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Form 1عَدَلَ10 senses · 4 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarعَدْلٌ عُدُولٌ مُعَادَلَةٌ عَدَالَةٌ

Core sense — he acted equitably, justly; he turned aside; he made a thing equalgenerated

1.1he acted equitably in his affair—عَدَلَ فِى أَمْرِهِ

He acted equitably, justly, or rightly.; maṣdar عَدْلٌ, مَعْدِلَةٌ, مَعْدَلَةٌ, عَدَالَةٌ and عُدُولَةٌ.

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he acted equitably towards him in the judgment—عَدَلَ عَلَيْهِ فِى القَضِيَّةِ
he acted equitably towards the people, or party—عَدَلَ عَلَى القَوْمِ

Maṣdar عَدْلٌ, مَعْدِلَةٌ and مَعْدَلَةٌ.

you will not be able to act with perfect equity between women—لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ تَعْدِلُوا بَيْنَ النِّسَآءِ

In the Qur'ān 4:128. This is said to mean in respect of love, and of جِمَاع. See also عَدْلٌ below.

1.1.1and if it would ransom with every degree of ransoming—وَإِنْ تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ

In the Qur'ān 6:69. AO used to say: and if it would act equitably with every degree of equitable acting; but Az says that this is a blunder. See also عَدْلٌ below.

1.1.2nay, but they are a people who decline from the truth and the right course—بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ

[عَدَلَ also means he declined, deviated, or turned aside or away, and particularly from the right course: a meaning nearly the same as that assigned to عَدِلَ in the last sentence of this paragraph.]

he declined, deviated, or turned aside from him, or it—عَدَلَ عَنْهُ

In the Qur'ān 27:61; that is, who disbelieve.

and, more commonly, عُدُولٌ.

he declined from the road, or way—عَدَلَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ

also انعدل عَنْهُ.

the road declined, or deflected—عَدَلَ الطَّرِيقُ
the stallion left off covering the she-camels—عَدَلَ الفَحْلُ عَنِ الإِبِلِ

Also انعدل عَنِ الضِّرَابِ.

[For عَدَلَ الفَحْلَ see below.]

he returned to him, or it—عَدَلَ إِلَيْهِ

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1.2

For عَدَلَهُ see Form 2, in two places.

1.2.1he made such a one equal, or like, to such a one—عَدَلَ فُلَانًا بِفُلَانٍ

Also عادلهُ به; or, according to some, العَدْلُ means rating a thing as equal to a thing of another kind, so as to make it like it.

I made this to be like this, and to stand in its place—عَدَلْتُ هٰذَا بِهٰذَا
he made another equal with his Lord, and worshipped him—عَدَلَ بِرَبِّهِ

El-Ahmar: [غَيْرَهُ being understood].

attributing a copartner, or copartners, to their Lord—بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ

In the Qur'ān 6:151, and according to some in 6:1.

1.2.2I made the goods of the house, or tent, into equal loads on the day of departure—عَدَلْتُ أَمْتِعَةَ البَيْتِ

So that they counterbalanced one another.

he made the two things equal in weight—عَادَلَ بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَيْنِ
1.2.3such a one is equal to such a one—فُلَانٌ يَعْدِلُ فُلَانًا
he, or it, is like him, or it—يَعْدِلُهُ
nothing stands with us in your place—مَا يَعْدِلُكَ عِنْدَنَا شَىْءٌ
it was, or became, equal to it in weight—عَدَلَهُ

. Also عادلهُ.

he rode with him in the vehicle called محمل, counterbalancing him—عَدَلَهُ فِى المَحْمِلِ

Also عادلهُ.

1.2.4he turned a thing from its course, direction, or manner of being—عَدَلَ

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I turned such a one from his road, or way—عَدَلْتُ فُلَانًا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ
your pasturing cattle shall not be turned away, or prevented, from pasturing—لَا تُعْدَلُ سَارِحَتُكُمْ
he removed the stallion, or made him withdraw, from covering—عَدَلَ الفَحْلَ عَنِ الضِّرَابِ
I turned the beast to such a place—عَدَلْتُ الدَّابَّةَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ كَذَا

on this sense [See also the two meanings given to this verb in the next entry, third sentence.]

1.3he was, or became, such as is termed عَدْل—عَدُلَ

Said of a man, that is, of a witness.

maṣdar عَدَالَةٌ and عُدُولَةٌ.

1.4he acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically—عَدِلَ

maṣdar عَدَلٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 13
4:129
وَلَن تَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَمِيلُوا۟ كُلَّ ٱلْمَيْلِ فَتَذَرُوهَا كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ ۚ وَإِن تُصْلِحُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so as to leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly understanding, and practise self-restraint, Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

6:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ وَٱلنُّورَ ۖ ثُمَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ

Praise be Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darkness and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as equal, with their Guardian-Lord.

7:159
وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰٓ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ

Of the people of Moses there is a section who guide and do justice in the light of truth.

7:181
وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ

Of those We have created are people who direct (others) with truth. And dispense justice therewith.

