ثيل

Arabic

Etymology

Considered a variant of ذ ي ل (ḏ-y-l), "to hang", "to be pendent", "to be excess length", "a garment that trails along the ground"; the plant sense stemming from the meaning "to drag along the ground" as the plant extends rapidly that way.

Noun

ثِيل or ثَيْل • (ṯīl or ṯayl) m

  1. sheath of a camel’s penis

Declension
Declension of noun ثِيل (ṯīl)‎; ثَيْل (ṯayl)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ثِيل‎; ثَيْل
ṯīl‎; ṯayl		 الثِّيل‎; الثَّيْل
aṯ-ṯīl‎; aṯ-ṯayl		 ثِيل‎; ثَيْل
ṯīl‎; ṯayl
Nominative ثِيلٌ‎; ثَيْلٌ
ṯīlun‎; ṯaylun		 الثِّيلُ‎; الثَّيْلُ
aṯ-ṯīlu‎; aṯ-ṯaylu		 ثِيلُ‎; ثَيْلُ
ṯīlu‎; ṯaylu
Accusative ثِيلًا‎; ثَيْلًا
ṯīlan‎; ṯaylan		 الثِّيلَ‎; الثَّيْلَ
aṯ-ṯīla‎; aṯ-ṯayla		 ثِيلَ‎; ثَيْلَ
ṯīla‎; ṯayla
Genitive ثِيلٍ‎; ثَيْلٍ
ṯīlin‎; ṯaylin		 الثِّيلِ‎; الثَّيْلِ
aṯ-ṯīli‎; aṯ-ṯayli		 ثِيلِ‎; ثَيْلِ
ṯīli‎; ṯayli

Noun

ثَيِّل or ثِيل • (ṯayyil or ṯīl) m

  1. Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon)
  2. quackgrass (Agropyron repens)
  3. Memphis grass (Cutandia memphitica)

Declension
Declension of noun ثَيِّل (ṯayyil)‎; ثِيل (ṯīl)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ثَيِّل‎; ثِيل
ṯayyil‎; ṯīl		 الثَّيِّل‎; الثِّيل
aṯ-ṯayyil‎; aṯ-ṯīl		 ثَيِّل‎; ثِيل
ṯayyil‎; ṯīl
Nominative ثَيِّلٌ‎; ثِيلٌ
ṯayyilun‎; ṯīlun		 الثَّيِّلُ‎; الثِّيلُ
aṯ-ṯayyilu‎; aṯ-ṯīlu		 ثَيِّلُ‎; ثِيلُ
ṯayyilu‎; ṯīlu
Accusative ثَيِّلًا‎; ثِيلًا
ṯayyilan‎; ṯīlan		 الثَّيِّلَ‎; الثِّيلَ
aṯ-ṯayyila‎; aṯ-ṯīla		 ثَيِّلَ‎; ثِيلَ
ṯayyila‎; ṯīla
Genitive ثَيِّلٍ‎; ثِيلٍ
ṯayyilin‎; ṯīlin		 الثَّيِّلِ‎; الثِّيلِ
aṯ-ṯayyili‎; aṯ-ṯīli		 ثَيِّلِ‎; ثِيلِ
ṯayyili‎; ṯīli

Hypernyms

Descendants
  • → Middle Armenian: սիլ (sil)
  • → Old Anatolian Turkish: ثیل (sil)
    • Azerbaijani: sil
    • Ottoman Turkish: ثیل (sil)
  • → Persian: ثیل (sil)

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “ثيل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 235–236
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثيل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 366–367
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 319
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