نعل
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نعل¹
- /na.ʕa.la/
verb نَعَلَ · naʕala · يَنْعَلُ · نَعْل · نَاعِل
- to sole, to shoe
نعل²
- /na.ʕi.la/
verb نَعِلَ · naʕila · يَنْعَلُ · نَعَل · -
- to be shoed
نعل³
- /naʕ.ʕa.la/
verb نَعَّلَ · naʕʕala · يُنَعِّلُ · تَنْعِيل · مُنَعِّل
- to sole, to shoe
نعل⁴
- /naʕl/
Where it comes from
Compare Classical Syriac ܢܥܠܐ (naʿlā), Hebrew נַעַל (náʿal). Perhaps also related to Ge'ez ንዑልት (nəʿult), ኑዑልት (nuʿult, “widow married by levirate marriage”) because, according to Dillmann, the ceremony of the levirate marriage seems to involve the bridegroom throwing a shoe in the biblical passages where it is found – but this Ethiopic word is perhaps from Cushitic; Cushitic was unknown in Dillmann’s time, which forced Semitic explanations of Ethiopic. The further etymologization in Semitic relates to Akkadian 𒈿 (nâlu, niālu, “to lie down”) and its derivations related to “spreading”, by which we have to understand that the meaning of “spreading” specialized to a “shoeing” meaning. In the view of this general “spreading” meaning in Akkadian, likely related to Ugaritic 𐎐𐎓𐎍 (nʿl) which is variously glossed: “palanquin”, “sandal”, “robe”.
نعل⁵
- /na.ʕal/
noun نَعَل · naʕal · النَّعَل · نَعَلٌ
- verbal noun of نَعِلَ (naʕila) (form I)
In English
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