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غَسَل
to wash /ˈɣasala/
verbB2#3043 most common
Also: to launder, to cleanse, to rinse
Example sentences
أَنَا أَغْسِلُ يَدَيَّ.
I wash my hands.
هِيَ تَغْسِلُ الأَطْبَاقَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
She washes the dishes every day.
غَسَلَ أَخِي سَيَّارَتَهُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ.
My brother washed his car in the morning.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تَغْسِلَ الْخُضَارَ جَيِّدًا قَبْلَ الطَّهْيِ.
You must wash the vegetables well before cooking.
غَسَلَتِ الأُمُّ يَدَيْ طِفْلِهَا بِعِنَايَةٍ بَعْدَ اللَّعِبِ فِي الطِّينِ.
The mother carefully washed her child's hands after he played in the mud.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ مُحَاوَلَاتِهِ الْمُتَكَرِّرَةِ لِغَسْلِ سُمْعَتِهِ، ظَلَّتِ الشُّكُوكُ قَائِمَةً.
Despite his repeated attempts to wash clean his reputation, the doubts remained.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَغْسِلُ | غَسَلْتُ | سَأَغْسِلُ |
| 2sg | تَغْسِلُ | غَسَلْتَ | سَتَغْسِلُ |
| 3sg | يَغْسِلُ | غَسَلَ | سَيَغْسِلُ |
| 1pl | نَغْسِلُ | غَسَلْنَا | سَنَغْسِلُ |
| 2pl | تَغْسِلُونَ | غَسَلْتُمْ | سَتَغْسِلُونَ |
| 3pl | يَغْسِلُونَ | غَسَلُوا | سَيَغْسِلُونَ |
Word family
غَسِيلlaundry, wash
غَسَّالَةwashing machine
مَغْسَلَةsink, washbasinاِغْتِسَالbathing, full ablution
غَسُولcleanser, lotion
Etymology
غَسَلَ comes from the triliteral Semitic root gh-s-l, which denotes washing across several Semitic languages. Arabic built a wide family of words on this root, covering everyday washing, laundry, sinks, and ritual bathing. The root shows no link to Indo-European vocabulary, so no PIE reconstruction applies here.
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