مخل

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

A variation of مُحْل (muḥl, block and tackle, lever).

Noun[edit]

مُخْل (muḵlm (plural أَمْخَال (ʔamḵāl) or مُخُول (muḵūl))

  1. crowbar, lever
    Synonym: عَتْلَة (ʕatla)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ-l-l)

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَخَلَّ (ʔaḵalla, literally breaking by transfixing).

Adjective[edit]

مُخِلّ (muḵill) (feminine مُخِلَّة (muḵilla), masculine plural مُخِلُّونَ (muḵillūna), feminine plural مُخِلَّات (muḵillāt))

  1. transgressive, in violation (of), improper
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Persian: مخل
  • Ottoman Turkish: مخل (muhil)

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

مِخَل (miḵalpl

  1. plural of مِخْلَة (miḵla, loose fodder-bag)

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مخل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN