Appendix:Arabic roots/ش ع ل

Arabic

Root

ش ع ل • (š ʕ l)

1. related to flames.

Derived terms

• Form II: شَعَّلَ (šaʕʕala, “to light, kindle, ignite, inflame, set on fire; to set ablaze, fan”)
  • Verbal noun: تَشْعِيل (tašʕīl)
  • Active participle: مُشَعِّل (mušaʕʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُشَعَّل (mušaʕʕal)
• Form IV: أَشْعَلَ (ʔašʕala, “to light, kindle, ignite, inflame, set on fire; to set ablaze, fan”)
  • Verbal noun: إِشْعَال (ʔišʕāl)
  • Active participle: مُشْعِل (mušʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُشْعَل (mušʕal)
• Form VIII: اِشْتَعَلَ (ištaʕala, “to catch fire, start burning, ignite, burn, flame, blaze, flare up, break out (fire)”)
  • Verbal noun: اِشْتِعَال (ištiʕāl)
  • Active participle: مُشْتَعِل (muštaʕil)
  • Passive participle: مُشْتَعَل (muštaʕal)

Nouns and adjectives

• شُعْلَة (šuʕla, “fire, blaze; flame; torch”)
• أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal)
• مَشْعَل (mašʕal, “torch”)
• مِشْعَل (mišʕal, “a certain thing, used by the Arabs of the desert, made of skins sewed together”)
• مَشْعَلَة (mašʕala, “torch”)
• مَشْاعِلي (“torch bearer; hangman, executioner”)
• اِشْعَال (išʕāl, “lighting, kindling, ignition, setting on fire, fanning”)
• اِشْتِعَال (ištiʕāl, “ignition, inflammation, combustion, burning”)
• مُشْتَعِل (muštaʕil, “burning, ablaze, on fire”)
• مشعل (“male given name”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “Arabic roots/ش ع ل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 474-475