ritual impurity.

غَسْلَةٌnoun

1.
washing (act)both
An act of washing, often a single instance.
2.
perfume/hair productclassical
A substance applied to hair during combing, often perfumed.
3.
cleansing agentclassical
A substance used to wash the head, like soapwort or clay.

الغسلة بكسرهما، والغسول — Al-ghaslah (with kasr of both), and al-ghasool.

غَسُولٌnoun

1.
washing waterclassical
A small amount of water used for washing.
2.
cleansing agentclassical
Anything used to wash with, such as soapwort or natron.

ترعى الروائم أحرار البقول ولا ... ترعى كرعيكم طلحا وغسولا — The grazing animals eat the choice herbs but do not ... eat acacia and ghassoul like your grazing.

اغْتَسَلَverb

1.
to wash oneselfboth
To perform washing or bathing on oneself.
2.
to be perfumed/anointedclassical
To apply perfume or anointing oils to oneself.

اغتسل بالطيب مثل قولك تنضح — He applied perfume to himself, like your saying 'he sprinkled'.

غَسَالَةٌnoun

1.
washing waterboth
The water that comes out after washing something.
2.
earnings/livelihoodclassical
Metaphorically, the fruits of one's labor or earnings.

غسالة الشيء: كثمامة: ماؤه الذي يغسل به — Ghassalah of something: like thamaamah: its water with which it is washed.

غُسَالَةُ الثَّوْبِnoun

1.
water from washing clothesboth
The water that comes out of a garment when it is washed.

غسالة الثوب: ما) يخرج منه بالغسل — Ghassalah of a garment: what comes out of it by washing.

غِسْلِينٌnoun

1.
pus/dischargeclassical
The fluid that runs from the skin of the inhabitants of Hell.
2.
food of the damnedclassical
A type of food or drink in Hell.

وهو في القرآن العظيم: ما يسيل من جلود أهل النار، كالقيح وغيره — And it is in the Noble Quran: what flows from the skins of the people of the Fire, like pus and other things.

مِغْسَلٌnoun

1.
washing toolclassical
Something used for washing.

المغسل كمنبر: ما غسل به — Al-mighsal (like minbar): that with which (something) is washed.

غَسَّلَverb

1.
to wash thoroughlyboth
To wash something intensely or thoroughly.
2.
to cause to washclassical
To make someone else wash.

التغسيل: المبالغة في غسل الأعضاء — Al-taghseel: Exaggeration in washing the limbs.

فَحْلٌ غَسِلٌadjective

1.
frequent breederclassical
A male animal (like a stallion) that mates frequently.

وفحل غسل، بالكسر، وكصرد، وأمير، وهمزة، ومنبر، وسكيت ست لغات نقلهن الفراء ما عدا الأولى: كثير الضراب — And a fahl ghasil (with kasr), and like 'usfūr, 'amīr, hamzah, minbar, and sikkīt, six languages transmitted by Al-Farra' except the first: frequent breeder.

مَغَاسِلُnoun

1.
valleysclassical
Specific valleys in the region of Al-Yamamah.

فقد نرتعي سبتا وأهلك حيرة ... محل الملوك نقدة فالمغاسلا — We might graze for a week and your family is in Hayrah ... the place of kings, Nuqdah, and then Al-Maghasila.

غُسْلٌname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name mentioned in classical poetry.

إلى غسل فجاد لها الولي — To Ghasl, then the protector showered it with rain.

ذَاتُ غُسْلٍname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name located between Al-Yamamah and Nabaj.

أنخن جمالهن بذات غسل — They made their camels kneel at Dhat Ghasl.

غُسْلٌname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name located to the right of Sumayra'.

وعن يمين سميراء وبه ماء يقال له غسلة — And to the right of Sumayra', and in it is water called Ghaslah.

غَسَلٌnoun

1.
mountainclassical
A mountain on the road between Tayma' and the mountains of Tayyi'.

جبل في الطريق بين تيماء وجبلي طيئ — A mountain on the road between Tayma' and the mountains of Tayyi'.

غَسُولَةٌnoun

1.
villageclassical
A village near Homs.

ة، قرب حمص — A village, near Homs.

مَغْسَلَةٌnoun

1.
graveyardclassical
A graveyard in Medina where clothes are washed.

جبانة بالمدينة، في طرفها ... يغسل فيها الثياب — A graveyard in Medina, at its edge ... where clothes are washed.

أبو غَسْلَةname

1.
wolf (nickname)classical
A kunya (nickname) for a wolf.

أبو غسلة، بالكسر من كنى الذئب — Abu Ghaslah, with kasr, is from the kunyas of the wolf.

أَغْسَلَverb

1.
to breed frequentlyclassical
To mate frequently, used for animals.

أغسل: أكثر الضراب، عن الفراء — Aghsala: to mate frequently, from Al-Farra'.

تَغْسِيلٌnoun

1.
thorough washingboth
The act of washing thoroughly or excessively.

التغسيل: المبالغة في غسل الأعضاء — Al-taghseel: Exaggeration in washing the limbs.

غَسْوِيلٌnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of plant that grows in saline soil.

نبت ينبت في السباخ — A plant that grows in saline soil.

غُسْلٌnoun

1.
washing (act)classical
A linguistic variation for the act of washing or bathing.

لغة في الغسل بالضم للاسم من الاغتسال — A language variant for al-ghusl (with damma) as a noun for performing ablution.

غَسِيلُ الْمَلَائِكَةِname

1.
washed by angelsclassical
A title given to Hanzalah ibn Abi 'Amir, who was said to have been washed by angels after his martyrdom.

