Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

A variation of مُحْل (muḥl, block and tackle, lever).

Noun edit

مُخْل (muḵlm (plural أَمْخَال (ʔamḵāl) or مُخُول (muḵūl))

  1. crowbar, lever
    Synonym: عَتْلَة (ʕatla)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
خ ل ل (ḵ-l-l)

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَخَلَّ (ʔaḵalla, literally breaking by transfixing).

Adjective edit

مُخِلّ (muḵill) (feminine مُخِلَّة (muḵilla), masculine plural مُخِلُّونَ (muḵillūna), feminine plural مُخِلَّات (muḵillāt))

  1. transgressive, in violation (of), improper
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Persian: مخل
  • Ottoman Turkish: مخل (muhil)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

مِخَل (miḵalpl

  1. plural of مِخْلَة (miḵla, loose fodder-bag)

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مخل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN