شَمَلٌ
Root: شمل
Full Definition
شَمَلٌ
: see شَمْلٌ, in two places.
def.2 Also i. q. كَنَفٌ [as meaning Quarter, or shelter or protection]: الكَتِفُ in the copies of the K being a mistake for الكَنَفُ: one says, نَحْنُ فِى شَمَلِكُمْ i. e. فِى كَنَفِكُمْ [We are in your quarter, &c.].
def.3 And A small quantity of dates upon a palm-tree or of ripe dates: and of rain: and a small number of men and of camels or of men &c.: pl. أَشْمَالٌ: and in like manner شُمْلُولٌ [app. in all of these applications]; [or] as meaning a light quantity of fruit of the palm-tree; and the pl. of the latter is شَمَالِيلُ: one says, مَا عَلَى النَّخْلَةِ إِلَّا شَمَلٌ and شَمَلَةٌ and There is not upon the palm-tree save a small quantity remaining of its fruit: or مَابَقِىَ فِى النَّخْلَةِ إِلَّا شَمَلَةٌ and There remained not upon the palm-tree save somewhat in a sparse state [of its fruit]: and أَصَابَنَا شَمَلٌ مِنْ مَطَرٍ A small quantity of rain fell upon us: and رَأَيْتُ شَمَلًا مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالإِبِلِ I saw a small number of men and of camels.
def.4 See also شَمَالٌ, in two places:
def.5 And see شَمْلٌ, last sentence.
def.2 Also i. q. كَنَفٌ [as meaning Quarter, or shelter or protection]: الكَتِفُ in the copies of the K being a mistake for الكَنَفُ: one says, نَحْنُ فِى شَمَلِكُمْ i. e. فِى كَنَفِكُمْ [We are in your quarter, &c.].
def.3 And A small quantity of dates upon a palm-tree or of ripe dates: and of rain: and a small number of men and of camels or of men &c.: pl. أَشْمَالٌ: and in like manner شُمْلُولٌ [app. in all of these applications]; [or] as meaning a light quantity of fruit of the palm-tree; and the pl. of the latter is شَمَالِيلُ: one says, مَا عَلَى النَّخْلَةِ إِلَّا شَمَلٌ and شَمَلَةٌ and There is not upon the palm-tree save a small quantity remaining of its fruit: or مَابَقِىَ فِى النَّخْلَةِ إِلَّا شَمَلَةٌ and There remained not upon the palm-tree save somewhat in a sparse state [of its fruit]: and أَصَابَنَا شَمَلٌ مِنْ مَطَرٍ A small quantity of rain fell upon us: and رَأَيْتُ شَمَلًا مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالإِبِلِ I saw a small number of men and of camels.
def.4 See also شَمَالٌ, in two places:
def.5 And see شَمْلٌ, last sentence.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mawrid
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Free
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more