مشعل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ع ل (š-ʕ-l)

The majority of Arabic dictionaries only list مَشْعَل (mašʕal) and its synonym مَشْعَلَة (mašʕala) with a fatḥa on the mīm, which gives each of these words the appearance of a noun of place instead of a tool noun. Some may have argued for them to be written with a kasra, but it is not common. All the languages which have borrowed these two words have kept the vocalizations مَشْعَل (mašʕal) and مَشْعَلَة (mašʕala).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʃ.ʕal/

Noun

مَشْعَل • (mašʕal) m (plural مَشَاعِل (mašāʕil))

torch
Synonym: مَشْعَلَة (mašʕala)

Declension

Declension of noun مَشْعَل (mašʕal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَشْعَل mašʕal	الْمَشْعَل al-mašʕal	مَشْعَل mašʕal
Nominative	مَشْعَلٌ mašʕalun	الْمَشْعَلُ al-mašʕalu	مَشْعَلُ mašʕalu
Accusative	مَشْعَلًا mašʕalan	الْمَشْعَلَ al-mašʕala	مَشْعَلَ mašʕala
Genitive	مَشْعَلٍ mašʕalin	الْمَشْعَلِ al-mašʕali	مَشْعَلِ mašʕali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَشْعَلَيْن mašʕalayn	الْمَشْعَلَيْن al-mašʕalayn	مَشْعَلَيْ mašʕalay
Nominative	مَشْعَلَانِ mašʕalāni	الْمَشْعَلَانِ al-mašʕalāni	مَشْعَلَا mašʕalā
Accusative	مَشْعَلَيْنِ mašʕalayni	الْمَشْعَلَيْنِ al-mašʕalayni	مَشْعَلَيْ mašʕalay
Genitive	مَشْعَلَيْنِ mašʕalayni	الْمَشْعَلَيْنِ al-mašʕalayni	مَشْعَلَيْ mašʕalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَشَاعِل mašāʕil	الْمَشَاعِل al-mašāʕil	مَشَاعِل mašāʕil
Nominative	مَشَاعِلُ mašāʕilu	الْمَشَاعِلُ al-mašāʕilu	مَشَاعِلُ mašāʕilu
Accusative	مَشَاعِلَ mašāʕila	الْمَشَاعِلَ al-mašāʕila	مَشَاعِلَ mašāʕila
Genitive	مَشَاعِلَ mašāʕila	الْمَشَاعِلِ al-mašāʕili	مَشَاعِلِ mašāʕili

Descendants

→ Armenian: մաշալ (mašal)
→ Azerbaijani: məşəl
→ Bengali: মশাল (mośal)
→ Chagatai: مشعل
- Uyghur: مەشئەل (mesh'el)
- Uzbek: mashʼal
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: मशाल (maśāl)
- Urdu: مشعل (maś'al)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مَشْعَل (meş'al)
- Turkish: meşal
→ Pashto: مَشْعَل (maš'ál)
→ Persian: مشعل (maš'al)
→ Punjabi: مَشْعَل (maśʻal)
→ Sindhi: مَشْعَلُ

Proper noun

مَشْعَل • (mašʕal) m

a male given name

Declension

Declension of noun مَشْعَل (mašʕal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	مَشْعَل mašʕal	—
Nominative	—	مَشْعَلٌ mašʕalun	—
Accusative	—	مَشْعَلًا mašʕalan	—
Genitive	—	مَشْعَلٍ mašʕalin	—

References

^ Quoting Lane under the entry ”مَشْعَلَةٌ”, “ المشعلة with kesr to the م means the instrument in which fire is carried: and مَشْعلة means fire kindled; or made to burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame”.

Lane, Edward William (1863) “مشعل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miʃ.ʕal/

Noun

مِشْعَل • (mišʕal) m (obsolete)

a certain thing, used by the Arabs of the desert, made of skins sewed together, like the نِطَع (niṭaʕ), having four legs of wood, to which it is bound, so that it becomes like the wateringtrough

Declension

Declension of noun مِشْعَل (mišʕal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِشْعَل mišʕal	الْمِشْعَل al-mišʕal	مِشْعَل mišʕal
Nominative	مِشْعَلٌ mišʕalun	الْمِشْعَلُ al-mišʕalu	مِشْعَلُ mišʕalu
Accusative	مِشْعَلًا mišʕalan	الْمِشْعَلَ al-mišʕala	مِشْعَلَ mišʕala
Genitive	مِشْعَلٍ mišʕalin	الْمِشْعَلِ al-mišʕali	مِشْعَلِ mišʕali