حسل

Arabic

Etymology

Freytag thought that since حَسَلَ‎ (ḥasala) خَسَلَ‎ (ḵasala) are tradited to mean “to repel, to propel vehemently, to cast off” just as سَخَلَ‎ (saḵala) it would be the same word as سَخْل‎ (saḵl, “offspring of a sheep or goat”). One has to add سِحْلِيَّة‎ (siḥliyya, “lizard”), which also has metathetical forms in dialects and is itself judged post-classical, lacking in the Classical Arabic dictionaries unlike حِسْل (ḥisl). Semantic connection of it to سَحَلَ‎ (saḥala, “to scrape off”) is difficult. Perhaps this and Middle Armenian խլէզ (xlēz, “lizard”) have to be ascribed to a colloquial Aramaic substrate related to חלד‎ / ܚܠܕ‎ (ḥlaḏ, “to crawl”) whence also Aramaic חוּלְדּא‎ / ܚܘܠܕܐ‎ (ḥuldā, “mole”) and thence Arabic خُلْد‎ (ḵuld, “mole”) comes. In Neo-Armenian խլեզ (xlez) is also attested as a “slug”, which permits connecting Aramaic חְלָזֹונָא‎ / ܚܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ‎ (ḥəlāzōnā, “snail, slug”) whence Arabic حَلَزُون‎ (ḥalazūn, “snail, slug”) is borrowed, itself formally corresponding to Jewish Literary Aramaic חִילִּיז‎, חִלִּיז‎ (ḥillīz) which is translated as “cyst” and “one afflicted with an eye-disease called חֽלָּזֹון‎ (hillāzōn, literally “slug”)”, of dubious vowelization and perhaps identical to the Syriac alternative form of the word for “snail, slug” shaped ܚܠܝܙܘܢܐ‎ (ḥəlīzōnā); compare Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܳܕܺܝܬܳܐ‎ (ḥalāḏīṯā, “gangrene”) and ܚܰܠܕܘܽܕܴܐ‎ (ḥaləḏūḏā, “jerboa”) for the root use, Jewish Literary Aramaic חַלְּטָתָה‎, חַלְּטָתָא‎ (ḥalləṭāṯā, “lizard”) for the variation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħisl/

Noun

حِسْل • (ḥisl) m (plural أَحْسَال‎ (ʔaḥsāl) or حُسُول‎ (ḥusūl) or حِسْلَة‎ (ḥisla) or حِسْلَان‎ (ḥislān))

young of a spiny-tailed lizard, when it comes forth fresh from its egg and before it has fully hatched out (then it is called غَيْدَاق‎ (ḡaydāq), then مُطْبِخ‎ (muṭbiḵ), then خُضْرِم‎ (ḵuḍrim), and an adult is ضَبّ‎ (ḍabb))

Declension

Declension of noun حِسْل (ḥisl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِسْل ḥisl	الْحِسْل‎ al-ḥisl	حِسْل ḥisl
Nominative	حِسْلٌ ḥislun	الْحِسْلُ‎ al-ḥislu	حِسْلُ ḥislu
Accusative	حِسْلًا‎ ḥislan	الْحِسْلَ‎ al-ḥisla	حِسْلَ ḥisla
Genitive	حِسْلٍ ḥislin	الْحِسْلِ‎ al-ḥisli	حِسْلِ ḥisli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِسْلَيْن‎ ḥislayn	الْحِسْلَيْن‎ al-ḥislayn	حِسْلَيْ‎ ḥislay
Nominative	حِسْلَانِ‎ ḥislāni	الْحِسْلَانِ‎ al-ḥislāni	حِسْلَا‎ ḥislā
Accusative	حِسْلَيْنِ‎ ḥislayni	الْحِسْلَيْنِ‎ al-ḥislayni	حِسْلَيْ‎ ḥislay
Genitive	حِسْلَيْنِ‎ ḥislayni	الْحِسْلَيْنِ‎ al-ḥislayni	حِسْلَيْ‎ ḥislay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحْسَال‎‎; حُسُول‎‎; حِسْلَة‎‎; حِسْلَان‎ ʔaḥsāl‎; ḥusūl‎; ḥisla‎; ḥislān	الْأَحْسَال‎‎; الْحُسُول‎‎; الْحِسْلَة‎‎; الْحِسْلَان‎ al-ʔaḥsāl‎; al-ḥusūl‎; al-ḥisla‎; al-ḥislān	أَحْسَال‎‎; حُسُول‎‎; حِسْلَة‎‎; حِسْلَان‎ ʔaḥsāl‎; ḥusūl‎; ḥislat‎; ḥislān
Nominative	أَحْسَالٌ‎‎; حُسُولٌ‎‎; حِسْلَةٌ‎‎; حِسْلَانٌ‎ ʔaḥsālun‎; ḥusūlun‎; ḥislatun‎; ḥislānun	الْأَحْسَالُ‎‎; الْحُسُولُ‎‎; الْحِسْلَةُ‎‎; الْحِسْلَانُ‎ al-ʔaḥsālu‎; al-ḥusūlu‎; al-ḥislatu‎; al-ḥislānu	أَحْسَالُ‎‎; حُسُولُ‎‎; حِسْلَةُ‎‎; حِسْلَانُ‎ ʔaḥsālu‎; ḥusūlu‎; ḥislatu‎; ḥislānu
Accusative	أَحْسَالًا‎‎; حُسُولًا‎‎; حِسْلَةً‎‎; حِسْلَانًا‎ ʔaḥsālan‎; ḥusūlan‎; ḥislatan‎; ḥislānan	الْأَحْسَالَ‎‎; الْحُسُولَ‎‎; الْحِسْلَةَ‎‎; الْحِسْلَانَ‎ al-ʔaḥsāla‎; al-ḥusūla‎; al-ḥislata‎; al-ḥislāna	أَحْسَالَ‎‎; حُسُولَ‎‎; حِسْلَةَ‎‎; حِسْلَانَ‎ ʔaḥsāla‎; ḥusūla‎; ḥislata‎; ḥislāna
Genitive	أَحْسَالٍ‎‎; حُسُولٍ‎‎; حِسْلَةٍ‎‎; حِسْلَانٍ‎ ʔaḥsālin‎; ḥusūlin‎; ḥislatin‎; ḥislānin	الْأَحْسَالِ‎‎; الْحُسُولِ‎‎; الْحِسْلَةِ‎‎; الْحِسْلَانِ‎ al-ʔaḥsāli‎; al-ḥusūli‎; al-ḥislati‎; al-ḥislāni	أَحْسَالِ‎‎; حُسُولِ‎‎; حِسْلَةِ‎‎; حِسْلَانِ‎ ʔaḥsāli‎; ḥusūli‎; ḥislati‎; ḥislāni

Derived terms

حُسَيْل‎ (ḥusayl, “diminutive”)
أَبُو حِسْل‎ (ʔabū ḥisl, “adult spiny-tailed lizard”)

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