← All rootsReader's Key

اصل

Form 1 · Form 2 · Form 4 · Form 5 · Form 10  ·  22 entries  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 10

Form 1أَصُلَ9 senses · 4 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarأَصَالَةٌ أَصْلٌ أَصَلٌ

Core sense — it took root; he was firm of judgment; he knew it thoroughlygenerated

1.1it (a thing) had, or came to have, root, or a foundationتأصّل

Maṣdar أَصَالَةٌ or أَصِلَ. The verb means: it (a thing) had, or came to have, root, or a foundation; or it was, or became, firm, or established, and firmly rooted.

it was, or became, firm, or established, and firmly rootedتأصّل
it (a thing) was, or became, firm in its root or foundation, and strongاستأصل
the tree took root; it grew and became firm in its rootاِسْتَأْصَلَتِ الشَجَرَةُ
1.1.1he (a man) was, or became, firm, or sound, of judgment; intelligentأَصُلَ

Maṣdar as above.

So in the M, and probably in correct copies of the K; but in place of عَاقِل, the reading in the M, a manuscript copy of the K, the CK, and the TA give عَاقِب.

1.1.2

Also, with the same maṣdar: it (judgment, or opinion) was, or became, firm, or sound, or good.

1.1.3

And, with the same maṣdar: it (a thing) was, or became, eminent, noble, or honourable.

1.2he hit, or struck, its root, or foundationأَصَلَهُ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as in the sentence that follows.

That is, that by being which it was what it was, or in being which it consisted; its ultimate constituent.

1.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe knew it completely, or thoroughly, or extremely wellأَصَلَهُ عِلْمًا

maṣdar أَصْلٌ or آصَلَهُ [with medd, which I think to be a mistake, unless this is a dialectal variant,] and without علما.

Synonymous with قَتَلَهُ, that is, قَتَلَهُ عِلْمًا, so that he was acquainted with its أَصْل [or root, or foundation, or its ultimate constituent, as is indicated in the A and TA].

Or this is from أَصَلَةٌ as meaning “a certain very deadly serpent;” and from that comes the phrase which follows.

1.2.2the serpent sprang upon him and killed himأَصَلَتْهُ الأَصَلَةُ

.

The serpent meant is the one called اصلة.

1.3it became altered for the worse in its taste and smell, from fetid black mud in itأَصِلَ

So says Ibn-'Abbād; and said of flesh-meat, it became altered in the same way.

. Said of water, and the same as أَسِنَ.

1.4such a one set about, or began, doing thus and thusأَصِلَ فُلَانٌ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا
Show Lane's original text
, (K,) inf. n. أَصَالَةٌ ; (TA;) or أَصِلَ ; (M;) It (a thing, M) had, or came to have, root, or a foundation; (M, K;) as also تأصّل : (M:) or it was, or became, firm, or established, and firmly rooted or founded; as also تأصّل : (K:) and [in like manner] استأصل it (a thing) was, or became, firm in its root or foundation, and strong. (Msb.) You say, اِسْتَأْصَلَتِ الشَجَرَةُ The tree [took root; or] grew, and became firm in its root. (TA.) [Hence,] أَصُلَ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. as above, (S, M,) He (a man, S, * M) was, or became, firm, (S, M, K;) or sound, (S,) of judgment; (S, M, K;) intelligent. (M: [and so, probably, in correct copies of the K; but in a MS. copy of the K and in the CK; and TA, instead of عَاقِل , the reading in the M, I find عَاقِب .]) Also, (S, * K,) inf. n. as above, (S, TA,) It (judgment, or opinion,) was, or became, firm, or sound, (S, * TA,) or good. (K.) And, inf. n. as above, It (a thing) was, or became, eminent, noble, or honourable. (Msb.) أَصَلَهُ , [aor. and inf. n. as in what follows next after this sentence,] He hit, or struck, its root, or foundation; that by being which it was what it was, or in being which it consisted; or its ultimate constituent. (A, TA.) And hence, (A, TA,) أَصَلَهُ عِلْمًا , (A, K, TA,) aor. اَصُلَ , inf. n. أَصْلٌ : (TA;) or آصَلَهُ [with medd, (which I think to be a mistake, unless this be a dial. var.,) and without علما ]; (so in a copy of the M;) He knew it completely, or thoroughly, or superlatively well, syn. قَتَلَهُ , (K,) [i. e.] قَتَلَهُ عِلْمًا , so that he was acquainted with its أَصْل [or root, or foundation, or its ultimate constituent, as is indicated in the A and TA]: (M:) or this is from أَصَلَةٌ , as meaning “a certain very deadly serpent;” (A, TA;) [whence the phrase,] أَصَلَتْهُ الأَصَلَةُ , (K,) inf. n. أَصْلٌ , (TA,) The [serpent called] اصلة sprang upon him (K, TA) and slew him. (TA.) أَصِلَ , aor. اَصَلَ , (M, K,) inf. n. أَصَلٌ , (M,) said of water, i. q. أَسِنَ ; (M, K;) i. e. It became altered for the worse (M, TA) in its taste and odour, (TA,) from fetid black mud (K, TA) therein: so says Ibn-'Abbád: (TA:) and said of flesh-meat, it became altered (K, TA) in like manner. (TA.) أَصِلَ فُلَانٌ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا Such a one set about, or commenced, doing thus and thus, or such and such things. (TA.)
Form 2أصلّهُ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَأْصِيلٌ

Core sense — he made it to have a firm root, or foundationgenerated

2.1he made his wealth, or property, to have root, or a foundation; he made it firm and firmly rootedأصّل مَالَهُ

he made it to have a firm, or fixed, root, or foundation, on which to build, that is, on which another thing might be built. So El-Munáwee.