82:7
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. عَدِلَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. عَدْلٌ (S, * O, * Msb, K, * TA) and مَعْدِلَةٌ (S, * O, * Msb, K *) and مَعْدَلَةٌ (S, * Msb, K *) and عَدَالَةٌ and عُدُولَةٌ , (K, * TK,) He acted equitably, justly, or rightly. (S, O, Msb, K.) So in the phrase عَدَلَ فِى أَمْرِهِ , [He acted equitably, &c., in his affair,] inf. n. عَدْلٌ . (Msb.) And so in the phrase عَدَلَ عَلَيْهِ فِى القَضِيَّةِ [He acted equitably, &c., towards him in the judgment]: (S, O:) and عَدَلَ عَلَى القَوْمِ , [he acted equitably, &c., towards the people, or party,] inf. n. عَدْلٌ and مَعْدِلَةٌ and مَعْدَلَةٌ . (Msb.) لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ تَعْدِلُوا بَيْنَ النِّسَآءِ , [Ye will not be able to act with perfect equity between women], in the Kur [iv. 128], is said to mean, in respect of love, and of جِمَاع . (TA.) [See also عَدْلٌ below.] وَإِنْ تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ , in the Kur [vi. 69], means And if it would ransom with every [degree of] ransoming: (T, S, O, Msb, TA:) AO used to say, and if it would act equitably with every [degree of] equitable acting; but Az says that this is a blunder. (TA.) [See, again, عَدْلٌ below.] [ عَدَلَ signifies also He declined, deviated, or turned aside or away; and particularly from the right course: thus having a meaning nearly agreeing with that assigned to عَدِلَ in the last sentence of this paragraph.] بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ , in the Kur [xxvii. 61], means [Nay but they are a people] who decline, or deviate, from the truth, and from the right course; i. e., who disbelieve. (O.) And one says, عَدَلَ عَنْهُ , aor. عَدِلَ , inf. n. عَدْلٌ and [more com- monly] عُدُولٌ , He declined, deviated, or turned aside or away, from him, or it. (K.) And عَدَلَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ , (S, O, Msb,) inf. n. عُدُولٌ , (Msb,) He declined, &c., from the road, or way; (S, O, Msb;) as also انعدل عَنْهُ . (S, O, K. *) And عَدَلَ الطَّرِيقُ The road declined, or deflected. (K.) And عَدَلَ الفَحْلُ (S, O, K) عَنِ الإِبِلِ (S, O) The stallion left, left off, or desisted from, covering the she-camels; (S, O, K; *) and so انعدل عَنِ الضِّرَابِ . (TA.) [ عَدَلَ الفَحْلَ see in what follows.] And عَدَلَ إِلَيْهِ , inf. n. عُدُولٌ , He returned to him, or it. (K.) عَدَلَهُ : see 2, in two places. عَدَلَ فُلَانًا بِفُلَانٍ He made such a one to be equal, or like, to such a one; (K;) [and] so عادلهُ به : (S:) or, accord. to some, العَدْلُ signifies the rating a thing as equal to a thing of another kind so as to make it like the latter. (TA.) One says, عَدَلْتُ هٰذَا بِهٰذَا I made this to be like and to stand in the stead of, this. (Msb.) And عَدَلَ بِرَبِّهِ , (El-Ahmar, TA,) aor. عَدِلَ , (S, O, TA,) inf. n. عَدْلٌ and عُدُولٌ , [ غَيْرَهُ being understood,] He made another to be equal with his Lord, and worshipped him. (El-Ahmar, TA.) بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ , in the Kur [vi. 151, and accord. to some in vi. 1], means Attributing a copartner, or copartners, to their Lord. (O. [And the like is said in the S and Msb and TA.]) عَدَلْتُ أَمْتِعَةَ البَيْتِ I made the goods, or furniture, of the house, or tent, into equal loads, [so as to counterbalance one another,] on the day of departure, or removal. (TA.) And عَادَلَ بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَيْنِ (S, O, TA) He made an equiponderance to subsist between the two things. (TA.) فُلَانٌ يَعْدِلُ فُلَانًا Such a one is equal to such a one. (TA.) And يَعْدِلُهُ He, or it, is like him, or it. (Fr, S, O.) [Hence] one says, مَا يَعْدِلُكَ عِنْدَنَا شَىْءٌ Nothing stands with us in thy stead. (TA.) And عَدَلَهُ , aor. عَدِلَ , (K,) inf. n. عَدْلٌ , (TA,) It was, or became, equiponderant to it; as also عادلهُ , (K,) inf. n. مُعَادَلَةٌ . (TA.) And [hence] عَدَلَهُ فِى المَحْمِلِ , (K,) and عادلهُ , (TA,) He rode with him in the [vehicle called] محمل [so as to counterbalance him]. (K, TA.) And عَدَلَ , aor. عَدِلَ , inf. n. عَدْلٌ , signifies also He turned a thing from its course, direction, or manner of being. (TA.) You say, عَدَلْتُ فُلَانًا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ I turned such a one from his road, or way. (TA.) And لَا تُعْدَلُ سَارِحَتُكُمْ Your pasturing cattle shall not be turned away, nor prevented, from pasturing. (TA, from a trad.) And عَدَلَ الفَحْلَ (K, TA) عَنِ الضِّرَابِ (TA) He removed the stallion, or made him to withdraw [or desist], from covering. (K, TA.) And عَدَلْتُ الدَّابَّةَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ كَذَا I turned the beast to such a place. (TA.) [See also two meanings assigned to this verb in the next paragraph, third sentence.] عَدُلَ , [aor. عَدُلَ ,] inf. n. عَدَالَةٌ (S, O, Msb) and عُدُولَةٌ , (Msb,) He (a man, S, O, i. e. a witness, Msb) was, or became, such as is termed عَدْل [q. v.]. (S, O, Msb.) عَدِلَ , aor. عَدَلَ , inf. n. عَدَلٌ , He acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically. (Msb.)
Form 2عدّلهُ8 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَعْدِيلٌ

Core sense — he made it straight, even; he made it equal; he pronounced a witness trustworthygenerated

2.1

He made it conformable with what is right; namely, a judgment, or judicial decision.; the same as أَقَامَهُ.

2.1.1and He has made you symmetrical—فَعَدَّلَكَ

He made it straight, or even — a thing, for instance an arrow; right, or in a right condition; direct, or rightly directed. Also عَدَلَهُ.

and He has turned you from unbelief to belief—فَعَدَلَكَ

Or, according to Fr, the second means: and has turned you to whatever form He pleased, beautiful or ugly, tall or short. Az says that the first reading pleased Fr more, and is the better.

on this sense These are two different readings in the Qur'ān 82:7.

2.1.2the division of a thing equally with regard to value and utility, not quantity—قِسْمَةُ التَّعْدِيلِ

So that the smaller portion may equal the larger portion in value and utility.

the divider of inheritances made the shares equal—عَدَّلَ القَسَّامُ الأَنْصِبَآءَ لِلْقَسْمِ بَيْنَ الشُّرَكَآءِ

That is, the shares for distribution among the participators.

on this sense He made it equal; namely, a pair of scales, or a weight, or a measure.

2.1.3he made the poetry, or verse, right in measure—عدّل الشِّعْرَ
2.1.4the making the limbs, or members, still in prayer—تَعْدِيلُ أَرْكَانِ الصَّلَاةِ

That is, in the bowing of the head and body, in the prostration, in the standing between these two acts, and in the sitting between the two prostrations.

2.1.5he attributed to him, a witness, the quality termed عَدَالَة—عدّلهُ

It is the maṣdar of عَدُلَ. He described him as having that quality; pronounced him veracious, and good, or righteous; pronounced him to be such as is termed عَدْل.

the pronouncing the witnesses to be عُدُول—تَعْدِيلُ الشُّهُودِ

It is the plural of عَدْلٌ.

2.1.6

For عدّل أَمْرَهُ and عَدَّلْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا see Form 3.

2.1.7he drank until he became full—شَرِبَ حَتَّى عَدَّلَ

Aboo-'Adnán: or until his belly became like the load called عِدْل.

