Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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اثف اثكل اثل


إِثْكَالٌ / أُثْكُولٌ

إِثْكَالٌ and أُثْكُولٌ i. q. شِمْرَاخٌ [A fruit-stalk of the raceme of a palm-tree, upon which are the dates]; like عِثْكَالٌ and عُثْكُولٌ: the hemzeh in each is a substitute for ع; but by J [and others] it is held to be augmentative, and the words are mentioned in art. شكل, q. v. (TA.)


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