The same as أَثَّلَهُ; see also أَصْلُ مَالٍ and مَالٌ لَهُ أَصْلٌ below. Mentioned in art. اثل.

2.1.1he arranged, distributed, classified, or set in order, the fundamentals, principles, elements, or rudiments of a scienceأصّل الأُصُولَ

A phrase like بَوَّبَ الأَبْوَابَ and رَتَّبَ الرُّتَبَ.

Show Lane's original text
, inf. n. تَأْصِيلٌ , He made it to have a firm, or fixed, root, or foundation, whereon to build, (Msb, TA,) i. e., whereon another thing might be built. (El-Munáwee, TA.) [Hence,] أصّل مَالَهُ i. q. أَثَّلَهُ [He made his wealth, or property, to have root, or a foundation; or to become firm, or established, and firmly rooted or founded: see, below, أَصْلُ مَالٍ , and مَالٌ لَهُ أَصْلٌ ]. (M and K in art. اثل .) أصّل الأُصُولَ [He disposed, arranged, distributed, classified, or set in order, the fundamentals, fundamental articles, principles, elements, or rudiments, of a science, &c.,] is a phrase similar to بَوَّبَ الأَبْوَابَ and رَتَّبَ الرُّتَبَ . (TA.)
Form 4آصل2 senses
maṣdarإِيصَالٌ

Core sense — he entered upon the time of eveninggenerated

4.1

he entered upon the time called أَصِيل, which see.

4.2

See also أَصَلَهُ عِلْمًا.

Show Lane's original text
, (inf. n. إِيصَالٌ , TA,) He entered upon the time called أَصِيل , q. v. (S, M, K.) See also أَصَلَهُ عِلْمًا .
Form 5تأصّل1 sense

Core sense — it took root, it became firmly rootedgenerated

5.1

See sense 1, first sentence, in two places.

Show Lane's original text
: see 1, first sentence, in two places.
Form 10استأصل2 senses

Core sense — he uprooted it, he extirpated itgenerated

10.1

See sense 1, first and second sentences, in two places.

10.2he uprooted it, pulled it up with its roots; he cut it off from its root, or lowest partاستأصلهُ
may God remove from them their ulcerاِسْتَأْصَلَ ٱللّٰهُ شَأْفَتَهُمْ

A precative phrase. The شأفة is an ulcer, or purulent pustule, that comes out in the foot and is cauterized, after which it goes away.

he extirpated them, or may he extirpate them; he cut off, or may he cut off, the last remaining of themاستأصل شأفتهم

In general usage. [See also art. شأف.]

he cut off the root, race, or stock, of the people; he extirpated themاستأصل القَوْمَ

That is, قَطَعَ أَصْلَهُمْ.

God destroyed the unbelievers entirely, or may God destroy them entirelyاستأصل ٱللّٰهُ الكُفَّارَ
he performed the circumcision so as to remove the prepuce completelyاستأصل الخِتَانَ

Mentioned in art. سحت.

Show Lane's original text
: see 1, in two places, first and second sentences. استأصلهُ He uprooted it; unrooted it; eradicated it; extirpated it; pulled it up, or out, or off, from its root, or foundation, or lowest part, (S, TA,) or with its roots, or foundations, or lowest parts;; (TA;) he cut it off (M, Msb) from its root, or lowest part, (M,) or with its roots, or lowest parts. (Msb.) You say, اِسْتَأْصَلَ ٱللّٰهُ شَأْفَتَهُمْ , a precative phrase, meaning May God [extirpate or] remove (from them) their شأفة ; which is an ulcer, or a purulent pustule, that comes forth in the foot, and is cauterized, and in consequence goes away: (M:) or استأصل شأفتهم [in general usage] means he extirpated them, or may he extirpate them; or he cut off, or may he cut off, the last remaining of them. (TA. [See also art. شأف .]) And استأصل القَوْمَ , i. e. قَطَعَ أَصْلَهُمْ [He cut off the root, race, or stock, of the people; i. e. he extirpated them]. (M.) And استأصل ٱللّٰهُ الكُفَّارَ God destroyed altogether or entirely, or may God destroy altogether or entirely, the unbelievers. (Msb.) And استأصل الخِتَانَ He performed the circumcision so as to remove the prepuce utterly. (TA in art. سحت .)

Derived nouns 17

Nounأَصْلٌ17 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the lowest part, or root, of a thing; an origin, or stock; a fundamental principlegenerated

1the lower, or lowest, part of a thing; its root, bottom, or footيَأْصُولٌ

So of a mountain; and of a wall, its foundation or base; and of a tree or plant, its stem, trunk, or stock, the part from which the branches are broken off. Mentioned in art. كسر.

The سَاق of a tree is said to be the part between its أَصْل and the place where its branches shoot out. Mentioned in art. سوق.

[And a stump of a tree; and hence, a block of wood: see the examples under نَقِيرٌ.]