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, inf. n. تَعْدِيلٌ , i. q. أَقَامَهُ , (K,) meaning He made it to be conformable with that which is right; (TK;) namely, a judgment, or judicial decision. (K, TK.) He made it straight, or even; namely, a thing; as, for instance, an arrow; (TA;) right, or in a right condition; direct, or rightly directed; (S, O, Msb, K, TA;) and so عَدَلَهُ . (O, K.) Hence, فَعَدَّلَكَ and فَعَدَلَكَ , accord. to different readers, in the Kur [lxxxii. 7, which I would rather render And hath made thee symmetrical]: (O:) or the latter means and hath turned thee from unbelief to belief; (IAar, O, TA;) or, accord. to Fr, and hath turned thee to whatever form He pleased, beautiful or ugly, tall or short: but Az says that the former reading was the more pleasing to Fr, and is the better. (TA.) He made it equal; (Mgh, Msb, K, TA;) namely, a pair of scales, or a weight, (K, TA,) and a measure, &c. (TA.) Hence, قِسْمَةُ التَّعْدِيلِ i. e. The division of a thing [in an equal manner] with regard to the value and utility, not with regard to the quantity, so that the smaller portion may be equal to the larger portion in value and utility. (Msb.) You say, عَدَّلَ القَسَّامُ الأَنْصِبَآءَ لِلْقَسْمِ بَيْنَ الشُّرَكَآءِ i. e. [The divider of inheritances] made equal the shares [for distribution among the participators]. (TA.) عدّل الشِّعْرَ He made the poetry, or verse, to be right in measure. (TA.) تَعْدِيلُ أَرْكَانِ الصَّلَاةِ means The making the limbs, or members, to be still, in the bowing of the head and body, and in the prostration, and in the standing between these two acts, and in the sitting between the two prostrations. (Mgh.) عدّلهُ signifies also He attributed to him (i. e. a witness, Msb) what is termed عَدَالَة [inf. n. of عَدُلَ ]; (O, Msb;) described him as possessing that quality; (Msb;) pronounced him to be veracious, and good, or righteous; (K;) pronounced him to be such as is termed عَدْل [q. v.]: (TA:) تَعْدِيلُ الشُّهُودِ is the pronouncing the witnesses to be عُدُول [pl. of عَدْلٌ ]. (S.) عدّل أَمْرَهُ : and عَدَّلْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا : see 3. شَرِبَ حَتَّى عَدَّلَ He drank until he became full: (Aboo-'Adnán, O, TA:) or until his belly became like the [load called] عِدْل . (K.)
Form 3عَاْدَلَ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he made it equal, counterbalanced it; he wavered between two affairsgenerated

3.1it is equal in weight—يُعَادِلُ فِى الوَزْنِ
he is equal to you in weight and in size—يُعَادِلُكَ فِى الوَزْنِ وَالقَدْرِ

See Form 1, in four places.

As one who rides with you in a مَحْمِل.

it is equal to it in value and utility—يُعَادِلُهُ فِى القِيمَةِ وَالمَنْفَعَةِ
3.1.1he bound them two upon the two sides of a camel, like the two loads called عِدْلَانِ—عَادَلَهُمَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ

Or of a camel used for carrying water for irrigation, so that they counterbalanced each other.

3.1.2such a one wavers between two affairs, hesitating which of them to do—فُلَانٌ يُعَادِلُ أَمْرَهُ

Also يُقَسِّمُهُ, or, in another copy, عَدَالٌ; maṣdar يُعَادِلُ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ.

he is entangled in this affair and does not carry it out—عادل أَمْرَهُ تَعْدِيلٌ
he paused, hesitating between two affairs, which he should do—عادل أَمْرَهُ

He is in doubt about it.

Also عدّلهُ, maṣdar تَعْدِيلٌ.

and I paused in hesitation between the two of them—فَعَدَّلْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا

From the tradition of the مِعْرَاج, the ladder by which Mohammad is related to have ascended from Jerusalem to Heaven; meaning that the two were equal in his estimation, and he could not choose either of them.

I wavered between two affairs, hesitating which of them I should do—عَادَلْتُ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ أَيَّهُمَا آتِى
the doubting respecting two affairs—المُعَادَلَةُ
I am in doubt about this affair, whether to do it or leave it undone—أَنَا فِى عِدَالٍ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ
considering deliberately the case of two affairs that have occurred to one—العِدَالُ

That is, when one does not know which of them to turn to. And also the case of one person saying “There is in it something remaining” and another saying “There is not in it anything remaining.”

I cut short the wavering in my affair and carried out my decision—قَطَعْتُ العِدَالَ فِى أَمْرِى وَمَضَيْتُ عَلَى عَزْمِى

Said when one wavers between two affairs, hesitating which of them to do, and then a right opinion occurs to him and he decides on what seems to him the more fitting.

3.1.3it became crooked, or bent—عادل
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see 1, in four places. One says, يُعَادِلُ فِى الوَزْنِ [It is equal in weight; is equiponderant]. (IF, Msb.) And يُعَادِلُكَ فِى الوَزْنِ وَالقَدْرِ [He is equal to thee in weight and in size: as one who rides with thee in a مَحْمِل ]. (S.) يُعَادِلُهُ فِى القِيمَةِ وَالمَنْفَعَةِ [It is equal to it in value and utility]. (Msb.) And عَادَلَهُمَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ He bound them two upon the two sides of a camel [or of a camel used for carrying water for irrigation, so that they counterbalanced each other] like the [two loads called] عِدْلَانِ . (TA.) And فُلَانٌ يُعَادِلُ أَمْرَهُ , and يُقَسِّمُهُ , (O, and so accord. to a copy of the S,) or عَدَالٌ , (so in another copy of the S,) inf. n. يُعَادِلُ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ , Such a one wavers, or vacillates, [in his case] between two affairs, hesitating which of them he shall do. (S, O.) And عادل أَمْرَهُ تَعْدِيلٌ He is in a state of entanglement in this affair, and does not execute it: (K:) he is in doubt respecting it. (TA.) And عادل أَمْرَهُ He paused [in his case], hesitating between two affairs, which he should do; as also عدّلهُ inf. n. تَعْدِيلٌ : and hence, in the trad. of the مِعْرَاج [or ladder by which Mohammad is related to have ascended from Jerusalem to Heaven], فَعَدَّلْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا [And I paused in hesitation between them two]; meaning that they were equal in his estimation, and he could not make choice of either of them. (TA.) And عَادَلْتُ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ أَيَّهُمَا آتِى I wavered, or vacillated, between two affairs, hesitating which of them I should do. (TA.) المُعَادَلَةُ is The doubting respecting two affairs: and one says, أَنَا فِى عِدَالٍ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ I am in doubt respecting this affair, whether I should do it or leave it undone: (TA:) or العِدَالُ is the considering deliberately respecting the case of two affairs that have occurred to one, when one knows not to which of them he should betake himself. (IAar, K.) And The case of one person's saying “ There is in it something remaining ” and another's saying “ There is not in it anything remaining. ” (S, O.) And one says, when he wavers, or vacillates, between two affairs, hesitating which of them he shall do, and then a right opinion occurs to him, and he determines upon that which is the more fit in his estimation, قَطَعْتُ العِدَالَ فِى أَمْرِى وَمَضَيْتُ عَلَى عَزْمِى [I cut short wavering in my affair, and executed my determination]. (TA.) And عادل signifies also It became crooked, or bent. (K.)
Form 5تعدّل2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became straight, even; its value became equal to somethinggenerated

5.1

It became, or was rendered, straight, or even; the same as تَقَوَّمَ.

5.1.1the value of the commodity was equal to such a thing—تَعَدَّلَتْ قِيمَةُ المَتَاعِ بِكَذَا

The same as قَامَ المَتَاعُ بِكَذَا.

