أشل

العربية

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أشل¹

  • /ʔa.ʃal.la/

Where it comes from

Causative of شَلَّ (šalla, “to lame, to limp”).

verb أَشَلَّ · ʔašalla · يُشِلُّ · إِشْلَال · مُشِلّ

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

أشل²

  • /ʔa.ʃall/

Where it comes from

Color or defect adjective from شَلَّ (šalla, “to lame, to limp”).

adjective أَشَلّ · ʔašall · شَلَّاء · شُلّ · الْأَشَلّ

  1. lame

أشل³

  • /ʔaʃl/

Where it comes from

From Aramaic אַשְׁלָא (ʾašlā, “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”).

noun أَشْل · ʔašl · أُشُول · الْأَشْل

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

In English

  • lame unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
  • paralyze to afflict with paralysis

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أشل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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