شلال

See also: سلال

Arabic

شَلَّال

Etymology 1

From Aramaic, but badly attested there, see شِلَّة (šilla, “hank, skein”) for what is attested in Aramaic; however Mishnaic Hebrew offers an exact שלולית (“torrent, cataract etc.”). Contaminated the root ش ل ل (š-l-l) with meanings of flowing on or pouring forth if those are not separately borrowed from other badly attested Aramaic forms for “flowing”.

Alternative forms

• شَلَّالَة (šallāla)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃal.laːl/

Noun

شَلَّال • (šallāl) m (plural شَلَّالَات (šallālāt))

1. waterfall

Declension

Declension of noun شَلَّال (šallāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَلَّال šallāl	الشَّلَّال aš-šallāl	شَلَّال šallāl
Nominative	شَلَّالٌ šallālun	الشَّلَّالُ aš-šallālu	شَلَّالُ šallālu
Accusative	شَلَّالًا šallālan	الشَّلَّالَ aš-šallāla	شَلَّالَ šallāla
Genitive	شَلَّالٍ šallālin	الشَّلَّالِ aš-šallāli	شَلَّالِ šallāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَلَّالَيْن šallālayn	الشَّلَّالَيْن aš-šallālayn	شَلَّالَيْ šallālay
Nominative	شَلَّالَانِ šallālāni	الشَّلَّالَانِ aš-šallālāni	شَلَّالَا šallālā
Accusative	شَلَّالَيْنِ šallālayni	الشَّلَّالَيْنِ aš-šallālayni	شَلَّالَيْ šallālay
Genitive	شَلَّالَيْنِ šallālayni	الشَّلَّالَيْنِ aš-šallālayni	شَلَّالَيْ šallālay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَلَّالَات šallālāt	الشَّلَّالَات aš-šallālāt	شَلَّالَات šallālāt
Nominative	شَلَّالَاتٌ šallālātun	الشَّلَّالَاتُ aš-šallālātu	شَلَّالَاتُ šallālātu
Accusative	شَلَّالَاتٍ šallālātin	الشَّلَّالَاتِ aš-šallālāti	شَلَّالَاتِ šallālāti
Genitive	شَلَّالَاتٍ šallālātin	الشَّلَّالَاتِ aš-šallālāti	شَلَّالَاتِ šallālāti

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: شلال (šallāl)
• Hijazi Arabic: شلال (šallāl)
• → Azerbaijani: şəlalə
• → Ottoman Turkish: شلاله
  • → Turkish: şelale
• → Tajik: шалола (šalola)
• → Uzbek: shalola

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1911) “Lexikalische Miszellen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[1] (in German), volume 25, pages 194–195 Nr. 8

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.laːl/

Noun

شِلَال • (šilāl) m (plural أَشِلَّة (ʔašilla))

1. Nonstandard form of شَلِيل (šalīl, “saddle padding”)
   • 577 AH / 1181–82 CE, ابن هشام اللخمي [Ibn Hišām al-Laḵmiyy], edited by José Pérez Lázaro, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume II, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 1990, →ISBN, Nr. 701, page 356:

     ويقولون لما يجعل على عَجُز الفَرَس متّصلا بالسّرج شِلَال. والصّواب شَلِيلٌ.

     They say for what is applied upon the croup of a horse and connected with the saddle šilāl. But the correct is šalīl.

Declension

Declension of noun شِلَال (šilāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِلَال šilāl	الشِّلَال aš-šilāl	شِلَال šilāl
Nominative	شِلَالٌ šilālun	الشِّلَالُ aš-šilālu	شِلَالُ šilālu
Accusative	شِلَالًا šilālan	الشِّلَالَ aš-šilāla	شِلَالَ šilāla
Genitive	شِلَالٍ šilālin	الشِّلَالِ aš-šilāli	شِلَالِ šilāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِلَالَيْن šilālayn	الشِّلَالَيْن aš-šilālayn	شِلَالَيْ šilālay
Nominative	شِلَالَانِ šilālāni	الشِّلَالَانِ aš-šilālāni	شِلَالَا šilālā
Accusative	شِلَالَيْنِ šilālayni	الشِّلَالَيْنِ aš-šilālayni	شِلَالَيْ šilālay
Genitive	شِلَالَيْنِ šilālayni	الشِّلَالَيْنِ aš-šilālayni	شِلَالَيْ šilālay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَشِلَّة ʔašilla	الْأَشِلَّة al-ʔašilla	أَشِلَّة ʔašillat
Nominative	أَشِلَّةٌ ʔašillatun	الْأَشِلَّةُ al-ʔašillatu	أَشِلَّةُ ʔašillatu
Accusative	أَشِلَّةً ʔašillatan	الْأَشِلَّةَ al-ʔašillata	أَشِلَّةَ ʔašillata
Genitive	أَشِلَّةٍ ʔašillatin	الْأَشِلَّةِ al-ʔašillati	أَشِلَّةِ ʔašillati

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش ل ل
1 term

شَلَّال

Etymology

From Arabic شَلَّال (šallāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃal.laːl/

Noun

شّلَّال • (šallāl) m (plural شلّالات (šallālāt))

1. waterfall

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃlaːl/

Noun

شلال (šlāl) m (plural for sense 2 شلالات (šlālāt))

1. (vulgar) feces
2. (vulgar) a contemptible person

Noun

شلال (šəllāl) m

1. (vulgar) a person who defecates a lot
2. (vulgar) a contemptible person
3. (vulgar) a person who claims to have the ability to do or accomplish something, but has no power to keep up to what he says.