Plural أُصُولٌ, and plural of paucity آصُلٌ. ISd says the former is its only plural; but the latter occurs in a verse of Lebeed, quoted below, as cited by AHn.

he sat at the lowest part of the mountainقَعَدَ فِى أَصْلِ جَبَلِ
at the lowest part of the wallفِى أَصْلِ الحَائِطِ
he pulled it up, or out, from its root, or lowest partقَلَعَهُ مِنْ أَصْلِهِ
with its roots, or lowest parts; that is, utterly, entirelyبأُصُولِهِ

Given in explanation of استأصلهُ, which see.

he pulled up the lowest part, stem, or stump, of the treeقَلَعَ أَصْلَ الشَّجَرَةِ

Lebeed says, of a wild cow: [She enters into the midst of the stems of trees with high branches, apart from other trees, in the hinder parts of sand-hills, the fine loose sand inclining upon her]

shāhid
تَجْتَافُ آصُلَ قَالِصٍ مُتَنَبِّذٍبِعُجُوبِ أَنْقَآءٍ يَمِيلُ هَيَامُهَا

. But as some relate it, أَصْلًا قَالِصًا. [See EM, p. 161.]

1.1a thing having root, or a foundation; rooted, fixed, immoveable, stable, or permanentشَىْءٌ لَهُ أَصْلٌ

A thing upon which another thing is built or founded, properly or figuratively.

Er-Rāghib: the foundation, or basis, of a thing, which, if it is imagined to be taken away, the rest of the thing is taken away with it.

That upon which the existence of anything rests, or depends: so the father is اصل to the offspring, and the river is اصل to the streamlet that branches off from it.

real, or immoveable, propertyمَالٌ لَهُ أَصْلٌ

Or a thing upon which another thing depends as a branch, as the father in relation to the son: that is, the origin, source, or beginning of a thing; the origin, root, race, or stock from which a man springs.

real, or immoveable, propertyمِلْكٌ ثَابِتٌ لَهُ أَصْلٌ
real, or immoveable, propertyمَا لَهُ أَصْلٌ

That is, property such as consists in a house or land yielding a revenue; or such as a house and palm-trees; or such as land and a house. The first of these expressions is given under عَقَارٌ.

a source of wealth or profit; a stock, fund, capital, or principalأَصْلٌ مَالٍ
I took it for myself as a source of wealth or profit, for breeding, not for tradeاِتَّخَذْتُهُ لِنَفْسِى أَصْلَ مَالٍلِلنَّسْلِ لَا لِلِتِّجَارَةِ

Mentioned in art. قنو.

he sold the fundamental property, that is, the property itself, of his landبَاعَ أَصْلَ أَرْضِهِ

Given under عِكْرٌ. [See also an example in Form 4 in art. بقَى, and another in the first paragraph of art. حبس.]

he took it as it were with its root; meaning, entirelyأَخَذَهُ بِأَصْلِهِ

[See أَصِيلَةٌ.]

he cut off their root, race, or stock; he extirpated themقَطَعَ أَصْلَهُمْ
such a one is of an excellent origin, race, or stockفُلَانٌ فِى أَصْلِ صِدْقِ
such a one is of a bad origin, race, or stockفِى أَصْلِ سُوْءٍ

Here اصل is synonymous with ضِنْء and مَعْدِن; the first phrase is given in art. ضنأ.

such a one is of a race that is the source of generosity, or noblenessفُلَانٌ فِى أَصْلِ الكَرَمِ

Here اصل is synonymous with بُؤْبُؤ. Mentioned in art. بأ.

he has no rank or nobility, nor tongueلَا أَصْلَ لَهُ وَ لَا فَصْلَ

Here حَسَب means grounds of pretension to respect or honour, or rank or nobility, and “tongue” means eloquence.

Or: he has no intellect, nor eloquence (IAar, Msb, El-Munáwee); or he has no lineage, nor tongue; or he has no father, nor child; or he has no known stock nor branch, since فَصْلٌ is the opposite of أَصْلٌ and in relationship means a branch. Mentioned in art. فصل.

I have not done it at any time; and I will not do it at any timeمَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَصْلًا

The last word is in the accusative case as an adverbial noun. So Msb and El-Munáwee.

1.2

It also means the original, or elemental, matter, material, substance, or part of a thing, the same as عُنْصُرٌ: that from which a thing is taken, or made. Given under دَاخِلٌ.

1.3the science of the fundamentals, or principles, of religion; theologyعِلْمُ الأُصُولِ

The fundamental, or essential, part of a thing. Hence it is the singular of أُصُولٌ as meaning the fundamentals, fundamental articles or dogmas, principles, elements, or rudiments of a science and the like.

That is, عِلْمُ أُصُولِ الدِّينِ: the science of the articles, or tenets, of belief, according to the system of the Muslims, as distinguished from that of the philosophers; also called الفِقْهُ الأَكْبَرُ and, more commonly, عِلْمُ الكَلَامِ (Hájjee Khaleefeh). [See also Form 2.]

1.4

A radical letter, as opposed to an augmentative one, being an essential element of a word.

1.5

The original form of a word.

1.6

The original, or primary, meaning of a word.

1.7

An original copy of a book; also a copy of a book from which one quotes, or transcribes, any portion.

1.8the old state of things is that of being allowable, or lawful, and that of being pure, or cleanالأَصْلُ فِى الأَشْيَآءِ الإِبَاحَةُ وَ الطَّهَارَةُ
she returned to her original, or old, state; to a natural disposition which she had given upرَجَعَتْ إِلَى أَصْلِهَا

The original, or primary, state or condition; or the old state or condition.

Given under عِتْرٌ.

1.9I will assuredly drive you, against your will, to the utmost point to which you can be brought; or constrain you to do your utmostلَأَضْطَرَّنَّكَ إِلَى أَصْلِكَ

The utmost point, or degree, to which a person or thing can go, or be brought or reduced; and apparently, the utmost that one can do.

