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

• نَجِيل (najīl)

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^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 235–236
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثيل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], 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