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Form 1فَشِلَ2 senses

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarفَشَلٌ فَشْلٌ

Core sense — he was, or became, cowardly, weak-hearted; she hung a cloth in the camel-vehiclegenerated

1.1he was, or became, cowardly, weak-hearted, flagging, remiss, and timorous—فَشَلَ

Muḍāriʿ فَشَلَ. Examples of the verb occur in the Qur'ān 3:118 and 8:48.

. A dialectal variant, agreeing with one reading of the second of those two verses.

he was, or became, cowardly, weak-hearted, flagging, remiss, and timorous—فَشَلَ

. A dialectal variant, agreeing with El-Hasan El-Basree's reading of the same verse.

Qur’ān 3:122 approximate — somewhere between 3:112 and 3:145 Lane cites “Kur iii. 118”

Qur’ān 3:122 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

إِذْ هَمَّت طَّآئِفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلَا وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Remember two of your parties Meditated cowardice; but Allah was their protector, and in Allah should the faithful (Ever) put their trust.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2she hung a piece of cloth in the camel-vehicle—فَشَلَتْ

she hung a piece of cloth in the camel-vehicle—فَشَلَتْ مِفْشَلَهَا

Or فَشَلَتْ فِشْلَهَا (in the CK فَشَّلَتْهُ, the pronoun relating to الفِشْل); maṣdar فَشْلٌ and اِفْتَشَلَتْهُ, that is, مِفْشَلَهَا or فِشْلَهَا, so according to the M as well as the O. In the K there is اِفْتَشَلَتْ alone, without any complement, as though it were intransitive; or افشلت, which the TA says is the reading in the copies of the K, though I have not found it in any.

she hung a piece of cloth in the camel-vehicle—تفشّلت

Mentioned without any complement, as though intransitive.

Said of a woman, in relation to the فِشْل, which is also called مِفْشَل: she hung a ثَوْب [or piece of cloth] (thus in the O; in the TA her ثوب) upon the camel-vehicle called هَوْدَج, then put it, or drew its main part, within it, and bound its ends to the قَوَاعِد [or four pieces of wood that form a square frame upon which it is fixed (see its singular قَاعِدَةٌ)]. This was beneath her, so as to protect her from the heads of the curved pieces of wood called أَحْنَآء [plural of حِنْوٌ], and the apparatus called أَقْتَاب [plural of قِتْبٌ], and the knots of the cord called عُصْم [plural of عِصَامٌ]. So says ISh.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 2 shown of 4

3:122

Remember two of your parties Meditated cowardice; but Allah was their protector, and in Allah should the faithful (Ever) put their trust.

8:46

وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَا تَنَـٰزَعُوا۟ فَتَفْشَلُوا۟ وَتَذْهَبَ رِيحُكُمْ ۖ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

And obey Allah and His Messenger; and fall into no disputes, lest ye lose heart and your power depart; and be patient and persevering: For Allah is with those who patiently persevere:

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.

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, (S, O, Msb, K,) aor فَشَلَ , (O, Msb, K,) inf. n. فَشَلٌ ; (S, O, Msb;) a verb of which exs. occur in the Kur iii. 118 and viii. 48; and فَشَلَ , aor. فَشُلَ ; and فَشَلَ , aor. فَشِلَ ; two dial. vars., the former of these agreeable with a reading of the latter verse of the Kur-án, and the latter agreeable with a reading of the same verse by El- Hasan El-Basree; (O;) He was, or became, cowardly, (S, O, Msb, K,) and weak, (O, K,) or weak-hearted, (Msb,) and flagging, remiss, or languid, (K,) and timorous. (TA.) فَشَلَتْ , and فَشَلَتْ مِفْشَلَهَا , (O,) or فَشَلَتْ فِشْلَهَا , (K, * TA, [in the CK فَشَّلَتْهُ , the pronoun relating to الفِشْل ,]) inf. n. فَشْلٌ ; (TA;) and اِفْتَشَلَتْهُ , (O, K, * TA,) thus accord. to the M as well as the O, (TA,) i. e. مِفْشَلَهَا , (O,) or فِشْلَهَا ; (TA;) [in the K اِفْتَشَلَتْ alone, i. e. without any complement, as though it were intrans.; or افشلت , which is said in the TA to be the reading in the copies of the K, but which I have not found in any;] and تفشّلت [mentioned without any complement, as though intrans.]; (K, TA;) said of a woman, (O, K, TA,) in relation to the فِشْل , (K,) which is also called مِفْشَل , (IAar, O,) meaning She hung a ثَوْب [or piece of cloth] (thus in the O, in the TA her ثوب ,) upon the [camel-vehicle called] هَوْدَج , then put it [or drew it, or the main part thereof,] within it, and bound its extremities to the قَوَاعِد [or four pieces of wood that form a square frame upon which it is fixed (see its sing. قَاعِدَةٌ )]; this being [beneath her (see فِشْلٌ ) so as to be to her] a preservative from the heads of the [curved pieces of wood called] أَحْنَآء [pl. of حِنْوٌ q. v.] and the [apparatus called] أَقْتَاب [pl. of قِتْبٌ q. v.] and the knots of the cord called عُصْم [pl. of عِصَامٌ q. v.]: (O, TA:) so says ISh. (TA.)