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It became, or was rendered, straight, or even; syn. تَقَوَّمَ . (Msb in art. قوم .) And تَعَدَّلَتْ قِيمَةُ المَتَاعِ بِكَذَا The value of the commodity was equal to such a thing; syn. قَامَ المَتَاعُ بِكَذَا . (Msb in art. قوم .)
Form 6تَعَادُلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the being, or becoming, equal; being intermediate in qualitygenerated

6.1they two became equal—تَعَادَلَا

The being, or becoming, equal.

See تَبَاوَآ, in the article بوأ.

6.1.1

[Also the being, or becoming, intermediate in quality.]

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The being, or becoming, equal. (Msb.) You say, تَعَادَلَا [They two became equal]. (M and K voce تَبَاوَآ , q. v., in art. بوأ .) [Also The being, or becoming, intermediate in quality.]
Form 7إِنْعَدَلَ1 sense

Core sense — it declined, deviated, turned asidegenerated

7.1

See Form 1, in the first half, in two places.

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see 1, former half, in two places.
Form 8اعتدل2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became straight, even, well-proportioned; it became moderate, temperategenerated

8.1a girl, or young woman, goodly in respect of stature—جَارِيَةٌ حَسَنَةُ الاِعْتِدَالِ
the poetry, or verse, became measured and right in its feet—اعتدل الشِّعْرُ

on this sense It was, or became, right, or in a right condition; direct, or rightly directed; straight, or even; equal, as a pair of scales, or a weight, or a measure; equable, or uniform; symmetrical, proportionate; suitable in itself, or in its parts.

on this sense A saying cited by Sh: [And she that had an inclining hump became straight and erect in her hump by reason of fatness]

shāhid
وَٱعْتَدَلَتْ ذَاتُ السَّنَامِ الأَمْيَلِ

.

8.1.1

Also it was, or became, of a middling sort, in quantity or quality: as a body between tallness and shortness, and water between the hot and the cold; and moderate, or temperate, as a day whose air is pleasant.

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It was, or became, right, or in a right condition; direct, or rightly directed; straight, or even; (S, O, Msb, TA;) equal; (as a pair of scales, or a weight, and a measure, &c.; TA;) equable, or uniform; (Msb, TA;) [symmetrical, proportionate,] suitable in itself [or in its parts]. (K.) The saying, cited by Sh, 1 means And she that had an inclining hump became straight [and erect] in her hump by reason of fatness. (TA.) And one says جَارِيَةٌ حَسَنَةُ الاِعْتِدَالِ A girl, or young woman, goodly in respect of stature [or proportion]. (A, TA.) And اعتدل الشِّعْرُ The poetry, or verse, was, or became, measured, and right in its feet. (TA.) وَٱعْتَدَلَتْ ذَاتُ السَّنَامِ الأَمْيَلِ Also It was, or became, of a middling sort, in quantity, or quality; (K, TA;) as a body between tallness and shortness, and water between the hot and the cold; and [moderate, or temperate,] as a day of which the air is pleasant. (TA.)

Derived nouns 18

Nounعَدْلٌ11 senses · 3 main

Core sense — equity, justice; a ransom, an equivalent; one who acts justlygenerated

1God commands equity in recompensing: good with good, and evil with evil—إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَانِ

Equity, justice, or rectitude; the contrary of جَوْرٌ, that is, the same as قَصْدٌ in affairs; and قِسْطٌ and سَوِيَّةٌ and اِسْتِقَامَةٌ; and a thing that is established in people's minds as being right. The same is expressed by مَعْدِلَةٌ, مَعْدَلَةٌ, عَدَالَةٌ and عُدُولَةٌ. Or, as some say, it is the mean between excess and falling short.

Er-Rāghib: it is of two sorts. One is absolute, such that reason requires the inference of its goodness; this is never abrogated, and is never described as a mode of transgression — as doing good to one who does good to you, and refraining from harming one who refrains from harming you. The other is such as is known to be عَدْل by the law, and this may sometimes be abrogated — as retaliation, fines for wounds and maimings, and the taking of the property of the apostate. This last is what is meant by the saying in the Qur'ān 16:92.

That is, also the requiting of good with more good, and of evil with less evil. [See also Form 4 in the article حسن.]

Er-Rāghib says of عَدَالَةٌ and مَعْدِلَةٌ that each is a term requiring the inference of equality, and is used with regard to correlation.

the governor, or ruler, largely extended his equity, or justice—بَسَطَ الوَالِى عَدْلَهُ

Also مَعْدِلَتَهُ and مَعْدَلَتَهُ.

such a one is of the people of equity—فُلَانٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ المَعْدَلَةِ

Or المَعْدِلَةِ, that is, من اهل العَدْلِ.

and make two persons of intelligence from among you witnesses—وَأَشْهِدُوا ذَوَىْ عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ

In the Qur'ān 65:2; Sa'eed Ibn-El-Museiyib says it means ذَوَىْ عَقْلٍ [but this rendering I think questionable].

1.1

Also repayment, requital, compensation, or recompense.

1.2or the ransom for it by fasting—أَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا

And a ransom, when regard is had to the meaning of equality, or equivalence.

In the Qur'ān 5:96. But this is generally explained as meaning or the like of it in fasting; that is, instead of feeding a number of poor men, one shall fast the like number of days.

And so, according to some, in the saying occurring in a tradition, لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ; for its various explanations see the article صرف.

1.3he gave him by measure—أَعْطَاهُ بِالعَدْلِ

And measure; the same as كَيْلٌ.

1.4

En-Nadr: an obligatory act, or divine ordinance.

1.5

And a voluntary act.

2

Also one who acts equitably, justly, or rightly; and so عَادِلٌ; or that is its meaning, while the first particularly means a man approved and satisfactory in testimony, being originally a maṣdar: a man whose testimony is approved and available, allowable, or legally admissible; also عَادِلٌ; a man whose saying, and whose judgment, or judicial decision, are approved.

Ibráheem: one from whom nothing has appeared that occasions doubt, suspicion, or evil opinion.

Being originally a maṣdar, it means ذُو عَدْلٍ; or, according to IJ, it is an intensive adjective, as though meaning possessing every kind of عَدْل.

One says رَجُلٌ عَدْلٌ and اِمْرَأَةٌ عَدْلٌ and عَدْلَةٌ — the last mentioned by IJ — and رَجُلَانِ عَدْلٌ and عَدْلَانِ and قَوْمٌ عَدْلٌ and نِسْوَةٌ عَدْلٌ and قَوْمٌ عُدُولٌ.

عُدُولٌ is the plural of عَدْلٌ, or of عَادِلٌ; and عَدْلٌ, used in a plural sense, is an ism jamʿ of عَادِلٌ, like تَجْرٌ [of تَاجِرٌ] and شَرْبٌ [of شَارِبٌ]; or رِجَالٌ عَدْلٌ and نِسْوَةٌ عَدْلٌ mean رِجَالٌ ذَوُو عَدْلٍ and نِسْوَانٌ ذَوَاتُ عَدْلٍ.

2.1He whom desire does not make incline, so as to deviate from the right course in judgment—العَدْلُ

One of the names of God.

