ن ه ش ل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of biting, eating ravenously, and the physical state of being old and unsteady. It also extends to names of animals like wolves and falcons, tribal names, and personal names, often derived from the core meanings of vigorous action or aged frailty.

Derived headwords

النَهْشَلnoun

1.
wolfclassical
A term for a wolf.
2.
falconclassical
Also used to refer to a falcon.
3.
old, unsteady personclassical
An elderly person who is unsteady due to age.
4.
elderly person with vigorclassical
An elderly person who still has some remaining strength or vigor.

نَهْشَلname

1.
personal nameboth
A personal name, such as Nahshal ibn Huray, a poet.
2.
tribe nameboth
The name of a tribe, specifically Nahshal ibn Darim.

نَهْشَلَverb

1.
to grow old and unsteadyclassical
To become old and unsteady, characterized by agitation or frailty.
2.
to bite vigorouslyclassical
To bite someone with a strong, tearing bite.
3.
to eat ravenouslyclassical
To eat like a hungry person, consuming food voraciously.
4.
to ride a borrowed she-camelclassical
To ride a borrowed she-camel, likened to scattering one's wealth.

أبو نهشلname

1.
personal name epithetclassical
An epithet for Laqit ibn Zurarah al-Tamimi.

Parallel reading

النهشل، كجعفر: الذئب

Al-Nahshal, like Ja'far: the wolf.

وهو نهشل بن حري: شاعر

And he is Nahshal ibn Huray: a poet.

قال سيبويه: هو ينصرف لأنه فعلل

Sibawayh said: it is declined because it is fa'lal.

وإليه ذهب الجمهور

And the majority opinion went to this.

ونقل الأزهري عن الأصمعي أنه مشتق من النهشلة، وهي الكبر والاضطراب

And Al-Azharī narrated from Al-Asma'ī that it is derived from al-nahshalah, which is old age and agitation.

وذهب ابن القطاع إلى زيادة لامه، وكأنه أخذه من النهش

And Ibn Al-Qattā' went to the addition of its lam, as if he took it from al-nahsh.

نهشل: قبيلة من العرب

Nahshal: a tribe from the Arabs.

وهو نهشل بن دارم بن مالك بن حنظلة بن مالك بن زيد مناة بن تميم

And he is Nahshal ibn Darim ibn Malik ibn Hanzalah ibn Malik ibn Zayd Manāt ibn Tamim.

خلا أن حيا من قريش تفاضلوا ... على الناس أو أن الأكارم نهشلا

Except that a clan from Quraysh excelled... over the people, or that the noble ones were Nahshal.

النهشل: المسن المضطرب كبرا

Al-Nahshal: the elderly, agitated by old age.

أو الذي أسن وفيه بقية، وهي بهاء

Or one who has aged and has some remaining strength, and it is splendor.

وأبو نهشل: لقيط بن زرارة التميمي

And Abu Nahshal: Laqit ibn Zurarah al-Tamimi.

نهشل الرجل: إذا كبر واضطرب

A man nahshal: if he grew old and unsteady.

وبه سمي الرجل نهشلا

And by this, the man was named Nahshal.

نهشل: إذا عض إنسانا تجميشا

Nahshal: if he bit a person with a tearing bite.

نهشل: أكل أكل الجائع

Nahshal: he ate like a hungry person.

نهشل: ركب الهشيلة، للناقة المستعارة

Nahshal: he rode al-hashilah, the borrowed she-camel.