حوصل

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from حَوْصَلَة (ḥawṣala, “craw, bladder”), from ح ص ل (ḥ-ṣ-l) meaning "to remain or to settle", from the stomach pouch of a ruminant.

Noun

حَوْصَل • (ḥawṣal) m (plural حَوَاصِل (ḥawāṣil))

1. depression where water collects
2. pocket, pouch, bladder
3. stomach, craw, crop of a bird
4. pelican

Declension

Declension of noun حَوْصَل (ḥawṣal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْصَل ḥawṣal	الْحَوْصَل al-ḥawṣal	حَوْصَل ḥawṣal
Nominative	حَوْصَلٌ ḥawṣalun	الْحَوْصَلُ al-ḥawṣalu	حَوْصَلُ ḥawṣalu
Accusative	حَوْصَلًا ḥawṣalan	الْحَوْصَلَ al-ḥawṣala	حَوْصَلَ ḥawṣala
Genitive	حَوْصَلٍ ḥawṣalin	الْحَوْصَلِ al-ḥawṣali	حَوْصَلِ ḥawṣali

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حوصل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 585-586