Appendix:South Levantine Arabic roots/ش غ ل

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ش غ ل • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to work

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form I: شغل (šaḡal, “to occupy, to keep busy”)
  • Noun Form: شغل (šuḡl, “work”)
  • Active Participle شاغل (šāḡel)
  • Passive Participle مشغول (mašḡūl, “busy”)
• Form II: شغّل (šaḡḡal, “to employ; to operate a device”)
  • Noun Form: تشغيل (tašḡīl, “employment, recruitment”)
• Form VII: انشغل (inšaḡal, “to get busy”)
• Form VIII: اشتغل (ištaḡal, “to work”)

Nouns

• شغلة (šaḡle, “job; issue, thing”)
• شغّيل (šaḡḡīl, “worker, labourer”)
• مشغل (mašḡal, “workshop”)

Adjectives

• شغّال (šaḡḡāl, “working, busy”)