Appendix:South Levantine Arabic roots/غ س ل

South Levantine Arabic

Root

غ س ل • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to washing

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form I: غسل (ḡasal, “to wash something; to do laundry”)
  • Noun Form: غسيل (ḡasīl, “washing; laundry”)
• Form II: غسّل (ḡassal, “to wash ones face, hands etc.”)
• Form V: تغسّل (tḡassal, “to bathe, shower; to wash oneself all over”)
• Form VII: انغسل (inḡasal, “to get laundered, washed”)

Nouns

• مغسلة (maḡsale, “washbasin, sink”)
• غسّالة (ḡassāle, “washing machine; washerwoman”)