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أَشَلّ
paralyzed (especially a paralyzed hand or limb) /ʔaˈʃall/
nounB1#2765 most common
Also: crippled, palsied, withered-limbed
Example sentences
جَدّي أَشَلُّ اليَدِ اليُمْنى.
My grandfather is paralyzed in the right hand.
وُلِدَ أَخي أَشَلَّ الرِّجْلِ اليُسْرى.
My brother was born with a paralyzed left leg.
يُعامِلُ النّاسُ الرَّجُلَ الأَشَلَّ بِلُطْفٍ فِي القَرْيَةِ.
People treat the paralyzed man kindly in the village.
بَعْدَ الجَلْطَةِ، أَصْبَحَتْ يَدُهُ اليُسْرى شَلّاءَ لا يُحَرِّكُها.
After the stroke, his left hand became paralyzed and he cannot move it.
عانى الجُنودُ الشُّلُّ مِنَ الإِهْمالِ فِي المُسْتَشْفى العَسْكَرِيِّ.
The paralyzed soldiers suffered from neglect in the military hospital.
رَغْمَ كَوْنِهِ أَشَلَّ اليَدَيْنِ مُنْذُ الطُّفولَةِ، أَصْبَحَ الرَّجُلُ رَسّامًا مَشْهورًا بِفَمِهِ.
Although he has been paralyzed in both hands since childhood, the man became a famous painter using his mouth.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَشَلُّ | شُلٌّ |
| Genitive | أَشَلَّ | شُلٍّ |
| Accusative | أَشَلَّ | شُلاًّ |
| Vocative | يا أَشَلُّ | يا شُلُّ |
Word family
شَلَّto become paralyzed, to palsy
شَلَلparalysis (the condition itself)
شَلّاءparalyzed (feminine form)
مَشْلولparalyzed (passive participle, more common in everyday speech)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ش-ل-ل (sh-l-l), which carries the sense of weakness, looseness, or loss of motor control in a limb. أَشَلّ is built on the pattern أَفْعَل (af'al), the same pattern used for congenital colors and physical defects, such as أَعْمى (blind) and أَصَمّ (deaf). Its feminine counterpart is شَلّاء and its plural is شُلّ, following the standard pattern for this class of words.
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