Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

احتسل He hunted, caught, snared, or entrapped, the [young lizards termed] حُسُول, pl. of حِسْلٌ. (O, Ḳ.*)

حِسْلٌ The young one of the [kind of lizard called] ضَبّ, (AZ, Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) when it first comes forth from its egg: (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ:) it is next called غَيْدَاقٌ; then, مُطَبِّخٌ; then, خُضَرِمٌ; and then, ضَبٌّ: (Ṣ and L voce مُطَبِّخٌ: [but see this word:]) pl. [of pauc.] أَحْسَالٌ (Ḳ) and [of mult.] حُسُولٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and حِسْلَانٌ, with kesr, and حِسَلَةٌ, (Ḳ, TA,) with kesr and then fet-ḥ. (TA. [In the CK حَسِلَةٌ.]) [Hence,] أَبُو الحِسْلِ, (Ṣ,) or أَبُو حِسْلٍ, andأَبُو حُسَيْلٍ↓, (Ḳ,) The [lizard called] ضَبّ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [Hence also,] لَا آتِيكَ سِنَّ الحِسْلِ, i. e. I will not come to thee ever, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) until thy death: (Ṣ:) because the tooth of the حسل does not fall out: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) a prov. (Ṣ.)