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عَسَل

honey

Noun · masculineRoot ع-س-ل

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Plural
أَعْسَال
Other plural
عُسُول

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form II
عَسَّلَ
to produce honey
Verb · Form I
عَسَلَ
to move

عَسَل in English

Noun · masculine

  1. honey uncountable
    وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّىand rivers of pure honey609–632 CE, Qur'an, 47:15

Words from the root ع-س-ل

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عَسَلَ · present يَعْسِلُ

to move, to vibrate, to shake; to admix with honey; to feed honey

عَسْل
Verbal noun
عُسُول
Verbal noun
عَسَلَان
Verbal noun
عَاسِل
Active participle
مَعْسُول
Derived noun · Adjective
sweetened with honey
عَسَّلَ · present يُعَسِّلُ

to produce honey (of bees); to admix with honey; to be as sweet as honey

تَعْسِيل
Verbal noun
مُعَسِّل
Active participle
مُعَسَّل
Passive participle
Noun · m.
honey
عَسَّال
Noun · m.
apiculturist

عَسَل: plural and other forms

Singularعَسَل
Pluralأَعْسَال
Alternative pluralsعُسُول

عَسَل in a sentence

Dictionary examples

honey

وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّىand rivers of pure honey609–632 CE, Qur'an, 47:15

From a fully vowelled text

لاَ يَرَى الْجَدَاوِلَ أَنْهَارَ سَوَاقِيَ عَسَل وَلَبَنٍ.He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.Job 20:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَنَاوَلُوهُ جُزْءًا مِنْ سَمَكٍ مَشْوِيٍّ، وَشَيْئًا مِنْ شَهْدِ عَسَل.And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.Luke 24:42, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
اَلْكَلاَمُ الْحَسَنُ شَهْدُ عَسَل، حُلْوٌ لِلنَّفْسِ وَشِفَاءٌ لِلْعِظَامِ.Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Proverbs 16:24, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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