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Form 1عَالَ عِيَالَهُ11 senses · 3 main
maṣdarعَوْلٌmuḍāriʿيَعُولُ تَعُولُ

Core sense — he fed, or sustained, his family; he had a numerous family; it overcame himgenerated

1.1I supplied him with his means of subsistence for a monthعُلْتُهُ شَهْرًا

maṣdar عَوْلٌ, عِيَالَةٌ, and عُوُولٌ.

He fed, nourished, or sustained, his family, or household, and spent on them: or he supplied them with the food, clothing and other things they needed. [In the Msb, اليَتِيمَ the orphan.]

أَعَالَهُمْ and عَيَّلَهُمْ have the same meaning.

[Begin] with those you sustain, and whose expenses are your dutyاِبْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ

In a tradition. If anything remains over and above, let it be for strangers, or those not related to you.

1.2he had a numerous family, or householdعال

Muḍāriʿ as above; maṣdar عَوْلٌ, عِيَالَةٌ, and عُوُولٌ.

اعال, أَعْوَلَ, and أَعْيَلَ have the same meaning, this last formed by changing و into ى [or formed from عِيَالٌ], and also عيل [that is, عَيَّلَ].

اعال is also explained as meaning simply: he had a family, or household.

أَعْوَلَتْ, in a tradition, meaning she brought forth children, is said by IAth to be originally أَعْيَلَتْ, meaning she had a family, or household; but Z says that اعيلت is formed with regard to the word عِيَالٌ, and is not the original form. [See also form 4 in art. عيل.]

[What ails him?] May he have a numerous family, and may he stray from the right course in his judgmentمَا لَهُ عَالَ وَمَالَ

A form of imprecation. [See another explanation in art. عيل.]

[That will be more, or most, apt, fit, or proper,] that you may not have numerous families or householdsذٰلِكَ أَدْنَى أَلَّا تَعُولُوا

In the Qur'ān 4:3.

1.2.1he (a man) was, or became, poorعال

Muḍāriʿ as above. [And يَعِيلُ (see form 1 in art. عيل).]

اعال has the same meaning.

Yoo says that لَا يَعُولُ عَلَى القَصْدِ أَحَدٌ means لَا يَحْتَاجُ [apparently: no one will become poor, or in want, while following the right course]; and so لَا يَعِيلُ. See art. عيل.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe balance inclined, or declined, and roseعال المِيزَانُ

Or one of its ends rose above the other: or it became defective, and departed from the right state: or it became excessive.

Muḍāriʿ يَعُولُ and يَعِيلُ; maṣdar عَوْلٌ and عَيْلٌ.

he was, or became, unfaithful; he acted unfaithfullyعال فِى المِيزَانِ

A poet says: [They said, “We have followed the way of the Apostle of God:” but they have rejected the saying of the Apostle, and been false in the balances, that is, unfaithful]

shāhid
قَالُوا ٱتَّبْعْنَا رَسُولَ ٱللّٰهِ وَٱطَّرَحُواقَوْلَ الرَّسُولِ وَعَالُوا فِى المَوَازِينِ
1.3.1he (a judge) deviated from the right course, or acted wrongfullyعال

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Construed with فِى الحُكْمِ [in the judgment].

[that you may not deviate from the right course]أَلَّا تَعُولُوا

In the Qur'ān 4:3, mentioned above, according to Mujāhid and most of the expositors.

1.3.2the primarily-apportioned inheritance exceeded, in the reckoning, the regular sum of the fixed primary portionsعَالَتِ الفَرِيضَةُ

. This derivation is A'Obeyd's opinion.

فَرِيضَة is the primarily-apportioned inheritance; the named primary portions are all fractions of twenty-four, and when they exceed the regular sum a diminution falls on the sharers. العَوْلُ here is the opposite of الرَّدُّ [which I do not find in any lexicon, but only in dictionaries of conventional terms].

