ثيل

Arabic

Etymology

Considered a variant of ذ ي ل (ḏ y l), "to hang", "to be pendent", "to be excess length", "a garment that trails along the ground"; the plant sense stemming from the meaning "to drag along the ground" as the plant extends rapidly that way.

Noun

ثِيل or ثَيْل • (ṯīl or ṯaylm

  1. sheath of a camel’s penis

Declension

Declension of noun ثِيل (ṯīl)‎; ثَيْل (ṯayl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal ثِيل‎; ثَيْل
ṯīl‎; ṯayl
الثِّيل‎; الثَّيْل
aṯ-ṯīl‎; aṯ-ṯayl
ثِيل‎; ثَيْل
ṯīl‎; ṯayl
nominative ثِيلٌ‎; ثَيْلٌ
ṯīlun‎; ṯaylun
الثِّيلُ‎; الثَّيْلُ
aṯ-ṯīlu‎; aṯ-ṯaylu
ثِيلُ‎; ثَيْلُ
ṯīlu‎; ṯaylu
accusative ثِيلًا‎; ثَيْلًا
ṯīlan‎; ṯaylan
الثِّيلَ‎; الثَّيْلَ
aṯ-ṯīla‎; aṯ-ṯayla
ثِيلَ‎; ثَيْلَ
ṯīla‎; ṯayla
genitive ثِيلٍ‎; ثَيْلٍ
ṯīlin‎; ṯaylin
الثِّيلِ‎; الثَّيْلِ
aṯ-ṯīli‎; aṯ-ṯayli
ثِيلِ‎; ثَيْلِ
ṯīli‎; ṯayli

Noun

ثَيِّل or ثِيل • (ṯayyil or ṯīlm

  1. Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon)
  2. quackgrass (Agropyron repens)
  3. Memphis grass (Cutandia memphitica)

Declension

Declension of noun ثَيِّل (ṯayyil)‎; ثِيل (ṯīl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal ثَيِّل‎; ثِيل
ṯayyil‎; ṯīl
الثَّيِّل‎; الثِّيل
aṯ-ṯayyil‎; aṯ-ṯīl
ثَيِّل‎; ثِيل
ṯayyil‎; ṯīl
nominative ثَيِّلٌ‎; ثِيلٌ
ṯayyilun‎; ṯīlun
الثَّيِّلُ‎; الثِّيلُ
aṯ-ṯayyilu‎; aṯ-ṯīlu
ثَيِّلُ‎; ثِيلُ
ṯayyilu‎; ṯīlu
accusative ثَيِّلًا‎; ثِيلًا
ṯayyilan‎; ṯīlan
الثَّيِّلَ‎; الثِّيلَ
aṯ-ṯayyila‎; aṯ-ṯīla
ثَيِّلَ‎; ثِيلَ
ṯayyila‎; ṯīla
genitive ثَيِّلٍ‎; ثِيلٍ
ṯayyilin‎; ṯīlin
الثَّيِّلِ‎; الثِّيلِ
aṯ-ṯayyili‎; aṯ-ṯīli
ثَيِّلِ‎; ثِيلِ
ṯayyili‎; ṯīli

Hypernyms

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: սիլ (sil)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: ثیل (sil)
    • Azerbaijani: sil
    • Ottoman Turkish: ثیل (sil)
  • Persian: ثیل (sil)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “ثيل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 235–236
  • Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “ثيل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 366–367.
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 319