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 ṯayl) m
Declension
| 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 ṯīl) m
Declension
| 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
- نَجِيل (najīl)
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