Az relates of El-Mufaddal that, when asked about the shares of two daughters, a father, a mother and a wife, he said, “Her eighth has become a ninth.” A'Obeyd says he meant that the primary portions had exceeded the regular sum, so that the wife received the ninth, whereas in the original case she would have had the eighth: for if the فريضة had not exceeded, it would have consisted of twenty-four; but when it exceeded, it became twenty-seven; the two daughters had the two thirds of twenty-four, that is sixteen portions; the father and the mother the two sixths, that is eight portions; and the wife three reckoned as of twenty-seven, that is the ninth, whereas before the exceeding it would have been three of twenty-four, that is the eighth.

This question is called المَسْأَلَةُ المِنْبَرِيَّةُ because 'Alee was asked about it while he was on the pulpit, and said, without premeditation, “Her eighth has become a ninth.”

[And the divining-arrow of Zacharias] rose upon the waterوَعَالَ قَلَمُ زَكَرِيَّآءَ

From a tradition of Maryam [the Virgin Mary], on a story alluded to in the Qur'ān 3:39.

Qur’ān 3:41 approximate — somewhere between 3:11 and 3:49 Lane cites “Kur iii. 39”
Lane cites “Bd in iv. 3” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.3.3Zeyd made the shares exceed, as described aboveعال زَيْدٌ الفَرَائِضَ

Also الفَرِيضَةَ; first person عُلْتُهَا. What he so treats is the فرائض or the فريضة. أَعَالَهَا is also said, and is the more common.

1.3.4it was, or became, hard to bear, severe, or distressing, and great, or formidableعال

Said of an affair, or event.

1.3.5may he be overcome! of what is he the overcomer?عِيلَ مَا هُوَ عَائِلُهُ

. It (a thing) overcame a person; burdened, or oppressed, him; distressed him; and made him anxious. [See an example in a verse cited voce مَسَافَةٌ in art. سوف.]

That is, غُلِبَ مَا هُوَ غَالِبُهُ. A proverb, applied to someone at whose speech, or something else of the sort coming from him, one wonders. It has the nature of a prayer for the man, like what one says when a thing pleases one: قَاتَلَهُ ٱللّٰهُ and أَخْزَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ.

my patience was overcomeعِيلَ صَبْرِى

عَالَ صَبْرِى means the same (Abu-l-Jarrāḥ); or, according to Aboo-Ṭālib, the former may mean رُفِعَ [that is, was taken away, literally raised; and if so, the latter may likewise mean اِرْتَفَعَ].

it oppressed the wild oxenعَالَتِ البَيْقُورَ

In a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s-Salt, referring to a year of drought: the oxen had سَلَع and عُشَر tied to their tails and set on fire, and were made to climb the mountain; by doing this the Arabs claimed that they obtained rain. [See art. سلع.]

1.3.6may you rise, or be raised, after stumbling, or fallingعَالَكَ عَالِيًا

So explained in the T. In it, عَالَكَ apparently means properly رَفَعَكَ, the agent being understood. It is like the saying لَعًا لَكَ عَالِيًا [in the CK لَعا لَكَ].

1.3.7may his mother be bereft of himعِيلَ عَوْلُهُ

[Apparently meaning literally: may the wailing for him be raised.]

عَالَ عَوْلُهُ means the same.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
4:3
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟

If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.