وحنظلة بن أبي عامر الأنصاري يقال له: غسيل الملائكة — And Hanzalah ibn Abi 'Amir Al-Ansari is called: Ghaseel Al-Mala'ikah (Washed by the Angels).

غَسَلَ اللهُ حَوْبَتَكَphrase

1.
May God cleanse your sinclassical
A prayer or expression meaning 'May God purify you from your sin'.

غسل الله حوبتك: أي إثمك، يعني طهرك منه — May God wash your sin: meaning your sin, meaning He purifies you from it.

اِسْتَغْسَلَverb

1.
to seek washingclassical
To ask for or perform the ritual washing prescribed for someone affected by the evil eye.

فإذا استغسلتم فاغسلوا — So when you seek washing, then wash.

غَاسُولٌname

1.
mountain nameclassical
A mountain in the Levant.

الجبل بالشام عن ابن بري — The mountain in Sham, according to Ibn Bri.

غاسِلٌnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of tree or plant.

ضرب من الشجر — A type of tree.

غاسُولٌnoun

1.
soapwortclassical
A plant used for washing, similar to soap.

الأشنان — Al-ushnan (soapwort).

اِنْغَسَلَverb

1.
to be washedboth
The passive form of 'to wash', meaning to be washed.

انغسل الشيء: مطاوع غسله — Something became washed: the passive of 'he washed it'.

مَغْسُولٌadjective

1.
washed out/insipidclassical
Describing speech or writing that lacks substance or wit.

وكلامه مغسول، كما تقول عريان وساذج، للذي لا نكت فيه قائله — And his speech is maghsool (washed out), as you say 'naked' and 'simple', for that which its speaker lacks wit.

غَسْلَةٌnoun

1.
beauty/radianceclassical
A pleasing appearance or radiance on someone's face.

ويقال: على وجهه غسلة: إذا كان حسنا ولا ملح عليه — And it is said: 'On his face is a ghaslah': if he is handsome and not burdened.

عَطْفَةُ الغَسَّالِname

1.
district nameclassical
A known district in Fustat, Egypt.

إحدى محال مصر حرسها الله تعالى — One of the districts of Egypt, may God protect it.

Parallel reading

غسله يغسله غسلا بالفتح ويضم، أو بالفتح مصدر من غسلت، وبالضم اسم من الاغتسال

He washed it, he washes it, a washing (with fath on the 'seen') and damma, or with fath (is) a masdar from 'he washed', and with damma (is) a noun from 'he performed ablution'.

فهو غسيل ومغسول، ج: غسلى وغسلاء، كقتلى وقتلاء

So he is ghaseel and maghsool, plural: ghasla and ghasalaa, like qatla and qatalaa.

قال اللحياني: وميت غسيل وغسيلة أيضا

Al-Laythani said: And a dead person is ghaseel and also ghaseelah.

والمغسل كمقعد ومنزل، والمغتسل أيضا: موضع غسل الميت

And al-maghsal (is) like maq'ad and manzil (in pattern), and al-mu'tasal also: the place of washing the dead.

قال الله تعالى: هذا مغتسل بارد وشراب.

Allah the Almighty said: This is a place to wash (in), cool and to drink.

والغسل، بالضم: الماء القليل الذي يغتسل به، كالأكل لما يؤكل، قاله ابن الأثير.

And al-ghusl, with damma: the small amount of water with which one washes, like al-akl (food) for what is eaten, said Ibn Al-Athir.

ومن الأول الحديث: وضعت له غسله من الجنابة

And from the first (is) the hadith: I prepared for him his washing (water) for ritual impurity.

وأنشد للربيع بن زياد: (ترعى الروائم أحرار البقول ولا ... ترعى كرعيكم طلحا وغسولا)

And he recited for Al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad: (The grazing animals eat the choice herbs but do not ... eat acacia and ghassoul like your grazing).

وفي المحكم: الغسول: كل شيء غسلت به رأسا أو ثوبا ونحوه.

And in Al-Muhkam: Al-ghasool: everything with which you washed a head or a garment and the like.

اغتسل بالطيب مثل قولك تنضح

He applied perfume to himself, like your saying 'he sprinkled'.

غسالة الشيء: كثمامة: ماؤه الذي يغسل به.

Ghassalah of something: like thamaamah: its water with which it is washed.

وهو في القرآن العظيم: ما يسيل من جلود أهل النار، كالقيح وغيره

And it is in the Noble Quran: what flows from the skins of the people of the Fire, like pus and other things.

من المجاز: غسل بالسوط يغسل غسلا: ضرب فأوجع.

From metaphor: 'ghasala bis-sawti yaghsilu ghaslan': he struck and it hurt.

من المجاز أيضا: غسل المرأة يغسلها غسلا: جامعها كثيرا

From metaphor also: 'ghasala al-mar'ata yaghsiluha ghaslan': he had much intercourse with the woman.

وفي حديث العين: العين حق فإذا استغسلتم فاغسلوا

And in the hadith of the evil eye: The evil eye is real, so when you seek washing, then wash.

وما غسلوا رؤسهم من يوم الجمل. أي ما فرغوا ولا تخلصوا.

And they have not washed their heads since the day of the Camel. Meaning they have not finished nor been freed.

ويقال: على وجهه غسلة: إذا كان حسنا ولا ملح عليه، كما يقال لضده: على وجهه حفلة.

And it is said: 'On his face is a ghaslah': if he is handsome and not burdened, just as it is said of its opposite: 'On his face is a haflah (blemish)'.

وحنظلة بن أبي عامر الأنصاري يقال له: غسيل الملائكة.

And Hanzalah ibn Abi 'Amir Al-Ansari is called: Ghaseel Al-Mala'ikah (Washed by the Angels).