صيقل

See also: صیقل

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سَيْقَل (sayqal), صَقَّال (ṣaqqāl)

Etymology

From Aramaic סיקלא (sēqōlā), סקולא (sāqōlā, “polisher”). The Arabic root ص ق ل (ṣ-q-l) with its polishing meanings is derived form this occupation’s name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaj.qal/

Noun

صَيْقَل • (ṣayqal) m (plural صَيَاقِل (ṣayāqil) or صَيَاقِلَة (ṣayāqila))

1. (obsolete) polisher of swords, togishi (a specialist sharpening and polishing a sword after a swordsmith’s fabricating it)
   • a. 604, An-Nābiḡa aḏ-Ḏubyānīy, يا دارَ مَيَّةَ بِالعَلياءِ فَالسَنَدِ (first line)‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2021:

     طاوي المُصَيرِ كَسَيفِ الصَيقَلِ الفَرَدِ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun صَيْقَل (ṣayqal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَيْقَل ṣayqal	الصَّيْقَل aṣ-ṣayqal	صَيْقَل ṣayqal
Nominative	صَيْقَلٌ ṣayqalun	الصَّيْقَلُ aṣ-ṣayqalu	صَيْقَلُ ṣayqalu
Accusative	صَيْقَلًا ṣayqalan	الصَّيْقَلَ aṣ-ṣayqala	صَيْقَلَ ṣayqala
Genitive	صَيْقَلٍ ṣayqalin	الصَّيْقَلِ aṣ-ṣayqali	صَيْقَلِ ṣayqali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَيْقَلَيْن ṣayqalayn	الصَّيْقَلَيْن aṣ-ṣayqalayn	صَيْقَلَيْ ṣayqalay
Nominative	صَيْقَلَانِ ṣayqalāni	الصَّيْقَلَانِ aṣ-ṣayqalāni	صَيْقَلَا ṣayqalā
Accusative	صَيْقَلَيْنِ ṣayqalayni	الصَّيْقَلَيْنِ aṣ-ṣayqalayni	صَيْقَلَيْ ṣayqalay
Genitive	صَيْقَلَيْنِ ṣayqalayni	الصَّيْقَلَيْنِ aṣ-ṣayqalayni	صَيْقَلَيْ ṣayqalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَيَاقِل‎; صَيَاقِلَة ṣayāqil‎; ṣayāqila	الصَّيَاقِل‎; الصَّيَاقِلَة aṣ-ṣayāqil‎; aṣ-ṣayāqila	صَيَاقِل‎; صَيَاقِلَة ṣayāqil‎; ṣayāqilat
Nominative	صَيَاقِلُ‎; صَيَاقِلَةٌ ṣayāqilu‎; ṣayāqilatun	الصَّيَاقِلُ‎; الصَّيَاقِلَةُ aṣ-ṣayāqilu‎; aṣ-ṣayāqilatu	صَيَاقِلُ‎; صَيَاقِلَةُ ṣayāqilu‎; ṣayāqilatu
Accusative	صَيَاقِلَ‎; صَيَاقِلَةً ṣayāqila‎; ṣayāqilatan	الصَّيَاقِلَ‎; الصَّيَاقِلَةَ aṣ-ṣayāqila‎; aṣ-ṣayāqilata	صَيَاقِلَ‎; صَيَاقِلَةَ ṣayāqila‎; ṣayāqilata
Genitive	صَيَاقِلَ‎; صَيَاقِلَةٍ ṣayāqila‎; ṣayāqilatin	الصَّيَاقِلِ‎; الصَّيَاقِلَةِ aṣ-ṣayāqili‎; aṣ-ṣayāqilati	صَيَاقِلِ‎; صَيَاقِلَةِ ṣayāqili‎; ṣayāqilati

Descendants

• → Ge'ez: ሰይቀል (säyḳäl)
• → Classical Persian: صَیْقَل (sayqal)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 254b
• “sql²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–