مخل

Arabic

Etymology 1

A variation of مُحْل‎ (muḥl, “block and tackle, lever”).

Noun

مُخْل • (muḵl) m (plural أَمْخَال‎ (ʔamḵāl) or مُخُول‎ (muḵūl))

  1. crowbar, lever
    Synonym: عَتْلَة‎ (ʕatla)
Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَخَلَّ‎ (ʔaḵalla, literally “breaking by transfixing”), from the root خ ل ل‎ (ḵ-l-l).

Adjective

مُخِلّ • (muḵill) (feminine مُخِلَّة‎ (muḵilla), masculine plural مُخِلُّونَ‎ (muḵillūna), feminine plural مُخِلَّات‎ (muḵillāt))

  1. transgressive, in violation (of), improper
Declension

Noun

مِخَل • (miḵal) pl

  1. plural of مِخْلَة‎ (miḵla, “loose fodder-bag”)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “مخل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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