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ش-ع-ل

The Arabic root ش-ع-ل (sh-a-l)

Form I verb شَعَلَ: to become kindled

9 words in the dictionary are built from ش-ع-ل, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form IV
to kindle
Verb · Form VIII
اِشْتَعَلَ
to catch fire
Noun
شُعْلَة
a flame
Verb · Form I
شَعَلَ
to become kindled
Verb · Form II
شَعَّلَ
to kindle
Adjective
أَشْعَل
of "lighter shades of brown" or amber or tawny

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

شَعَلَ · present يَشْعَلُ
Form I · The plain action

to become kindled, to burn up, to blaze, to flame (of a fire); to kindle, to ignite, to light (a fire); to make it burn fiercely, to flame, to blaze; to kindle, to excite, to enflame (war, passion, the heart, etc.); to make it burn fiercely, to rage

شَعْل
Verbal noun
شَاعِل
Active participle
مَشْعُول
Passive participle
شَعَّلَ · present يُشَعِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to kindle, to ignite, to light (a fire); to make it burn fiercely, to flame, to blaze; to kindle, to excite, to enflame (war, passion, the heart, etc.); to make it burn fiercely, to rage

تَشْعِيل
Verbal noun
مُشَعِّل
Active participle
مُشَعَّل
Passive participle
أَشْعَلَ · present يُشْعِلُ
Form IV · Causative

to kindle, to excite (war, passion, etc.); to ignite (a fire)

إِشْعَال
Verbal noun
مُشْعِل
Active participle
مُشْعَل
Passive participle
اِشْتَعَلَ · present يَشْتَعِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to catch fire, to go up in flames; to flare up (of a war); to be furious

اِشْتِعَال
Verbal noun
مُشْتَعِل
Active participle
مُشْتَعَل
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

شُعْلَة
Noun
a flame
أَشْعَل
Adjective
of "lighter shades of brown" or amber or tawny
مَشْعَل
Noun
torch
مِشْعَل
Noun
a certain thing

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