فل

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فل¹

verb فَلَّ · falla · يَفُلُّ · فَلّ · فَالّ

  1. to notch, to nick وَائِل بَعْضُهُمْ يَقْتُلُ بَعْضًا لَا يَفُلُّ ٱلْحَدِيدُ إِلَا ٱلْحَدِيدَ .
  2. to break the sharpness of, to defeat, to rout

verb يَفَلُّ · فَلَّ · falla · فَلِلْتُ · فَلَل

  1. to have notches, to fell
  2. to run away, to break free (cf. فَرَّ (farra))

noun فَلّ · fall · فُلُول · الْفَلّ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of فَلَّ (falla) (form I)
  2. notch, nick, incision
  3. piece broken off because of notching, fragment, sliver, filing, spark and the like
  4. meagre remnant, piece of rubble

noun فَلّ · fall · فُلُول · أَفْلَال · فُلَّال

  1. a company of men detached or broken off after the defeat of the rest, a party of fugitives

noun فِلّ · fill · الْفِلّ · فِلٌّ

  1. land where there is no herbage, destitute region

adjective فِلّ · fill · الْفِلّ · فِلَّة · الْفِلَّة

  1. devoid, destitute

فل²

Where it comes from

Perhaps cognate to Hindi फूल (phūl, “flower”).

noun فُلّ · فِلّ · الْفُلّ · الْفِلّ

  1. Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

فل³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós, “cork”).

noun فِلّ · فَلّ · الْفِلّ · الْفَلّ

  1. cork, the bast of the cork oak

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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