أشل

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ش ل ل (š-l-l)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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أَشَلَّ (ʔašalla) IV, non-past يُشِلُّ‎ (yušillu)

  1. to drive, to goad, to prod, to propel (livestock)
  2. to lame, to paralyze
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Etymology 2

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Color or defect adjective from the root ش ل ل (š-l-l).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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أَشَلّ (ʔašall) (feminine شَلَّاء (šallāʔ), common plural شُلّ (šull))

  1. lame
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Etymology 3

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From Aramaic אַשְׁלָא (ašlā, rope) (Classical Syriac ܐܻܝܫܠܴܐ (ʾīšlā, rope)), in Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡔𐡋 (ʾšl, a surface measure), from Akkadian 𒌑𒌃 (ÚNINNI5 /⁠ašlu⁠/, rush; tow-rope; measuring rope; a linear measure of about 60 meters; a surface measure). Doublet of أَسَل (ʔasal, long and slender twigs; rush; spear).

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Noun

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أَشْل (ʔašlm (plural أُشُول (ʔušūl)) (obsolete)

  1. rope
  2. a linear measure of sixty cubits (ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ))
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