IAar, in the L, art. قح, where it is given in explanation of the phrases لَأَضْطَرَّنَّكَ and قُحَاحِكَ; and so in the T, in art. تر, in explanation of the first of these two. The M, in art. تر, says the phrase means: I will assuredly make you have recourse to your utmost effort, or endeavour; and the L, in art. قح, gives this as another explanation of the second of the same two phrases. See also the saying لَأُلْجِئَنَّكَ إِلَى قُرِّ قَرَارِكَ, explained under قَرَارٌ.

1.10

That by being which a thing is what it is, or in being which it consists; its ultimate constituent; the same as حَقِيقَةٌ, a well-known meaning, indicated in the A and TA by the coupling of حَقِيقَة with أَصْل, evidently as an explicative adjunct.

1.11the principal part of a countryأَصْلُ دَارٍ

The prime of a thing; its principal, purest, best, or choicest part; what is its most essential part; its very essence.

This is the place where the people dwell, or abide, as As and S say, under عَقْرٌ. [See عَقْرٌ.]

the principal place of abode of a peopleأَصْلٌ قَوْمٍ

Given under بَيْضَةٌ. [See this word.]

he is of the prime, or of the purest in race, the best, or the choicest, of his peopleهُوَ فِى أَصْلِ قَوْمِهِ

The same as صُيَّابَتِهِمْ and صُيَّابِهِمْ. Mentioned in art. صيب.

1.12what is most fit, or proper, in man, is knowledgeالأَصْلُ فِى الإِنْسَانِ العِلْمُ

That is, knowledge is more fit, or proper, than ignorance.

what is most fit, or proper, in the case of the mubtadaʾ is putting it before the khabar, whenever there is nothing to prevent itالأَصْلُ فِى المُبْتَدَإِ التَّقْدِيمُ

on this sense What is most fit, or proper.

1.13

What is preponderant in relation to what is preponderated: as, in language, the word used in its proper sense, in relation to one used figuratively.

1.14what is essential, or needful, in the case of the animal, is foodالأَصْلُ فِى الحَيَوَانِ الغِذَآءُ

What is essential, requisite, or needful.

1.15

A primary, universal, or general rule, or canon.

1.16

An indication, an evidence, or a proof, in relation to that which is indicated, evidenced, or proved.

Qur’ānic occurrences أَصْل
14:24
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

Seest thou not how Allah sets forth a parable? - A goodly word like a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the heavens,- of its Lord. So Allah sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive admonition.

37:64
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire:

59:5
مَا قَطَعْتُم مِّن لِّينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَآئِمَةً عَلَىٰٓ أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيُخْزِىَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

Whether ye cut down (O ye Muslim!) The tender palm-trees, or ye left them standing on their roots, it was by leave of Allah, and in order that He might cover with shame the rebellious transgresses.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