2.2this is intermediate in quality between those two—هٰذَا عَدْلٌ بَيْنَهُمَا
a place equidistant, or midway, between two parties—مَكَانٌ عَدْلٌ بَيْنَ فَرِيقَيْنِ

That is, not in the utmost degree of goodness, nor in the extreme degree of badness.

2.3

See also عِدْلٌ, through most of that paragraph.

3he has been consigned to the hands of 'Adl—وُضِعَ عَلَى يَدَىْ عَدْلٍ

عَدْلٌ is also the name of a certain chief of the body of armed men called شُرَط, or شُرْطَة, of a تُبَّع [or King of El-Yemen], who, when he wanted a man killed, handed him over to this person.

This was afterwards said of anything of which one had given up hope. [Meyd mentions عَلَى يَدَىْ عَدْلٍ as a proverb, without وُضِعَ; see Freytag's Arab. Prov. 2, 80.]

Qur’ānic occurrences عَدْل 5 shown of 12
2:48
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

Then guard yourselves against a day when one soul shall not avail another nor shall intercession be accepted for her, nor shall compensation be taken from her, nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).

2:123
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا تَنفَعُهَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

Then guard yourselves against a Day when one soul shall not avail another, nor shall compensation be accepted from her nor shall intercession profit her nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).

4:58
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا۟ ٱلْأَمَـٰنَـٰتِ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَن تَحْكُمُوا۟ بِٱلْعَدْلِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا

Allah doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they are due; And when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with justice: Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For Allah is He Who heareth and seeth all things.

6:115
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا ۚ لَّا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

The word of thy Lord doth find its fulfilment in truth and in justice: None can change His words: for He is the one who heareth and knoweth all.

16:90
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that ye may receive admonition.

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Equity, justice, or rectitude; contr. of جَوْرٌ ; (S, O, Msb, K, TA;) i. e. i. q. قَصْدٌ , in affairs; (Msb;) and قِسْطٌ ; (S, M, Mgh, &c., in art. قسط ;) and سَوِيَّةٌ ; (O, K;) and اِسْتِقَامَةٌ ; (IAar, K;) and a thing that is established in the minds as being right; (K, TA;) as also مَعْدِلَةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and مَعْدَلَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and عَدَالَةٌ and عُدُولَةٌ : (K:) or, as some say, it is the mean between excess and falling short: and Er-Rághib says, it is of two sorts: one is absolute, such that reason requires the inference of its goodness; and this will not at any time be abrogated, nor described as a mode of transgression; as the doing good to him who does good to thee, and the abstaining from harming him who abstains from harming thee: and the other is such as is known to be عَدْل by the law; and this may be abrogated sometimes; as retaliation, and fines for wounds and maimings, and the taking the property of the apostate; and this is what is meant by the saying in the Kur [xvi. 92], إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَانِ i. e. [Verily God commandeth] equality in recompensing, if good, with good, and if evil, with evil, and the requiting of good with more good, and of evil with less evil: [see also 4 in art. حسن :] and he says of عَدَالَةٌ and مَعْدِلَةٌ , that each is a term requiring the inference of equality, and is used with a regard to correlation. (TA.) One says, بَسَطَ الوَالِى عَدْلَهُ and مَعْدِلَتَهُ (S, O) and مَعْدَلَتَهُ (S) [The governor, or ruler, largely extended his equity, or justice]. And فُلَانٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ المَعْدَلَةِ , (S,) or المَعْدِلَةِ , (O,) i. e. من اهل العَدْلِ [Such a one is of the people of equity, &c.]. (S, O.) وَأَشْهِدُوا ذَوَىْ عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ , in the Kur [lxv. 2], is said by Sa'eed Ibn-El-Museiyib to mean ذَوَىْ عَقْلٍ [i. e. And make ye to be witnesses two persons of intelligence from among you: but this rendering I think questionable]. (TA.) Also Repayment, requital, compensation, or recompense. (K.) And Ransom, (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) when regard is had therein to the meaning of equality, or equivalence. (TA.) This is [said to be] the meaning in the phrase of the Kur [v. 96], أَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا [Or the ransom thereof by fasting: but this is generally expl. as meaning or the like thereof of fasting; (see عِدْلٌ ;) i. e., in lieu of feeding a number of poor men, one shall fast the like number of days]. (S, O.) And so [accord. to some] in the saying, occurring in a trad., لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ [of which see various explanations (including three renderings here following) in art. صرف ]. (O, Msb.) And Measure; syn. كَيْلٌ . (K.) So in the phrase أَعْطَاهُ بِالعَدْلِ [He gave him by measure]. (TK.) And An obligatory act or divine ordinance. (En-Nadr, O, K.) And A supererogatory act. (O, K.) Also One who acts equitably, justly, or rightly; and so عَادِلٌ : (K, TA:) or the latter signifies thus: (S, O:) and the former [particularly] signifies a man approved and satisfactory in testimony; originally an inf. n.; (S, O, TA;) whose testimony is approved and available; (Msb;) a man whose testimony is allowable, or legally admissible, as also عَادِلٌ ; a man whose saying, and whose judgment, or judicial decision, are approved; and, accord. to Ibráheem, one from whom a thing occasioning doubt, or suspicion, or evil opinion, has not appeared: being originally an inf. n., it means ذُو عَدْلٍ : or, accord. to IJ, it is an intensive epithet, as though meaning possessing every kind of عَدْل : (TA:) one says رَجُلٌ عَدْلٌ , (S, O, Msb, * K,) and اِمْرَأَةٌ عَدْلٌ and عَدْلَةٌ , (Msb, K,) the latter mentioned by IJ, (TA,) and رَجُلَانِ عَدْلٌ and عَدْلَانِ , (Msb, * TA,) and قَوْمٌ عَدْلٌ (S, O, Msb, * K) and نِسْوَةٌ عَدْلٌ (TA) and قَوْمٌ عُدُولٌ , (S, O, Msb, * K,) عُدُولٌ being pl. of عَدْلٌ , (S, O, Msb,) or of عَادِلٌ , (K,) and عَدْلٌ used in a pl. sense being a quasi-pl. n. of عَادِلٌ , (M, K,) like تَجْرٌ [of تَاجِرٌ ] and شَرْبٌ [of شَارِبٌ ]; (M, TA;) or رِجَالٌ عَدْلٌ and نِسْوَةٌ عَدْلٌ mean رِجَالٌ ذَوُو عَدْلٍ and نِسْوَانٌ ذَوَاتُ عَدْلٍ . (TA.) العَدْلُ as one of the names of God means He whom desire does not cause to incline, or decline, so that he should deviate from the right course in judgment. (TA.) And one says, هٰذَا عَدْلٌ بَيْنَهُمَا , meaning This is intermediate in quality between them two, not in the utmost degree of goodness nor in the extreme degree of badness. (Mgh.) And مَكَانٌ عَدْلٌ بَيْنَ فَرِيقَيْنِ [A place equidistant, or midway, between two parties]. (S in art. سوى .) See also عِدْلٌ , throughout the greater part of the paragraph. عَدْلٌ is also the name of a certain chief of the [body of armed men called] شُرَط , (S, O,) or شُرْطَة , (K,) of a تُبَّع [or King of El-Yemen], who, when he desired the slaughter of a man, delivered him to this person; (S, O, K;) whereupon the people said, وُضِعَ عَلَى يَدَىْ عَدْلٍ [He has been consigned to the hands of 'Adl]; (S, O;) and this was afterwards said of anything of which one despaired. (S, O, K.) [Meyd mentions عَلَى يَدَىْ عَدْلٍ , as a prov., without وُضِعَ : see Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 80.]
Nounعِدْلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the like of a thing, an equal; half a load, one of two counterbalancing loadsgenerated

1I have the like of your boy, or young man—عِنْدِى عِدْلُ غُلَامِكَ

The like of a thing; also عَدْلٌ; the same as مِثْلٌ and نَظِيرٌ [which mean the same, or the equal]; and so عَدِيلٌ.

