بصل

See also: تصل‎ and تضل‎

Arabic

Etymology

Akin to Hebrew בָּצָל‎ (bātsā́l), Phoenician 𐤁𐤑𐤋‎ (bṣl), Aramaic בּוּצְלָא‎ (būṣlā), Classical Syriac ܒܶܨܠܳܐ‎ (beṣlā), Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩮𐩡‎, Mehri béṣál‎, Shehri béṣál, Soqotri biṣle. With a sound change it is also found in Akkadian 𒁉𒄑𒊒 (/bisru, bišru; biṣru/, “leek, a plant or bulb covered in a skin”), a variation influenced or conflated with Akkadian 𒄷𒄭 (/biṣru/, “container, pouch, wrapping”), related also to Akkadian 𒁍𒊻𒋢𒊒 (/buṣṣuru, bussuru/, “to tear apart, to peal”) specifically attested about garlic (a type of onion) and Akkadian 𒁉𒄑𒍮𒊒 (/biṣṣūru/, “vulva, labia, folds of skin”).

Noun

بَصَل • (baṣal) m (collective, singulative بَصَلَة‎ (baṣala))

onion(s)
bulb(s)

Declension

Declension of noun بَصَل (baṣal)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَصَل baṣal	الْبَصَل‎ al-baṣal	بَصَل baṣal
Nominative	بَصَلٌ baṣalun	الْبَصَلُ‎ al-baṣalu	بَصَلُ baṣalu
Accusative	بَصَلًا‎ baṣalan	الْبَصَلَ‎ al-baṣala	بَصَلَ baṣala
Genitive	بَصَلٍ baṣalin	الْبَصَلِ‎ al-baṣali	بَصَلِ baṣali
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَصَلَة‎ baṣala	الْبَصَلَة‎ al-baṣala	بَصَلَة‎ baṣalat
Nominative	بَصَلَةٌ‎ baṣalatun	الْبَصَلَةُ‎ al-baṣalatu	بَصَلَةُ‎ baṣalatu
Accusative	بَصَلَةً‎ baṣalatan	الْبَصَلَةَ‎ al-baṣalata	بَصَلَةَ‎ baṣalata
Genitive	بَصَلَةٍ‎ baṣalatin	الْبَصَلَةِ‎ al-baṣalati	بَصَلَةِ‎ baṣalati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَصَلَتَيْن‎ baṣalatayn	الْبَصَلَتَيْن‎ al-baṣalatayn	بَصَلَتَيْ‎ baṣalatay
Nominative	بَصَلَتَانِ‎ baṣalatāni	الْبَصَلَتَانِ‎ al-baṣalatāni	بَصَلَتَا‎ baṣalatā
Accusative	بَصَلَتَيْنِ‎ baṣalatayni	الْبَصَلَتَيْنِ‎ al-baṣalatayni	بَصَلَتَيْ‎ baṣalatay
Genitive	بَصَلَتَيْنِ‎ baṣalatayni	الْبَصَلَتَيْنِ‎ al-baṣalatayni	بَصَلَتَيْ‎ baṣalatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَصَلَات‎ baṣalāt	الْبَصَلَات‎ al-baṣalāt	بَصَلَات‎ baṣalāt
Nominative	بَصَلَاتٌ‎ baṣalātun	الْبَصَلَاتُ‎ al-baṣalātu	بَصَلَاتُ‎ baṣalātu
Accusative	بَصَلَاتٍ‎ baṣalātin	الْبَصَلَاتِ‎ al-baṣalāti	بَصَلَاتِ‎ baṣalāti
Genitive	بَصَلَاتٍ‎ baṣalātin	الْبَصَلَاتِ‎ al-baṣalāti	بَصَلَاتِ‎ baṣalāti

Descendants

Beja: basal
Bole: àlbasàr
Ge'ez: በጸል (bäṣäl), ቦጸል (boṣäl)
Hausa: àlbasā̀
Igbo: yabasị
Jina: àlbasàr
Kanuri: albasar
Saho: basal
Sindhi: بصر‎ (basar)
Somali: basal
Tigre: በጸል (bäṣäl)
Yoruba: àlùbọ́sà

References

“بصل”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 2, B, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1965, page 134
“بصل”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 2, B, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1965, page 268
Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 545
Lane, Edward William (1863), “بصل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 212–213
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 111
Leslau, Wolf (1938) Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 93
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بصل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 127
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “بصل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 76

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