Show Lane's original text
The lower, or lowest, part of a thing; [i. e. its root, bottom, or foot;] (M, Msb, K;) as also يَأْصُولٌ : (M, K:) so of a mountain: and of a wall; (TA;) i. e. its foundation, or base: (Msb:) and of a tree [or plant]; (TA;) i. e. [its stem, or trunk, or stock, or] the part from which the branches are broken off: (TA in art. كسر :) [and also its root, or foot; for] the سَاق of a tree is said to be the part between its أَصْل and the place where its branches shoot out: (TA in art. سوق :) [and a stump of a tree: and hence, a block of wood: (see exs. voce نَقِيرٌ :)] pl. أُصُولٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and [pl. of pauc.] آصُلٌ : (AHn, K:) [ISd says that] the former is its only pl.: (M:) [but] the latter pl. occurs in a verse of Lebeed, (which see below,) as cited by AHn. (TA.) You say, قَعَدَ فِى أَصْلِ جَبَلِ He sat upon, or at, the lowest part [&c.] of the mountain; and فِى أَصْلِ الحَائِطِ at the lowest part [&c.] of the wall. (TA.) And قَلَعَهُ مِنْ أَصْلِهِ [He pulled it up, or out, or off, from its root, or foundation, or lowest part]; and بأُصُولِهِ [with its roots, or foundations, or lowest parts; both meaning, utterly, entirely, or altogether]. (TA in explanation of استأصلهُ , q. v.) And قَلَعَ أَصْلَ الشَّجَرَةِ He pulled up, or out, the lowest part, [or stem or stock or root or foot or stump,] of the tree. (TA.) Lebeed says, [of a wild cow,] 1 [She enters into the midst of the stems of trees with high branches, apart from others, i. e. from other trees, in the hinder parts of sand-hills, the fine loose sand thereof inclining upon her]: (AHn, TA:) but as some relate it, أَصْلًا قَالِصًا . (TA. [See EM, p. 161.]) تَجْتَافُ آصُلَ قَالِصٍ مُتَنَبِّذٍ | بِعُجُوبِ أَنْقَآءٍ يَمِيلُ هَيَامُهَا A thing upon which another thing is built or founded [either properly or tropically]: (KT, Kull p. 50, TA:) the foundation, or basis, of a thing, [either properly or tropically,] which being imagined to be taken away, or abstracted, by its being taken away, or abstracted, the rest thereof becomes also taken away, or abstracted: (Er-Rághib, TA:) that upon which the existence of anything rests [or depends]; so the father is اصل to the offspring, and the river is اصل to the streamlet that branches off from it: (Msb:) or a thing upon which another thing depends as a branch; as the father in relation to the son: (Kull:) [i. e. the origin, source, beginning, or commencement, of a thing: the origin, original, root, race, or stock, from which a man springs. Hence شَىْءٌ لَهُ أَصْلٌ A thing having root, or a foundation; and consequently, having rootedness, fixedness, im- mobility, stability, or permanence; rooted, fixed, immoveable, stable, or permanent. Whence,] مَالٌ لَهُ أَصْلٌ , (Mgh voce عَقَارٌ ,) and مِلْكٌ ثَابِتٌ لَهُ أَصْلٌ , (Msb in explanation of that word,) and مَا لَهُ أَصْلٌ , (KT in explanation of the same,) [Real, or immoveable, property;] property such as consists in a house or land yielding a revenue; (Mgh;) or such as a house and palm-trees; (Msb;) or such as land and a house. (KT.) [Hence, also, أَصْلٌ مَالٍ signifying A source of wealth or profit; a stock, fund, capital, or principal. You say,] اِتَّخَذْتُهُ لِنَفْسِى أَصْلَ مَالٍلِلنَّسْلِ لَا لِلِتِّجَارَةِ [I took it for myself as a source of wealth or profit, for breeding, not for traffic]. (Mgh in art. قنو .) You say also, بَاعَ أَصْلَ أَرْضِهِ [meaning He sold the fundamental property, i. e. the property itself, of his land]. (S voce عِكْرٌ .) [See also an ex. in conjugation 4 in art. بقَى : and another in the first paragraph of art. حبس .] And أَخَذَهُ بِأَصْلِهِ [He took it as it were with its root, or the like; meaning, entirely]. (K. [See أَصِيلَةٌ .]) And قَطَعَ أَصْلَهُمْ [He cut off their root, race, or stock; i. e. he extirpated them]. (M.) And فُلَانٌ فِى أَصْلِ صِدْقِ , (S and L in art. ضنأ ,) and فِى أَصْلِ سُوْءٍ , (L ibid.,) Such a one is of an excel-lent origin, or race, or stock, (S, L,) and of a bad origin, or race, or stock; (L;) اصل being here syn. with ضِنْء (S, L) and مَعْدِن . (S.) And فُلَانٌ فِى أَصْلِ الكَرَمِ Such a one is of [a race] the source of generosity, or nobleness; اصل being here syn. with بُؤْبُؤ . (S in art. بأ .) And لَا أَصْلَ لَهُ وَ لَا فَصْلَ He has no حَسَب [i. e. grounds of pretension to respect or honour; or rank, or nobility, or the like]; nor tongue [i. e. eloquence]: (Ks, S, O, Msb:) or he has no intellect, (IAar, Msb, El-Munáwee,) nor eloquence: (El-Munáwee, TA:) or he has no lineage, nor tongue: (L:) or he has no father, nor child: (Kull p. 53:) [or he has no known stock nor branch; for] فَصْلٌ is the contr. of أَصْلٌ , and in relationship signifies a branch. (Msb in art. فصل .) You say also, مَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَصْلًا , meaning I have not done it ever; and I will not do it ever; the last word being in the accus. case as an adverbial noun; i. e. I have not done it at any time; and I will not do it at any time. (Msb, El-Munáwee, TA.) [It also signifies The original, or elemental, matter, material, substance, or part, of a thing; syn. with عُنْصُرٌ ;] that from which a thing is taken [or made]. (KT voce دَاخِلٌ .) [The fundamental, or essential, part of a thing. Hence, sing. of أُصُولٌ as signifying The fundamentals, fundamental articles or dogmas, principles, elements, or rudiments, of a science &c. Whence,] عِلْمُ الأُصُولِ , (TA,) [meaning] عِلْمُ أُصُولِ الدِّينِ [The science of the fundamentals, fundamental articles or dogmas, or principles, of religion; the science of theology, or divinity; according to the system of the Muslims, as distinguished from that of the philosophers;] the science of the articles, or tenets, of belief; also called الفِقْهُ الأَكْبَرُ ; (Kull. voce فِقْه ;) and [more commonly] عِلْمُ الكَلَامِ . (Hájjee Khaleefeh.) [See also 2.] A radical (as opposed to an augmentative) letter; as being an essential element of a word. (The Lexicons passim.) The original form of a word. (The same passim.) The original, or primary, signification of a word. (The same passim.) An original copy of a book: and a copy of a book from which one quotes, or transcribes, any portion. (TA, &c., passim.) [The original, or primary, state, or condition: or] the old state, or condition. (Kull p. 50.) You say, الأَصْلُ فِى الأَشْيَآءِ الإِبَاحَةُ وَ الطَّهَارَةُ The old state, or condition, of things is that of being allowable, or lawful, and that of being pure, or clean. (Kull ubi suprà.) And رَجَعَتْ إِلَى أَصْلِهَا She returned, or reverted, [to her original, or old, state, or condition; or to her natural disposition;] to a natural disposition which she had relinquished. (S voce عِتْرٌ .) [The utmost point, or degree, to which a person, or thing, can go, or be brought or reduced: and, app., the utmost that one can do. Hence the saying,] لَأَضْطَرَّنَّكَ إِلَى أَصْلِكَ [I will assuredly impel thee, or drive thee, against thy will, to the utmost point to which thou canst go, or be brought or reduced: or, constrain thee to do thine utmost]. (IAar in L, art. قح [where it is given in explanation of the phrases لَأَضْطَرَّنَّكَ and قُحَاحِكَ ; and so in the T in art. تر in explanation of the former of these two phrases; which is said in the M, in art. تر , to mean I will assuredly make thee to have recourse to thine utmost effort, or endeavour; and in the L in art. قح this is given as another explanation of the latter of the same two phrases. See also the saying, لَأُلْجِئَنَّكَ إِلَى قُرِّ قَرَارِكَ , explained voce قَرَارٌ .]) [That by being which a thing is what it is, or in being which it consists; or its ultimate constituent; syn. حَقِيقَةٌ ; a meaning well known; and indicated, in the A and TA, by the coupling of حَقِيقَة with أَصْل , evidently as an explicative adjunct.] [The prime of a thing; the principal, purest, best, or choicest, part thereof; what is, or constitutes, the most essential part thereof; its very essence. Hence,] أَصْلُ دَارٍ [The principal part of a country]; (As, S, Msb, K, voce عَقْرٌ ;) [which is] the place where the people dwell, or abide. (As and S ibid. [See عَقْرٌ .]) And أَصْلٌ قَوْمٍ [The principal place of abode of a people]. (S and K voce بَيْضَةٌ . [See this word.]) And هُوَ فِى أَصْلِ قَوْمِهِ He is of the prime, or of the purest in race, the best, or the choicest, of his people; i. q. صُيَّابَتِهِمْ , and صُيَّابِهِمْ . (TA in art. صيب .) What is most fit, or proper: as when one says, الأَصْلُ فِى الإِنْسَانِ العِلْمُ [What is most fit, or proper, in man, is knowledge]; i. e., knowledge is more fit, or proper, than ignorance: and الأَصْلُ فِى المُبْتَدَإِ التَّقْدِيمُ What is [most] fit, or proper, in the case of the inchoative, is the putting [it] before [the enunciative], whenever there is no obstacle. (Kull p.50.) What is preponderant in relation to what is preponderated: as, in language, the word used in its proper sense [in relation to that used in a tropical sense]. (Kull ibid.) What is [essential, or] requisite, or needful: as when one says الأَصْلُ فِى الحَيَوَانِ الغِذَآءُ [What is essential, or requisite, or needful, in the case of the animal, is food]. (Kull ibid.) A [primary, or] universal, or general, rule, or canon. (Kull ibid.) An indication, an evidence, or a proof, in relation to that which is indicated, or evidenced, or proved. (Kull ibid.)
Nounأَصَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — a kind of very deadly serpentgenerated