Er-Rāghib: عَدْلٌ and عِدْلٌ are nearly the same, but the first is used of what is perceived mentally, as in the phrase of the Qur'ān 5:96, أَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا [mentioned under عَدْلٌ], while عِدْلٌ and عَدِيلٌ are used of what is perceived by the senses, such as things weighed, things numbered and things measured.

Ibn-'Ámir, however, read او عِدْلُ ذلك; and Ks and the people of El-Medeeneh read it with fetḥ [that is, عَدْلُ].

Or عِدْلُ الشَّىْءِ, with kesr, means the like of the thing in kind, or in quantity or measure or the like, or also in quantity or measure or the like; and IF says, in weight. And عَدْلُهُ, with fetḥ, means its like, or what will stand in its place, of a thing of a different kind, as in the phrase of the Qur'ān أَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا mentioned above; عَدْل being originally a maṣdar.

Akh says that العِدْلُ, with kesr, means المِثْلُ; and that العَدْلُ, with fetḥ, is originally a maṣdar, but is made a noun to denote المِثْلُ, in order to distinguish it from the عِدْل of goods or commodities [which will be explained below].

Fr says that العِدْلُ, with kesr, is the like, as in the sayings that follow.

the like of your sheep, or goat—عِدْلُ شَاتِكَ

But you say العَدْلُ, with fetḥ to the ع, when you mean the equal in value, of what is different in kind; though it is sometimes pronounced with kesr by some of the Arabs, apparently by an error on their part.

Or some allow saying عِنْدِى عِدْلُ غُلَامِكَ in the sense of I have the like of your boy, or young man, [and apparently عَدْلُهُ also,] and عَدْلُهُ, with fetḥ only, as meaning his value.

But Zj says that العَدْلُ and العِدْلُ both mean the like, whether of the same kind or of a different kind; and if someone makes a mistake, he should not say that some of the Arabs have erred.

The plural of عِدْلٌ is, by common consent, أَعْدَالٌ; and that of عَدِيلٌ is عُدَلَآءُ.

1.1they are not witnesses whose testimony is approvable, but equalized loads of merchandise—مَا هُمْ عُدُولٌ وَلٰكِنْ عُدُولٌ

Also the half of a load, such as is on either of the two sides of the camel; or a burden borne on one side of a beast and made equal in weight to another burden. Plural, of few, أَعْدَالٌ; of many, عُدُولٌ.

عَدِيلٌ means the equal of a person in weight, and in measure or size or the like, in the vehicle called مَحْمِل.

Sb says that it means a human being who is the equal of another in weight, distinguishing it from عِدْلٌ, which, he says, is applied only to goods, or commodities; but عَدِيلَتَانِ means two sacks, because each counterbalances the other.

So said of the عُدُول of an evil judicial decision.

the two men fell together, neither of them having thrown down the other—وَقَعَ المُصْطَرِعَانِ عِدْلَىْ بَعِيرٍ

See also عِكْمٌ.

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The like (IAar, Zj, O, K) of a thing; (IAar, O;) as also عَدْلٌ ; syn. مِثْلٌ ; (IAar, Zj, O, K;) and نَظِيرٌ [which signifies the same, or the equal]; and so عَدِيلٌ : (K:) or, accord. to Er-Rághib, عَدْلٌ and عِدْلٌ are nearly the same; but the former is used in relation to what is perceived mentally, as in the phrase of the Kur [v. 96], أَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا [mentioned voce عَدْلٌ ]; and عِدْلٌ and عَدِيلٌ , in relation to what is perceived by the sense, as things weighed and things numbered and things measured: Ibn-'Ámir, however, read او عِدْلُ ذلك ; and Ks and the people of El-Medeeneh, with fet-h [i. e. عَدْلُ ]: (TA:) or عِدْلُ الشَّىْءِ , with kesr, signifies the like of the thing in kind, (Mgh, Msb,) or in quantity, or measure, or the like, (Msb,) or also in quantity, or measure, or the like, (Mgh,) and IF says, in weight; (Msb;) and عَدْلُهُ , with fet-h, (Mgh, Msb,) its like, (Mgh,) or what will stand in its stead, (Msb,) of a thing different in kind, (Mgh, Msb;) whence the phrase of the Kur أَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَامًا [mentioned above]; عَدْل being originally an inf. n.: (Msb:) Akh says, العِدْلُ , with kesr, signifies المِثْلُ ; and العَدْلُ , with fet-h, is originally an inf. n., but is made a subst. to denote المِثْلُ in order to distinguish it from the عِدْل of goods or commodities [which will be expl. in what follows]: Fr says, العِدْلُ , with kesr, is the like ( المِثْلُ ), as in the saying عِنْدِى عِدْلُ غُلَامِكَ [I have the like of thy boy or young man] and عِدْلُ شَاتِكَ [the like of thy sheep or goat]; but you say العَدْلُ , with nasb [i. e. fet-h] to the ع , when you mean the [equal in] value, of what is different in kind; though sometimes it is pronounced with kesr by some of the Arabs, app. by an error on their part: (S, O:) or some allow one's saying عِنْدِى عِدْلُ غُلَامِكَ as meaning I have the like of thy boy or young man, [and app. عَدْلُهُ also,] and عَدْلُهُ with fet-h only as meaning his value: (TA:) but Zj says that العَدْلُ and العِدْلُ both signify the like, whether it be of the same kind or of a different kind; and if one make a mistake, he should not say that some of the Arabs have erred: (O:) the pl. (S, O, K) of عِدْلٌ , by common consent, (S, O,) is أَعْدَالٌ , (S, O, K,) and [that of عَدِيلٌ is] عُدَلَآءُ . (K.) Also The half of a load, (K, TA,) such as is on either of the two sides of the camel; (TA;) or a burden [borne on one side of a beast, counterbalancing another on the other side, or] made equiponderant to another burden: (Az, TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَعْدَالٌ and [of mult.] عُدُولٌ : (Sb, K:) and عَدِيلٌ signifies the equal of a person in weight and measure or size or the like (S, K, * TA) in the [vehicle called] مَحْمِل : (TA:) Sb says that it signifies a human being that is the equal of another [in weight]; distinguishing it from عِدْلٌ , which, he says, is applied only to goods, or commodities: (IB, TA:) [but] عَدِيلَتَانِ signifies two sacks ( غِرَارَتَانِ ); because each counter balances, or is equiponderant to, the other. (TA.) Hence one says of the عُدُول of an evil judicial decision, مَا هُمْ عُدُولٌ وَلٰكِنْ عُدُولٌ [meaning They are not witnesses whose testimony is approvable, but equalized loads of merchandise]. (TA.) And [hence also] one says, وَقَعَ المُصْطَرِعَانِ عِدْلَىْ بَعِيرٍ , meaning The two [men wrestling] fell together, neither of them having thrown down the other. (TA. [See also عِكْمٌ .])
Nounعَدَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — the equalizing of two burdens, or half-loadsgenerated

1

The equalizing of the two burdens, or half-loads, called عِدْلَانِ.

