How to say "season; also: chapter, class" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningseason; also: chapter, class
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَصْل
faṣlפצל
فصل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עונה
onaأُونَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ف-ص-لHebrew root
פ-צ-לKlein connects faṣl, 'to separate, divide' (hence 'a division of the year' = season, or 'a division of a book' = chapter), with the rare biblical root פ-צ-ל in ויפצל, 'and he peeled/stripped' (Genesis 30:37) — both about splitting something into parts. The link is plausible but the Hebrew root is a hapax, so treat it as a hedge, not a certainty.
Related Hebrew word:פצלpitselپِتْسِل
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In a phrase
فُصُول السَّنَة
fuṣūl as-sanaפצול א-סנהthe seasons of the year
Plural
فُصُول
fuṣūlפצולbroken plural CuCūC.