عنصل

Arabic

Root
ع ص ل (ʕ ṣ l)
1 term

عنصل – Drimia maritima

عنصل – Dipcadi longifolium

عنصل – Moraea sisyrinchium

عنصل – Asphodelus ramosus

Alternative forms

• عُنْصَلَان (ʕunṣalān), عُنْصَلَاء (ʕunṣalāʔ), عُنْصُلَان (ʕunṣulān), عُنْصُلَاء (ʕunṣulāʔ), عَنْصَلَان (ʕanṣalān), عَنْصَلَاء (ʕanṣalāʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕun.sˤul/, /ʕun.sˤal/, /ʕan.sˤal/

Noun

عُنْصُل or عُنْصَل or عَنْصَل • (ʕunṣul or ʕunṣal or ʕanṣal) m (plural عَنَاصِل (ʕanāṣil))

1. squill (Drimia gen. et spp.)

   Synonyms: بَصَل الْفَأْر (baṣal al-faʔr), إشْقِيل (ʔišqīl), بَصَل بَرَّانِيّ (baṣal barrāniyy), بَصَل الْخِنْزِير (baṣal al-ḵinzīr)

   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 29, Art. 15, pages 385–386:

     والعنصل هو بصل الفأر بذلك لأنه يقتلها وورقه يكون كورق السوسن ولون رهره إلى السواد ويسمى أيضا بصل الخنزير ومنه ما هو قتال خبيث وهو البصلة الواحدة المنفردة في نباتها في الأرض وحدها وفي ط العنصلان بصل الفأر يسمى بالفارسية الإشقيل ويسمى أيضا البصل الحار والبصل البراني والأشكلة.

     The squill is called onion of rats because it kills them and its leaves are like lily leaves and the color of its blossoms tends towards black and it is also called onion of swine and direly deadly, and it is the only onion distinguished by its plant growing alone on the soil, and in the Nabataean Agriculture the squill is onion of rats called in Persian also scilla and it is also called hot onion and wild onion and squilla.

2. Dipcadi erythraeum and other Dipcadi spp.
3. barbary nut (Moraea sisyrinchium syn. Gynandriris sisyrinchium)
4. branched king's-spear (Asphodelus ramosus)

Declension

Declension of noun عُنْصُل (ʕunṣul)‎; عُنْصَل (ʕunṣal)‎; عَنْصَل (ʕanṣal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنْصُل‎; عُنْصَل‎; عَنْصَل ʕunṣul‎; ʕunṣal‎; ʕanṣal	الْعُنْصُل‎; الْعُنْصَل‎; الْعَنْصَل al-ʕunṣul‎; al-ʕunṣal‎; al-ʕanṣal	عُنْصُل‎; عُنْصَل‎; عَنْصَل ʕunṣul‎; ʕunṣal‎; ʕanṣal
Nominative	عُنْصُلٌ‎; عُنْصَلٌ‎; عَنْصَلٌ ʕunṣulun‎; ʕunṣalun‎; ʕanṣalun	الْعُنْصُلُ‎; الْعُنْصَلُ‎; الْعَنْصَلُ al-ʕunṣulu‎; al-ʕunṣalu‎; al-ʕanṣalu	عُنْصُلُ‎; عُنْصَلُ‎; عَنْصَلُ ʕunṣulu‎; ʕunṣalu‎; ʕanṣalu
Accusative	عُنْصُلًا‎; عُنْصَلًا‎; عَنْصَلًا ʕunṣulan‎; ʕunṣalan‎; ʕanṣalan	الْعُنْصُلَ‎; الْعُنْصَلَ‎; الْعَنْصَلَ al-ʕunṣula‎; al-ʕunṣala‎; al-ʕanṣala	عُنْصُلَ‎; عُنْصَلَ‎; عَنْصَلَ ʕunṣula‎; ʕunṣala‎; ʕanṣala
Genitive	عُنْصُلٍ‎; عُنْصَلٍ‎; عَنْصَلٍ ʕunṣulin‎; ʕunṣalin‎; ʕanṣalin	الْعُنْصُلِ‎; الْعُنْصَلِ‎; الْعَنْصَلِ al-ʕunṣuli‎; al-ʕunṣali‎; al-ʕanṣali	عُنْصُلِ‎; عُنْصَلِ‎; عَنْصَلِ ʕunṣuli‎; ʕunṣali‎; ʕanṣali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنْصُلَيْن‎; عُنْصَلَيْن‎; عَنْصَلَيْن ʕunṣulayn‎; ʕunṣalayn‎; ʕanṣalayn	الْعُنْصُلَيْن‎; الْعُنْصَلَيْن‎; الْعَنْصَلَيْن al-ʕunṣulayn‎; al-ʕunṣalayn‎; al-ʕanṣalayn	عُنْصُلَيْ‎; عُنْصَلَيْ‎; عَنْصَلَيْ ʕunṣulay‎; ʕunṣalay‎; ʕanṣalay
Nominative	عُنْصُلَانِ‎; عُنْصَلَانِ‎; عَنْصَلَانِ ʕunṣulāni‎; ʕunṣalāni‎; ʕanṣalāni	الْعُنْصُلَانِ‎; الْعُنْصَلَانِ‎; الْعَنْصَلَانِ al-ʕunṣulāni‎; al-ʕunṣalāni‎; al-ʕanṣalāni	عُنْصُلَا‎; عُنْصَلَا‎; عَنْصَلَا ʕunṣulā‎; ʕunṣalā‎; ʕanṣalā
Accusative	عُنْصُلَيْنِ‎; عُنْصَلَيْنِ‎; عَنْصَلَيْنِ ʕunṣulayni‎; ʕunṣalayni‎; ʕanṣalayni	الْعُنْصُلَيْنِ‎; الْعُنْصَلَيْنِ‎; الْعَنْصَلَيْنِ al-ʕunṣulayni‎; al-ʕunṣalayni‎; al-ʕanṣalayni	عُنْصُلَيْ‎; عُنْصَلَيْ‎; عَنْصَلَيْ ʕunṣulay‎; ʕunṣalay‎; ʕanṣalay
Genitive	عُنْصُلَيْنِ‎; عُنْصَلَيْنِ‎; عَنْصَلَيْنِ ʕunṣulayni‎; ʕunṣalayni‎; ʕanṣalayni	الْعُنْصُلَيْنِ‎; الْعُنْصَلَيْنِ‎; الْعَنْصَلَيْنِ al-ʕunṣulayni‎; al-ʕunṣalayni‎; al-ʕanṣalayni	عُنْصُلَيْ‎; عُنْصَلَيْ‎; عَنْصَلَيْ ʕunṣulay‎; ʕunṣalay‎; ʕanṣalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنَاصِل ʕanāṣil	الْعَنَاصِل al-ʕanāṣil	عَنَاصِل ʕanāṣil
Nominative	عَنَاصِلُ ʕanāṣilu	الْعَنَاصِلُ al-ʕanāṣilu	عَنَاصِلُ ʕanāṣilu
Accusative	عَنَاصِلَ ʕanāṣila	الْعَنَاصِلَ al-ʕanāṣila	عَنَاصِلَ ʕanāṣila
Genitive	عَنَاصِلَ ʕanāṣila	الْعَنَاصِلِ al-ʕanāṣili	عَنَاصِلِ ʕanāṣili

Descendants

• Maltese: għansar, għansal
• → Armenian: ունսուլ (unsul)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “عنصل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 232
• Fitting, Hans, Littmann, Enno (1911) “Arabische Pflanzennamen aus der Umgegend von Biskra (Algerien)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[2] (in German), volume 65, page 345
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عنصل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2065
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 106, 287