ش ع ل

ش ع ل • (š-ʕ-l)

1. related to flames.

• Form II: شَعَّلَ‎ (šaʕʕala, “to light, kindle, ignite, inflame, set on fire; to set ablaze, fan”)
  • Verbal noun: تَشْعِيل‎ (tašʕīl)
  • Active participle: مُشَعِّل‎ (mušaʕʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُشَعَّل‎ (mušaʕʕal)
• Form IV: أَشْعَلَ‎ (ʔašʕala, “to light, kindle, ignite, inflame, set on fire; to set ablaze, fan”)
  • Verbal noun: إِشْعَال‎ (ʔišʕāl)
  • Active participle: مُشْعِل‎ (mušʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُشْعَل‎ (mušʕal)
• Form VIII: اِشْتَعَلَ‎ (ištaʕala, “to catch fire, start burning, ignite, burn, flame, blaze, flare up, break out (fire)”)
  • Verbal noun: اِشْتِعَال‎ (ištiʕāl)
  • Active participle: مُشْتَعِل‎ (muštaʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُشْتَعَل‎ (muštaʕal)

Nouns and adjectives

• شُعْلَة‎ (šuʕla, “fire, blaze; flame; torch”)
• أَشْعَل‎ (ʔašʕal)
• مَشْعَل‎ (mašʕal, “torch”)
• مِشْعَل‎ (mišʕal, “a certain thing, used by the Arabs of the desert, made of skins sewed together”)
• مَشْعَلَة‎ (mašʕala, “torch”)
• مَشْاعِلي‎ (“torch bearer; hangman, executioner”)
• اِشْعَال‎ (išʕāl, “lighting, kindling, ignition, setting on fire, fanning”)
• اِشْتِعَال‎ (ištiʕāl, “ignition, inflammation, combustion, burning”)
• مُشْتَعِل‎ (muštaʕil, “burning, ablaze, on fire”)
• مشعل‎ (“male given name”)

• Wehr, Hans (1960), “ش ع ل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 474-475