1

See its ism waḥda, أَصَلَةٌ.

Show Lane's original text
: see its n. un., أَصَلَةٌ
Nounأَصِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — eradicating, extirpatinggenerated

1eradicating, or extirpating, pulling upقَلْعٌ أَصِلٌ

This word, or أَصِيلٌ, is the same as مُسْتَأْصِلٌ.

extirpating cutting offقَطْعٌ أَصِيلٌ
Show Lane's original text
, (K,) or أَصِيلٌ , (M,) i. q. مُسْتَأْصِلٌ . (M, K.) You say قَلْعٌ أَصِلٌ Eradicating, or extirpating, evulsion: (TA:) or قَطْعٌ أَصِيلٌ extirpating excision. (M.)
Nounأُصُلٌ1 sense

Core sense — the evening, the time from afternoon to sunsetgenerated

1

Said by some to be a plural, and by others to be a dialectal variant, of أَصِيلٌ; see that word, in two places.

Show Lane's original text
, said by some to be a pl., and by others to be a dial. var., of أَصِيلٌ : see the latter word, in two places.
Nounأَصَلَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a very deadly kind of serpent; short and broadgenerated

1

See أَصِيلَةٌ.

2

Also a kind of serpent, the most malignant, or harmful, of serpents.

Or a serpent that is short — in the M, in the only copy to which I have access, I find added كَالرِئَةِ, apparently a mistranscription for كَالرُّمَّةِ, like the fragment of a rope — or small, red but not intensely red, very deadly, of the most harmful kind, having one leg on which it stands, then turns round, then springs; it springs upon a man and blows, killing everything it blows upon.

Or, as some say, a great serpent that kills by its blowing; or one of the very crafty kinds of serpents, short and broad, said to be like the shaft of an arrow, and it springs upon the horseman.

Plural أَصَلٌ [or rather this is an ism jamʿ], and plural of paucity آصَالٌ.

2.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Short and broad: applied to a man and to a woman.

Show Lane's original text
: see أَصِيلَةٌ . Also A kind of serpent, the most malignant, or noxious, of serpents: (S:) or a serpent, (M, K,) short, (M, [where, in the only copy to which I have access, I find added, كَالرِئَةِ , app. a mistranscription, for كَالرُّمَّةِ , like the fragment of a rope,]) or small, (K,) red, but not intensely red, (M,) very deadly, of the most malignant, or noxious, kind, (TA,) having one leg, upon which it stands, (M, TA,) then turns round, then springs, (TA,) that springs upon a man, and blows, killing everything upon which it blows: (M:) or, as some say, a great serpent, (M, K,) that kills by its blowing: (K:) or one of the very crafty kinds of serpents, short and broad, said to be like the shaft of an arrow, and it springs upon the horseman: (Msb:) pl. أَصَلٌ , (S, M. Msb, K,) [or rather this is a coll. gen. n.,] and [pl. of pauc.] آصَالٌ . (Msb.) [Hence, app.,] Short and broad: applied to a man and to a woman. (TA.)
Nounأَصْلِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — radical, fundamental, original, underivedgenerated

1

Radical; fundamental; primitive; original; underived: an adjective of wide application, particularly applied to a letter of a word, as opposed to an augmentative one, and to a meaning.

