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اشلّ

Root: شل

Form: 4

Full Definition

اشلّIV , or يَدَهُ, He made his right hand or arm, or his hand, or arm, to become unsound, or vitiated: or to become dried up, or stiff: or to go [or waste] away: or اشلّ اليَدَ He made the hand or arm to become deprived of the power of motion by an unsound, or a vitiated, state of its عُرُوق [meaning veins or nerves]. And اشلّ ٱللّٰه يَدَهُ is said by way of imprecation [as meaning May God render his hand or arm unsound, &c.]. See also 1, first sentence.

def.2 [It is said that] إِشْلَالٌ signifies The driving away a camel, and a troop or company with the sword: [like شَلٌّ: see 1, latter half:]
2 and The making war.
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