عِثْكَالٌ
Root: عثكل
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عِثْكَالٌ
and
عُثْكُولٌ and
عُثْكُولَةٌ i. q.
شِمْرَاخٌ and شُمْرُوخٌ, i. e. [A fruit-stalk of the raceme of a palm-tree; or] a stalk, of a
كِبَاسَة, upon which are the ripening dates: or [so in some copies of the K and in the TA, but in other copies of the K “ and, ”] i. q.
عِذْقٌ [i. e. a raceme of a palm-tree or of dates]; [i. e.] an
عُنْقُود
of a palm-tree, of which the شِمْرَاخ is a single branching stalk: [agreeably with this last explanation and the latter of the two here given from the K, it is said,] and it is, in relation to the palm-tree, like the
عُنْقُود
in relation to the grape-vine: and in one dial., the ع is changed into ء, so that one says إِثْكَالٌ [and أُثْكُولٌ]: the pl. is عَثَاكِيلُ. It is said in a trad., خُذُوا عِثْكَالًا فِيهِ مِائَةُ شِمْرَاخٍ فَٱضْرِبُوهُ بِهَا
ضَرْبَةً [i. e. Take ye a raceme of a palm-tree in which are a hundred fruit-stalks, and strike him therewith a single stroke].
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