Show Lane's original text
[Radical; fundamental; primitive; original; underived: an epithet of extensive application; and particularly applied to a letter of a word, as opposed to augmentative; and to a signification]. (The Lexicons &c. passim.)
Nounأَصْلِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — radicalness, the quality of being original or fundamentalgenerated

1

The quality denoted by the adjective أَصْلِىٌّ: radicalness, and the like. A term used by IJ and others in place of تَأَصُّلٌ; see Form 5.

Show Lane's original text
[The quality denoted by the epithet أَصْلِىٌّ ; radicalness, &c.:] a term used by IJ [and others] in the place of تَأَصُّلٌ : see 5. (M.)
Nounأَصِيلٌ6 senses · 3 main

Core sense — the evening; rooted, firm, stable; a man firm of judgment, of good lineagegenerated

1the palm-trees in our land remain permanently, not perishingإِنَّ النَّخْلَ فِى أَرْضِنَا لَأَصِيلٌ

Having root, or a foundation, and so having rootedness, fixedness, stability, or permanence; rooted, fixed, immoveable, stable, or permanent.

1.1

A man having أَصْل, that is, lineage, or pedigree.

Or, Abu-l-Baká: established in his أَصْل; or noble, or generous.

1.2a man firm, or sound, of judgmentأَصِيلُ الرَّأْىِ

A man firm of judgment, and intelligent. So the M and K. [In the copies of the latter the explanation is عَاقِبٌ ثَابِتُ الرَّأْىِ, but I think the right reading of the first word is عَاقِلٌ, as in the M, where this word stands last in the explanation.]

judgment having firmnessرَأْىٌ أَصِيلٌ

Here أَصْل means firmness.

glory, honour, dignity, or nobility having a firm root or foundationمَجْدٌ أَصِيلٌ
violent evil, or mischiefشَرٌّ أَصِيلٌ

So Ibn-'Abbād.

2

See also أَصِلٌ, in two places.

2.1destruction; deathالأَصِيلُ

Apparently from the foregoing; and الأَصِيلَةُ is used in both these meanings as well.

3I met him in the eveningلَقِيتُهُ أَصِيلًا

The evening; the same as عَشِىٌّ, that is, the time from the عَصْر, from the prayer of the عصر, to sunset; and so أَصِيلَةٌ.

The plural is أُصُلٌ, or this is a singular, or may be a singular, since it is used as such; also أُصْلَانٌ and آصَالٌ [a plural of paucity]; or, according to Es-Saláh Es-Safadee, this last is a plural of أُصُلٌ, the singular and not the plural, or it is the plural of أُصُلٌ, which may be a plural or a singular; and أَصَائِلُ, as though it were the plural of أَصِيلَةٌ, or it is the plural of this last word.

I met him in the eveningأُصُلًا

That is, عَشِيًّا.

From the plural أُصْلَانُ is formed the diminutive أُصَيْلَانٌ, which is irregular, because the diminutive of a plural is regularly formed only from a plural of paucity, which اصلان is not; or, if اصلان is a singular, like رُمَّانٌ and قُرْبَانٌ, this diminutive is regular. Sometimes one says أُصَيْلَالٌ as well, substituting ل for the final ن.

I met him in the eveningلَقِيتُهُ أُصَيْلَانًا
I met him in the eveningأُصَيْلَالًا

Meaning, as above, عَشِيًّا; and Lh mentions لقيته أُصَيَّالًا.

Qur’ānic occurrences أَصِيل 5 shown of 7
13:15
وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَـٰلُهُم بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ ۩

Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do prostrate themselves to Allah (Acknowledging subjection),- with good-will or in spite of themselves: so do their shadows in the morning and evenings.

25:5
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."

33:42
وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

And glorify Him morning and evening.

48:9
لِّتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتُعَزِّرُوهُ وَتُوَقِّرُوهُ وَتُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

In order that ye (O men) may believe in Allah and His Messenger, that ye may assist and honour Him, and celebrate His praise morning and evening.

