shilw

limb, corpse

شِلْو

Word

Noun · pattern فِعْل

Root

ش ل و

Forms

Plural
أَشْلاء

In the library

وكان ولد كشلو خان بدهلي فكتب إلى تغلق أنه لو كان ولدي عندي لأعنتك على ما تريد.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries
  • شَلَا Form I He went, or journeyed
    , aor. , He went, or journeyed. (K.) -A2- And He raised, uplifted, or took up, a thing; syn. رَفَعَ. (IAar, Az, K.)
  • اشلى Form IV He called
    , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. إِشْلَآءٌ, (Msb,) He called a dog, (AZ, S, Msb,) &c.: (Msb:) and he called a she-camel, (ISk, S, K,) and a ewe or she-goat, by her name, (ISk, S,) to milk her. (ISk, S, K.) And اشلى دَابَّتَهُ He showed the مِخْلَاة [or nose-bag (in the CK erroneously المِخْلاطَ)] to his beast in order that it should come to him. (K.) [See also 10.] Accord. to IAar and several others, one says, أَشْلَيْتُ الكَلْبَ عَلَى الصَّيْدِ, meaning I incited, or urged, the dog [against the object, or objects, of the chase]; like أَغْرَيْتُهُ in measure and in signification: (Mgh, ast; Msb, TA:) but this is disallowed by ISk, (S, Msb, TA,) and by Th; (S, Mgh, TA;) and in like manner, اشليتهُ بِالصَّيْدِ in the same sense; though they are allowed by others: one says, however, [by common consent,] أَشْلَيْتُ الكَلْبَ لِلصَّيْدِ, meaning I called the dog to the chase. (Mgh.)
  • إِشْتَلَوَ Form VIII Open entry
    see the next paragraph, in two places.
  • استشلاهُ Form X He called him in order to save him, or rescue him
    , (S, K,) and ↓ اشتلاهُ, (S, * K, [accord. to my copies of the former, أَشْلَاهُ, but a verse immediately following as an ex. shows the right reading,]) He called him in order to save him, or rescue him, (S, K,) or to make him come forth, (S,) from straitness, or perdition, (K,) or from a place: (S:) this is the primary signification. (TA.) ― -b2- And [hence] the former, (S, K, TA,) and ↓ the latter also, (S, TA, i. e. اشتلاهُ, [thus in this instance in the copies of the S,]) (tropical:) He saved him, or rescued him. (S, K, TA.) -A2- And استشلى He (a man, TA) was, or became, angry. (K, TA.)
  • شَلًا Open entry
    : see the next paragraph.
  • شِلْوٌ A limb, or member
    A limb, or member; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ شِلْوَةٌ: (TA:) or a limb, or member, of flesh-meat: whence, in a trad., ايتِنِى بِشِلْوِهَا الأَيْمَنِ [Bring thou to me its right limb]: (S:) pl. أَشْلَآءٌ (S, Msb, TA) and أَشْلٍ, [originally أَشْلُوٌ,] like أَدْلٍ pl. of دَلْوٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And The body of anything [i. e. of any animal]: as also ↓ شَلًا; (K;) which latter is expl. by ISd as signifying the skin and body of anything; and is applied in a trad. to the inner side of a haunch as meaning having no flesh upon it: (TA:) [or,] accord. to IDrd, شِلْوُ الإِنْسَانِ signifies the body of the man after its wasting, or decaying: (Msb, TA:) [or] أَشْلَآءُ الإِنْسَانِ means the members, or limbs, of the man after wasting, or decaying, and becoming dissundered: (S, TA:) and (hence, Msb) one says, بَنُو فُلَانٍ أَشْلَآءٌ فِى بَنِى فُلَانٍ, meaning (assumed tropical:) The sons of such a one are remains among the sons of such a one: (S, Msb:) and هُوَ مِنْ أَشْلَآءِ القَوْمِ (assumed tropical:) He is of the remains of the people: [for] شِلْوٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) a remain, or remaining portion: and شلىّ [app. شُلِىٌّ, said to be like غنىّ, but this is, I doubt not, a mistranscription for عُنِىٌّ, i. e. originally of the measure فُعُولٌ, is another pl. of شِلْوٌ, and ] signifies (assumed tropical:) remains of any thing. (TA.) [See also شَلِيَّةٌ.] ― -b3- Also Any skinned animal of which somewhat has been eaten and a portion remains: (K:) or a portion remaining, whether much or little, of a sheep or goat of which part has been eaten: (L voce سَلِيخٌ:) pl. أَشْلَآءٌ. (K.) ― -b4- And أَشْلَآءُ اللِّجَامِ (assumed tropical:) The straps, or thongs, of the bit or bridle: (A, K:) or such as have become old, and of which the iron appertenance has become slender, (K, TA,) or, as in the M, [of which] the iron appertenances [have become slender], without straps, or thongs: app. likened to limbs, or members, of flesh-meat. (TA.)
  • شِلْوَةٌ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph.
  • شَلِيَّةٌ A piece, or portion
    A piece, or portion, of flesh-meat &c. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) A remnant, or remaining portion; (K, TA;) only of property: (S, K, * TA:) pl. شَلَايَا. (S, TA.) One says, ذَهَبَتْ مَاشِيَةُ فُلَانٍ وَبَقِيَتْ لَهُ شَلِيَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) [The cattle of such a one went away, but a remnant remained to him]. (AZ, S.) [See also شِلْوٌ.]
  • مُشَلًّى Lean, or light of flesh
    Lean, or light of flesh: (K, TA:) an epithet applied to a man. (TA.)
  • مَشَالٍ Things, or instruments, with which scarification is performed upon the cheeks
    , in the dial. of El-Hijáz, The Things, or instruments, with which scarification is performed upon the cheeks: app. pl. of مِشْلَاةٌ. (TA.)

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