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The equalizing of the [two burdens, or half-loads, called] عِدْلَانِ . (IAar, O, K.)
Nounعَدَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — men who pronounce witnesses to be veracious and goodgenerated

1

See the next entry, in two places.

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: see what next follows, in two places.
Nounعُدَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — men who pronounce witnesses to be veracious, and good, or righteousgenerated

1

Men who pronounce witnesses to be veracious, and good, or righteous; also عَدَلَةٌ. And the first is also applied to a single man who does so; or the first is applied to a single person, and عَدَلَةٌ to a plural number.

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Men who pronounce witnesses to be veracious, and good, or righteous; (AZ, IAar, O, K, * TA;) as also عَدَلَةٌ ; (K;) and the former is also applied to a man who does so: (AZ, O, TA: *) or the former is applied to a single per- son, and عَدَلَةٌ is applied to a pl. number. (AA, K, TA.)
Nounعَدِيلٌ1 sense

Core sense — the equal of a person, one who counterbalances him in a camel-vehiclegenerated

1

See عِدْلٌ, in four places.

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: see عِدْلٌ , in four places.
Nounعَدَالَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the quality of an approved witness; moral uprightness, honestygenerated

1

See عَدْلٌ, in two places.

It is a maṣdar of عَدُلَ said of a witness, like عُدُولَةٌ, and means the quality of a witness such as is termed عَدْلٌ.

It is explained as a quality whose observance requires guarding, habitually and openly, against whatever falls short of the requirements of manly virtue, or moral goodness. Such open falling short is not brought about by small lapses or falls into wrongdoing, or by perversion of speech, because mistake and forgetfulness may be supposed as the causes of these, and interpretation not according to the obvious meaning; it is when such is the known and repeated practice of the person.

Regard is to be had to the goodness, or honesty, of every individual, and to his usual practice in respect of his clothing, his dealing in selling and buying, the conveyance of goods, and other things; and when he does what is not suitable to him, without necessity, his testimony is impugned; otherwise it is not.

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: see عَدْلٌ , in two places. It is an inf. n. of عَدُلَ (S, O, Msb) said of a witness; like عُدُولَةٌ : and signifies The quality of a witness such as is termed عَدْلٌ [q. v.]: it is expl. as being a quality the regard of which necessitates the guarding against what falls short of the requirements of manly virtue or moral goodness, habitually and evidently; which evident falling short thereof is not effected by small instances of lapses or falls into wrongdoing, and by perversion of speech, because mistake and forgetfulness are supposable [as the causes thereof], and interpretation not according to the obvious meaning; but it is when such is the known and repeated practice of the person: regard is to be had to the goodness, or honesty, of every individual, and his usual practice in respect of his apparel, and his dealing in selling and buying, and the conveyance of goods, and other things; and when he does that which is not suitable to him, without necessity, his testimony is impugned; otherwise it is not. (Msb.)
Nounعُدُولَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — equity, justice, rectitudegenerated

1

See عَدْلٌ, first sentence; and عَدَالَةٌ.

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Nounعَدِيلَتَانِ1 sense

Core sense — the two sacks, or loads, that counterbalance each other on a camelgenerated

1

See عِدْلٌ, in the last quarter.

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: see عِدْلٌ , last quarter.
Nounعَدَوْلَى2 senses

Core sense — an old, tall tree; old treesgenerated

1

An old, tall tree; or شَجَرٌ عَدَوْلِىٌّ means old trees, one of which is termed عَدَوْلِيَّةٌ. According to AHn, عَدَوْلِىٌّ means anything old.

2

See also the next entry.

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An old, tall tree: (K:) or شَجَرٌ عَدَوْلِىٌّ signifies old trees; one of which is termed عَدَوْلِيَّةٌ : or, accord. to AHn, عَدَوْلِىٌّ signifies anything old. (TA.) See also the next following paragraph.
Nounعَدَوْلِىٌّ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — an old tree; a seaman, or mariner; a kind of ship or boatgenerated

1

See the preceding entry, in two places.

2

Also a seaman, or mariner; this is the correct form, though SM thinks, not altogether without reason, that the context requires the reading عَدَوْلَى.

2.1

And the plural — apparently a mistake for the ism waḥda — of عَدَوْلِيَّةٌ, which means certain ships or boats, or a sort of ship or boat; or it is an adjective applied to certain ships or boats.

So called as being of عَدَوْلَى, meaning a city of El-Bahreyn — not, as would be imagined from the context in the K, the tree said to be so called. It is mentioned in the poetry of Tarafeh, in verse 4 of his Mo'allakah, and is so explained by As.

Or the word means old; or large. Or it is so called as being of a place named عَدَوْلَاة, of the measure فَعَوْلَاة; or of عَدَوْل, a man who used to build ships or boats; or of a people who used to alight and settle in Hejer.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places. Also, thus correctly, as in the S, (TA, [and thus, app., accord. to the K, though this is thought by SM, and not altogether without reason, to require by its context the reading of عَدَوْلَى , as does, app., the O,]) A seaman, or mariner. (S, O, K, TA.) And pl. [app. a mistake for n. un.] of عَدَوْلِيَّةٌ , (K,) which latter means Certain ships or boats, (O, K, TA,) or a [sort of] ship or boat, (S,) or it is an epithet applied to certain ships or boats, (EM p. 58,) so called as being of عَدَوْلَى , (S, O, * K, TA,) meaning a city of El-Bahreyn, (S, O, * TA,) not meaning, as would be imagined from the context in the K, the tree [said to be] thus called; (TA;) mentioned in the poetry of Tarafeh, (S, O, TA,) in the fourth verse of his Mo'allakah, (O, TA,) and thus expl. by As: (TA:) or meaning old; or large: (O, TA:) or so called as being of a place named عَدَوْلَاة , of the measure فَعَوْلَاة : (TA:) or of عَدَوْل , a man who used to construct ships or boats: or of a people who used to alight and abide in Hejer. (O, K.)
Nounعَادِلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who acts justly; one who deviates; one who attributes copartners to Godgenerated

1

See عَدْلٌ, in the latter half, in two places.

1.1you who deviate from the right course, you who attribute copartners to God—يَا قَاسِطُ يَا عَادِلُ

Also one who attributes a copartner, or copartners, to God.