76:25
وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

And celebrate the name of thy Lord morning and evening,

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

Show Lane's original text
[Having root, or a foundation; and consequently, having rootedness, fixedness, immobility, stability, or permanence; rooted, fixed, immoveable, stable, or permanent]. You say, إِنَّ النَّخْلَ فِى أَرْضِنَا لَأَصِيلٌ Verily the palm-trees in our land remain permanently, not perishing. (A, TA.) A man having أَصْل , (K, TA,) i. e., lincage, or pedigree: (TA:) or established in his أَصْل : (Abu-l-BaKà, TA:) or noble, or generous. (Msb.) A man firm of judgment, and intelligent. (M, K.* [Accord. to the copies of the latter, the signification is عَاقِبٌ ثَابِتُ الرَّأْىِ : but I think that the right reading of the first word is عَاقِلٌ , as in the M, in which this word occupies the last place in the explanation.]) And أَصِيلُ الرَّأْىِ A man firm, or sound, of judgment. (S.) And رَأْىٌ أَصِيلٌ Judgment having أَصْل [i. e. firmness]. (M.) And مَجْدٌ أَصِيلٌ Glory, honour, dignity, or nobility, having a firm root or foundation. (S.) And شَرٌّ أَصِيلٌ Vehement evil or mischief. (Ibn-'Abbád.) See also أَصِلٌ , in two places. [Hence, app.,] الأَصِيلُ Destruction: and death: as also, in both senses, الأَصِيلَةُ . (K.) [The evening; or] i. q. عَشِىٌّ ; (M, K, Msb, TA;) i. e. (Msb, TA) the time from the عَصْر , (S, TA,) from the prayer of the عصر , (Msb,) to sunset; (Sudot;, Msb, TA;) as also أَصِيلَةٌ : (R, TA:) the pl. is أُصُلٌ , (S, M, R, Msb, K,) or ↓ this is a sing., (TA,) or it may be a sing., (M,) for it is used as such, (M, TA,) and أُصْلَانٌ , (S, M, K,) and آصَالٌ , (S, M, Sgh, K,) [a pl. of pauc.,] or, accord. to Es- Saláh Es-Safadee, this is a pl. of أُصُلٌ , the sing., not the pl., (TA,) or it is pl. of أُصُلٌ , (Zj, M,) which may be a pl. or a sing., (M,) and أَصَائِلُ , (S, M, K,) as though pl. of أَصِيلَةٌ , (S,) or it is pl. of this last word. (R, TA.) You say, لَقِيتُهُ أَصِيلًا and أُصُلًا , i. e. [I met him in the evening,] عَشِيًّا . (A, TA.) From the pl. أُصْلَانُ is formed the dim. أُصَيْلَانٌ , (S, M, K,) which is extr., (M, K,) because the dim. of a pl. is [regularly] formed only from a pl. of pauc., which اصلان is not; or, if اصلان be a sing., like رُمَّانٌ and قُرْبَانٌ , this dim. is regular: (M:) sometimes, (K,) one says also أُصَيْلَالٌ , (S, M, K,) substituting ل for the [final] ن (S, M.*) You say, ↓ لَقِيتُهُ أُصَيْلَانًا and أُصَيْلَالًا , meaning, as above, عَشِيًّا : (A, TA:) and Lh mentions لقيته أُصَيَّالًا . (So in two copies of the S.)
Nounأَصيلَةٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a man's whole property; his palm-trees; land long inheritedgenerated

1

A man's whole property; or his palm-trees (in the CK, his palm-tree): so in the dialect of El-Hijáz.

1.1he took it altogether, as it were with its root, leaving nothing of itأَخَذَهُ بِأَصِيلَتِهِ
he took it altogether, as it were with its root, leaving nothing of itبِأَصَلَتِهِ
they came altogether, the whole of themجَاؤُوا بِأَصِيلَتِهِمْ
2to such a one belongs land long possessed, or inherited from his parents, by means of which he has his livingلِفُلَانٍ أَرْضٌ أَصِيلَةٌ

A phrase of the people of Et-Táïf.

3

See also أَصِيلٌ, in two places.

Show Lane's original text
A man's whole property: (M, K:) or his palm-trees: (K, TA: in the CK his palmtree:) thus in the dial. of El-Hijáz. (O, TA.) أَخَذَهُ بِأَصِيلَتِهِ , (S, M, K,) and بِأَصَلَتِهِ , (IAar, M, K,) He took it altogether, (S, M, K,) [as it were] with its root, (S, M,) not leaving aught of it. (TA.) And جَاؤُوا بِأَصِيلَتِهِمْ They came altogether; the whole of them. (S, Z.) لِفُلَانٍ أَرْضٌ أَصِيلَةٌ To such a one belongs land long possessed, or inherited from his parents, by means of which he has his living: a phrase of the people of Et-Táïf. (TA.) See also أَصِيلٌ , in two places.
Nounأُصُولِى1 sense

Core sense — one skilled in the science of fundamental principlesgenerated

1

One skilled in the science termed عِلْمٌ الأُصُولِ; see أَصْلٌ.

Show Lane's original text
One skilled in the science termed عِلْمٌ الأُصُولِ : see أَصْلٌ . (TA.)
Nounلَقِيتُهُ أُصَيَّالًا1 sense

Core sense — I met him in the eveninggenerated

1

See أَصِيلٌ, last sentence.

Show Lane's original text
: see أَصِيلٌ , last sentence.
Nounأُصَيْلَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — the evening, the late afternoongenerated

1

This word and أُصَيلَالٌ: see أَصِيلٌ, in four places, in the last two sentences.

Show Lane's original text
and أُصَيلَالٌ : see أَصِيلٌ , in four places, last two sentences.
Nounلَقِيتُهُ مُؤْصِلًا1 sense

Core sense — I met him at the time of eveninggenerated

1we came entering upon the time so calledأَتَيْنَا مُؤْصِلِينَ

I met him entering upon the time called the أَصِيل.

Show Lane's original text
I met him entering upon the time called the أَصِيل . (TA.) And أَتَيْنَا مُؤْصِلِينَ We came entering upon the time so called. (S.)
Nounأَصْلٌ مُؤَصَّلٌ1 sense

Core sense — a root, or foundation, made firm and establishedgenerated

1

A root, or foundation, or the like, made firm, fixed, or established. [See also أَصِيلٌ.]

Show Lane's original text
[ A root, or foundation, or the like, made firm, or fixed, or established]. (S.) [See also أَصِيلٌ .]
Nounشَاةٌ مُسْتَأْصَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sheep, or goat, whose horn has been taken from its rootgenerated

1

A sheep, or goat, whose horn has been taken off from its root.

Show Lane's original text
A sheep, or goat, whose horn has been taken from its root. (TA.)
Nounمُسْتَأْصِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — uprooting, extirpatinggenerated

1

See أَصِلٌ.

Show Lane's original text
: see أَصِلٌ .
Nounيَأْصُولٌ1 sense

Core sense — the lowest part, or root, of a thinggenerated

1

See أَصْلٌ, first sentence.

Show Lane's original text
: see أَصْلٌ , first sentence.