Form 2فَشَّلَ1 sense

Core sense — she hung a piece of cloth in the camel-vehiclegenerated

2.1

Form 2, and form 4: see the preceding entry.

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and 4: see the preceding paragraph.

Form 5تفشّل3 senses

Core sense — it flowed, said of water; he took a wife from among themgenerated

5.1

Said of water: it flowed.

5.2he took a wife from among them—مِنْهُمْ

Probably meaning persons not of his own kindred: see مِفْشَلٌ.

5.3

Derived nouns 8

Nounفَشْلٌ2 senses

Core sense — weak, or weak-hearted; cowardly; flagging, remiss, or languidgenerated

1weak, or weak-hearted; cowardly; flagging, remiss, or languid—فَشِلٌ

According to the K, this has the same meaning as the headword.

One says رَجُلٌ خَشْلٌ فَشْلٌ and خَشِلٌ فَشِلٌ; but SM says that this is a mistake, wrongly taken from a passage of the M, where it is stated that one says رَجُلٌ خَشْلٌ فَشْلٌ and خَسْل فَسْلٌ, that is, with ش in both and with س in both, not that it is with fet-h in both and like كَتِفٌ. [I find, however, خَشِلٌ فَشِلٌ mentioned in art. خشل in the K, and also, as from Ibn-'Abbád, in the same article in the O; and as فَشِلٌ agrees with a general rule as ism fāʿil of فَشِلَ, I think it probably correct.]

The plural is أَفْشَالٌ, or فُشْلٌ, or both.

In the following verse, occurring in a tradition about the prayer for rain, spoken to the Prophet by an Arab of the desert:

shāhid

وَلَا شَىْءَ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ عِنْدَنَاسِوَى الحَنْظَلِ العَامِىِّ وَالعِلْهِزِ الفَشْلِ

— by العِلْهِزِ الفَشْلِ is meant العِلْهِزِ الفَشْلِ آكِلُهُ وَمُدَّخِرُهُ, that is, الضَّعِيفِ, the phrase being like الشَّجَرَةَ المَلْعُونَةَ in the Qur'ān 17:62, that is, آكِلُوهَا. [So the verse means: And there is nothing, of what men eat, in our possession, save the colocynth that is a year old, and so dry, or that has been laid up for the year of drought or barrenness, and the food made of blood and the fur of camels — the one who eats it, and the one who stores it, being weak.] But it is also related with س [that is, الفَسْلِ], and then it needs no paraphrase.

See also the entry that follows.

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Weak; (S, O, K;) or weak-hearted; (Msb;) cowardly; (S, Msb, K;) flagging, remiss, or languid; (K;) and accord. to the K, فَشِلٌ signifies the same, and one says, رَجُلٌ خَشْلٌ فَشْلٌ and خَشِلٌ فَشِلٌ ; but [SM says that] this is a mistake, and [incorrectly] taken from a passage of the M, in which it is stated that one says رَجُلٌ خَشْلٌ فَشْلٌ and خَسْل فَسْلٌ ; i. e., with ش in both and with س in both; not that it is with fet-h in both and like كَتِفٌ : (TA:) [I find, however, خَشِلٌ فَشِلٌ mentioned in art. خشل in the K, and also, as from Ibn-'Abbád, in the same art. in the O; and as فَشِلٌ is agreeable with a general rule as part. n. of فَشِلَ , I think it probably correct;] the pl. is أَفْشَالٌ , (S,) or فُشْلٌ , (K,) or both. (TA.) In the following verse, occurring in a trad. respecting the prayer for rain, (O, TA,) uttered to the Prophet by an Arab of the desert, (O,) 1 by العِلْهِزِ الفَشْلِ is meant العِلْهِزِ الفَشْلِ آكِلُهُ وَمُدَّخِرُهُ , i. e. الضَّعِيفِ ; (O, TA; *) the phrase being like الشَّجَرَةَ المَلْعُونَةَ in the Kur [xvii. 62], i. e., آكِلُوهَا : [so that the verse means, And there is nothing, of what men eat, in our possession, save the colocynth that is a year old, and therefore dry, or that has been laid up for the year of drought or barrenness, and the food made of blood and the fur of camels, the eater, and the storer, whereof is weak]: (O, TA:) but it is also related with س , [i. e. الفَسْلِ ,] and thus does not need any paraphrastic interpretation. (TA.) وَلَا شَىْءَ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ عِنْدَنَا | سِوَى الحَنْظَلِ العَامِىِّ وَالعِلْهِزِ الفَشْلِ See also what next follows.

Nounفِشْلٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cloth of the women's camel-vehicle, put beneath the ridergenerated

1a certain thing belonging to the apparatus of the women's camel-vehicle, which the woman puts beneath her—فَشْلٌ

Said to be with kesr. The vehicle is the هَوْدَج, and she puts this beneath her in the هودج; or it is the curtain of the هودج. Also مِفْشَلٌ. [See a description of it in the latter part of form 1.]

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(O, K,) or فَشْلٌ , (S,) [but said to be] with kesr, (O, K,) A certain thing (S, K) of the apparatus of the [women's camel-vehicle called] هَوْدَج , (S,) which the woman puts beneath her in the هودج : (K:) or the curtain ( سِتْر ) of the هودج ; as also مِفْشَلٌ . (IAar, O, K.) [See a description thereof in the latter sentence of the first paragraph.]

Nounفَشِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — weak, or weak-hearted; cowardly; flagging, remiss, or languidgenerated

See فَشْلٌ, in four places.

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: see فَشْلٌ , in four places.

Nounفَيْشِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — the head, or glans, of the penisgenerated

See the entry that follows.

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: see the paragraph here following.

Nounالفَيْشَلَةُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the head, or glans, of the penisgenerated

1the head, or glans, of the penis—حَشَفَة

the head of any penis having a large glans—مُحَوَّق

So the CK. In the text of the K as given in the TA, مُجَوَّف [and so also in my manuscript copy of the K; but it has been altered there, apparently to agree with the TA, as have many other words in that copy, and the former reading is evidently, I think, the right one].

Some say that its ل is augmentative, like the ل in عَبْدَلٌ and in the proper name زَيْدَلٌ; but it may be from some word other than فَيْشَةٌ, though that has nearly the same meaning [or, as is said in the TA in art. فيش, both have the same meaning]; and if so, the ى may be augmentative, which agrees better with analogy.

The plural is فَيَاشِلُ; and فَيْشَلٌ is another plural of it, or rather an ism jamʿ, used as such in a verse of Jereer.

1.1a name of certain trees—فَيَاشِلُ

This is the plural.

1.2

Freytag adds as other meanings what belongs to a description of the proper name of a certain water and of the hills surrounding it, called الفَيَاشِلُ.

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The حَشَفَة ; (K;) [i. e.] the head [or glans] of the penis: (S, O:) and the head of any مُحَوَّق [or penis having a large glans]: (CK: in the text of the K as given in the TA, مُجَوَّف : [and thus in my MS. copy of the K; but it has been there altered, app. to agree with the TA, as have many other words in that copy; and the former reading is evidently, I think, the right:] some say that its ل is augmentative, like the ل in عَبْدَلٌ and in [the proper name] زَيْدَلٌ : but it may be from some other word than فَيْشَةٌ , though this has nearly the same meaning, [or, as is said in the TA in art. فيش , both have the same meaning,] and, if so, the ى may be augmentative, which is more agreeable with analogy: (TA:) the pl. is فَيَاشِلُ , (K,) and فَيْشَلٌ is another pl. [or rather a coll. gen. n.] thereof, used as such in a verse of Jereer. (TA.) [The pl.] فَيَاشِلُ signifies also a name of Certain trees. (K.) [Freytag adds as other meanings what belong to a description of the proper name of a certain water and of hills surrounding it, called الفَيَاشِلُ .]

Nounتَفْشِيلٌ1 sense

Core sense — milk remaining in the uddergenerated

1milk remaining in the udder—تَمْشِيلٌ

The headword has the same meaning.

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Milk remaining in the udder: (Fr, O, K:) and so تَمْشِيلٌ . (Fr, O.)

Nounمِفْشَلٌ2 senses

Core sense — one who takes a wife from persons not of his own kindredgenerated

See فِشْلٌ.

Also: one who takes a wife from among persons not of his own kindred, for fear the offspring should come out spare in body, or weak.

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: see فِشْلٌ . Also One who takes a wife from among persons not of his own kindred, lest the offspring should come forth spare in body, or weak. (IAar, O, K, TA.)

Nounمِفْشَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the gizzard, or crop, of a birdgenerated

1the gizzard, or the crop, of a bird—كيارجة

That is, كَيَارِجَة, an arabicized word from the Persian كراجه; in Turkish قورسق [also written قُورْصَق].

Mentioned under مِشْفَلَةٌ, which the K says signifies this, and also the stomach of a ruminant animal; one of the two words thus explained may be a mistranscription for the other.

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The كيارجة [i. e. كَيَارِجَة ], (ISh, TA,) which is an arabicized word from the Pers. كراجه , in Turkish قورسق [also written قُورْصَق , i. e. the gizzard, or the crop, of a bird]. (TK voce مِشْفَلَةٌ [which is said in the K to signify thus, and also the stomach of a ruminant animal: one of the two words thus expl. may be a mistranscription for the other].)