A woman is related to have said this to El-Hajjáj. The people thought that she was commending him, so he said that by يا قاسط she referred to the words of the Qur'ān 72:15, أَمَّا ٱلْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا [explained under قَاسِطٌ], and by يا عادل to the words in the same book, 6:151, وَهُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ [explained above, see Form 1].

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: see عَدْلٌ , latter half, in two places. Also An attributer of a copartner, or of copartners, to God. (S, TA.) A woman is related to have said to El-Hajjáj, يَا قَاسِطُ يَا عَادِلُ ; [by which she meant O deviater from the right course; O attributer of a copartner, or of copartners, to God;] (S, * O;) whereupon, the people thinking that she was commending him, he said that by her saying يا قاسط , she referred to the words of the Kur [lxxii. 15] أَمَّا ٱلْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا [expl. voce قَاسِطٌ ; and by her saying يا عادل , to the words in the same [vi. 151] وَهُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ [expl. above, see 1]. (O.)
Nounمَعْدِلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a place of turning away or back; a way, or manner, of actinggenerated

1there is for him no place of turning away or back—مَا لَهُ مَعْدِلٌ

A place of turning away or back; also مَعْدُولٌ.

Also said as مَعْدُولٌ.

Plural مَعَادِلُ.

Aboo-Khirásh says: [The earth, with those ways in which one may turn in various directions, becomes strait to me]

shāhid
تَضِيقُ عَلَىَّ الأَرْضُ ذَاتُ المَعَادِلِ

; or the meaning is: having such width that by reason of it one may turn in it to the right and left.

1.1he took to the right way of acting—أَخَذَ فِى مَعْدِلِ الحَقِّ
the false, or wrong, way of acting—مَعْدِلِ البَاطِلِ
look at his evil ways of acting—اُنْظُرُوا إِلَى سُوْءِ مَعَادِلِهِ
he is one who takes a right direction in his ways of acting—هُوَ سَدِيدُ المَعَادِلِ

on this sense And a way, course, mode, or manner of acting, or of conduct, or the like.

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A place of turning away or back; as also مَعْدُولٌ : so in the saying, مَا لَهُ مَعْدِلٌ and مَعْدُولٌ [There is for him no place of turning away or back]: (K:) pl. مَعَادِلُ : Aboo-Khirásh says, 1 meaning [The earth having those ways in which one may turn in various directions becomes strait to me; or] having such amplitude that by reason thereof one may turn in it to the right and left. (TA.) تَضِيقُ عَلَىَّ الأَرْضُ ذَاتُ المَعَادِلِ And A way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like: thus in the saying أَخَذَ فِى مَعْدِلِ الحَقِّ [He took to the right way of acting], and مَعْدِلِ البَاطِلِ [the false, or wrong, way of acting]: and in like manner one says, اُنْظُرُوا إِلَى سُوْءِ مَعَادِلِهِ Look ye at his evil ways of acting: and هُوَ سَدِيدُ المَعَادِلِ [He is one who takes a right direction in respect of the ways of acting]. (TA.)
Nounمَعْدَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — equity, justicegenerated

1

See عَدْلٌ, in the former half, in seven places.

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Nounمُعَدَّلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — straightened, made evengenerated

1

Anything straightened, or made even. For the rest, see its verb.

1.1

For الكُرُّ المُعَدَّلُ see the article كر.

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Anything straightened, or made even: (S, O, K:) [&c.: see its verb.] الكُرُّ المُعَدَّلُ see in art. كر .
Nounمُعَدَّلَاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — the angles, or corners, of a house or roomgenerated

1

The angles, or corners, of a house or chamber.

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The angles, or corners, of a house or chamber. (IAar, O, K.)
Nounمَعْدُولٌ1 sense

Core sense — turned aside, turned from its coursegenerated

1

See مَعْدِلٌ, in two places.

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Nounمُعْتَدِل2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — straight, even, well-proportioned; of a middling sort, moderate, temperategenerated

1a she-camel whose limbs are made even, one with another, including her hump and other parts—مُعْتَدِلَةٌ

Right, or having a right direction; straight, or even; equal; equable, or uniform; symmetrical, proportionate; suitable in itself, or in its parts. See its verb.

As is the case when she becomes fat. Sh, on the authority of Mohárib, wrongly gives it as مُعَنْدَلَة, belonging to the article عندل.

1.1a horse whose غُرَّة, or blaze, occupies the middle of his forehead—فَرَسٌ مُعْتَدِلُ الفرقِ

And of a middling sort, in quantity or quality: as a body between tallness and shortness, and water between the hot and the cold; and moderate, or temperate, as a day whose air is pleasant; the contrary of مُعْتَذِلٌ, with the pointed ذ.

Apparently الفَرْقِ. The blaze does not reach to either of the eyes, nor incline upon either of the cheeks.

days moderate in temperature; pleasant, not hot, days—أَيَّامٌ مُعْتَدِلَاتٌ
forty nights of varying, or alternating, heat and cold, beginning from the rising of Suheyl—المُعْتَدِلَاتُ

That is, the auroral rising of Suheyl, or Canopus, which in Central Arabia at the beginning of the era of the Flight was about 4 August, Old Style. Or the days of heat known by the name وَقَدَاتُ سُهَيْلٍ, the most violent heats of Canopus; also المُعْتَذِلَاتُ.

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[Right, or having a right direction; straight, or even; equal; equable, or uniform; symmetrical, proportionate; suitable in itself or in its parts: see its verb]. مُعْتَدِلَةٌ applied to a she-camel means Whose limbs, or members, are rendered even, one with another, (Lth, Az, TA,) including her hump and other parts; as is the case when she becomes fat: erroneously said by Sh, on the authority of Mohárib, to be مُعَنْدَلَة , belonging to art. عندل . (Az, TA.) And Of a middling sort, in quantity, or quality; as a body between tallness and shortness, and water between the hot and the cold; and [moderate, or temperate,] as a day of which the air is pleasant; contr. of مُعْتَذِلٌ , with the pointed ذ . (TA.) فَرَسٌ مُعْتَدِلُ الفرقِ [app. الفَرْقِ ] means A horse whose غُرَّة [or blaze] occupies the middle of his forehead, not reaching to one of the eyes nor inclining upon one of the cheeks. (AO, TA.) أَيَّامٌ مُعْتَدِلَاتٌ signifies [Days moderate in temperature; or] pleasant, not hot, days. (TA.) And المُعْتَدِلَاتُ is applied to Forty nights of varying, or alternating, heat and cold, commencing from the [auroral] rising of Suheyl [or Canopus, which, in Central Arabia, at the commencement of the era of the Flight, was about the 4th of August, O. S.]: (AZ, TA in art. صفر : see صَفَرِىٌّ :) or the days of heat known by the appel-lation of وَقَدَاتُ سُهَيْلٍ [the most vehement heats of Canopus]; as also المُعْتَذِلَاتُ [q. v.]. (El- Hareeree's Durrat-el-Ghowwás, in De Sacy's Anthol. Gramm. Arabe, p. 37 of the Arabic text.)