شلال

See also: سلال

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic, but badly attested there, see شِلَّة (šilla, hank, skein) for what is attested in Aramaic; however Mishnaic Hebrew offers an exact שלולית (torrent, cataract etc.). Contaminated the root ش ل ل (š l l) with meanings of flowing on or pouring forth if those are not separately borrowed from other badly attested Aramaic forms for “flowing”.

Alternative forms

  • شَلَّالَة (šallāla)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃal.laːl/

Noun

شَلَّال • (šallālm (plural شَلَّالَات (šallālāt))

  1. waterfall
Declension
Declension of noun شَلَّال (šallāl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal شَلَّال
šallāl
الشَّلَّال
aš-šallāl
شَلَّال
šallāl
nominative شَلَّالٌ
šallālun
الشَّلَّالُ
aš-šallālu
شَلَّالُ
šallālu
accusative شَلَّالًا
šallālan
الشَّلَّالَ
aš-šallāla
شَلَّالَ
šallāla
genitive شَلَّالٍ
šallālin
الشَّلَّالِ
aš-šallāli
شَلَّالِ
šallāli
dual indefinite definite construct
informal شَلَّالَيْن
šallālayn
الشَّلَّالَيْن
aš-šallālayn
شَلَّالَيْ
šallālay
nominative شَلَّالَانِ
šallālāni
الشَّلَّالَانِ
aš-šallālāni
شَلَّالَا
šallālā
accusative شَلَّالَيْنِ
šallālayni
الشَّلَّالَيْنِ
aš-šallālayni
شَلَّالَيْ
šallālay
genitive شَلَّالَيْنِ
šallālayni
الشَّلَّالَيْنِ
aš-šallālayni
شَلَّالَيْ
šallālay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal شَلَّالَات
šallālāt
الشَّلَّالَات
aš-šallālāt
شَلَّالَات
šallālāt
nominative شَلَّالَاتٌ
šallālātun
الشَّلَّالَاتُ
aš-šallālātu
شَلَّالَاتُ
šallālātu
accusative شَلَّالَاتٍ
šallālātin
الشَّلَّالَاتِ
aš-šallālāti
شَلَّالَاتِ
šallālāti
genitive شَلَّالَاتٍ
šallālātin
الشَّلَّالَاتِ
aš-šallālāti
شَلَّالَاتِ
šallālāti
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: شلال (šallāl)
  • Hijazi Arabic: شلال (šallāl)
  • Azerbaijani: şəlalə
  • Ottoman Turkish: شلاله
  • Tajik: шалола (šalola)
  • Uzbek: shalola
References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃi.laːl/

Noun

شِلَال • (šilālm (plural أَشِلَّة (ʔašilla))

  1. nonstandard form of شَلِيل (šalīl, saddle padding)
    • 577 AH / 1181–82 CE, ابن هشام اللخمي [Ibn Hišām al-Laḵmiyy], edited by José Pérez Lázaro, الْمَدْخَلُ إِلَى تَقْوِيمِ اللِسَانِ وَتَعْلِيمِ الْبَيَانِ (al-madḵalu ʔilā taqwīmi l-lisāni wataʕlīmi l-bayāni) [Introducción a la corrección del lenguaje y la enseñanza de la elocuencia] (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas; 6), volume II, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 1990, →ISBN, Nr. 701, page 356:
      ويقولون لما يجعل على عَجُز الفَرَس متّصلا بالسّرج شِلَال. والصّواب شَلِيلٌ.
      They say for what is applied upon the croup of a horse and connected with the saddle šilāl. But the correct is šalīl.
Declension
Declension of noun شِلَال (šilāl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal شِلَال
šilāl
الشِّلَال
aš-šilāl
شِلَال
šilāl
nominative شِلَالٌ
šilālun
الشِّلَالُ
aš-šilālu
شِلَالُ
šilālu
accusative شِلَالًا
šilālan
الشِّلَالَ
aš-šilāla
شِلَالَ
šilāla
genitive شِلَالٍ
šilālin
الشِّلَالِ
aš-šilāli
شِلَالِ
šilāli
dual indefinite definite construct
informal شِلَالَيْن
šilālayn
الشِّلَالَيْن
aš-šilālayn
شِلَالَيْ
šilālay
nominative شِلَالَانِ
šilālāni
الشِّلَالَانِ
aš-šilālāni
شِلَالَا
šilālā
accusative شِلَالَيْنِ
šilālayni
الشِّلَالَيْنِ
aš-šilālayni
شِلَالَيْ
šilālay
genitive شِلَالَيْنِ
šilālayni
الشِّلَالَيْنِ
aš-šilālayni
شِلَالَيْ
šilālay
plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal أَشِلَّة
ʔašilla
الْأَشِلَّة
al-ʔašilla
أَشِلَّة
ʔašillat
nominative أَشِلَّةٌ
ʔašillatun
الْأَشِلَّةُ
al-ʔašillatu
أَشِلَّةُ
ʔašillatu
accusative أَشِلَّةً
ʔašillatan
الْأَشِلَّةَ
al-ʔašillata
أَشِلَّةَ
ʔašillata
genitive أَشِلَّةٍ
ʔašillatin
الْأَشِلَّةِ
al-ʔašillati
أَشِلَّةِ
ʔašillati

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش ل ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic شَلَّال (šallāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃal.laːl/

Noun

شّلَّال • (šallālm (plural شلّالات (šallālāt))

  1. waterfall

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃlaːl/

Noun

شلال (šlālm (plural for sense 2 شلالات (šlālāt))

  1. (vulgar) feces
  2. (vulgar) a contemptible person

Noun

شلال (šəllālm

  1. (vulgar) a person who defecates a lot
  2. (vulgar) a contemptible person
  3. (vulgar) a person who claims to have the ability to do or accomplish something, but has no power to keep up to what he says.