مشعل

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مشعل^¹

/maʃ.ʕal/

Where it comes from

The majority of Arabic dictionaries only list مَشْعَل (mašʕal) and its synonym مَشْعَلَة (mašʕala) with a fatḥa on the mīm, which gives each of these words the appearance of a noun of place instead of a tool noun. Some may have argued for them to be written with a kasra, but it is not common. All the languages which have borrowed these two words have kept the vocalizations مَشْعَل (mašʕal) and مَشْعَلَة (mašʕala).

noun مَشْعَل · mašʕal · مَشَاعِل · الْمَشْعَل

torch
Similar: مَشْعَلَة

proper noun مَشْعَل · mašʕal · -

a male given name

مشعل^²

/miʃ.ʕal/

noun مِشْعَل · mišʕal · الْمِشْعَل · مِشْعَلٌ

obsolete a certain thing, used by the Arabs of the desert, made of skins sewed together, like the نِطَع (niṭaʕ), having four legs of wood, to which it is bound, so that it becomes like the wateringtrough

In English

flashlight battery-powered hand-held light source
torch stick of wood, etc., with one end soaked in a flammable substance and set on fir
bonfire large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {مشعل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B9%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}