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, Mgh, O, Msb, * K, TA,) aor. يَعُولُ , (S, O, Msb,) inf. n. عَوْلٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and عِيَالَةٌ (S, O, K) and عُوُولٌ ; (K;) He fed, nourished, or sustained, his family, or household, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, * K, [in the Msb, اليَتِيمَ , the orphan,]) and expended upon them: (S, Mgh, O:) or he supplied them with what they needed of food and clothing and other things: (TA:) and أَعَالَهُمْ and عَيَّلَهُمْ signify the same. (K.) One says, عُلْتُهُ شَهْرًا I supplied him with his means of subsistence for a month. (S, O.) And it is said in a trad., اِبْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ i. e. [Begin thou] with those whom thou sustainest, and whose expenses are incumbent on thee; and if anything remain over and above, let it be for the strangers, or those who are not related to thee. (TA.) And عال , (Ks, K, TA,) aor. as above, (Ks, TA,) inf. n. عَوْلٌ and عِيَالَةٌ (K, TA) and عُوُولٌ , (TA,) He had a numerous family or household; (K, TA;) [and] so اعال , (Z, Mgh, O, Msb,) and أَعْوَلَ , (Z, O, K,) and أَعْيَلَ , (Msb, K, TA,) this last formed by the change of و into ى , (TA,) [or formed from عِيَالٌ ,] and عيل [i. e. عَيَّلَ ]: (Msb:) اعال is also expl. as meaning [simply] he had a family, or household: and أَعْوَلَتْ , occurring in a trad., as meaning she brought forth children, is said by IAth to be originally أَعْيَلَتْ , signifying she had a family, or household; but Z says that اعيلت is formed with a regard to the word عِيَالٌ , and is not the original form. (TA.) [See also 4 in art. عيل .] مَا لَهُ عَالَ وَمَالَ is a form of imprecation, meaning [What ails him?] May he have a numerous family or household, and may he decline from the right course in his judgment. (K. [See another explanation in art. عيل .]) And the saying, in the Kur [iv. 3], ذٰلِكَ أَدْنَى أَلَّا تَعُولُوا has been expl. as meaning [That will be more, or most, apt, fit, or proper,] that ye may not have numerous families or households. (TA.) [Hence, probably,] عال , aor. as above, [and يَعِيلُ , (see 1 in art. عيل ,)] signifies also He (a man) was, or became, poor; (Ks, TA;) [and] so اعال . (K.) And Yoo says that لَا يَعُولُ عَلَى القَصْدِ أَحَدٌ signifies لَا يَحْتَاجُ [app. meaning No one will become poor, or in want, while following the right course]: (TA:) and so لَا يَعِيلُ . (TA in art. عيل .) عال المِيزَانُ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) aor. يَعُولُ and يَعِيلُ , (K, TA,) inf. n. عَوْلٌ and عَيْلٌ , (TA,) The balance inclined, or declined, (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) and rose: (Mgh, Msb:) or one of its extremities rose above the other: (TA:) or it was, or became, defective, and declined from the right state: or [in the CK “ and ”] it was, or became, excessive. (K, TA.) And [hence,] عال فِى المِيزَانِ He was, or became, unfaithful; or he acted unfaithfully. (Msb.) A poet says, 1 [They said, “ We have followed the way of the Apostle of God: ” but they have rejected the saying of the Apostle, and been false in the balances, i. e., unfaithful]. (S, O.) قَالُوا ٱتَّبْعْنَا رَسُولَ ٱللّٰهِ وَٱطَّرَحُوا | قَوْلَ الرَّسُولِ وَعَالُوا فِى المَوَازِينِ And عال , (inf. n. عَوْلٌ , Msb,) He (a judge, Mgh) deviated from the right course, or acted wrongfully, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) فِى الحُكْمِ [in the judgment]. (S, O.) Hence, in the Kur [iv. 3, mentioned above], أَلَّا تَعُولُوا [that ye may not deviate from the right course], (S, Mgh, O, Msb, TA,) accord. to Mujá- hid, (S, O, Msb,) and most of the expositors. (TA.) And hence, (S, Mgh, O,) in the opinion of A'Obeyd, (S, O,) عَالَتِ الفَرِيضَةُ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) aor. تَعُولُ , (TA,) inf. n. عَوْلٌ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) The فَرِيضَة [or primarily-apportioned inheritance] deviated [by excess] from the limit of the named [primary] portions [which are all fractions of four and twenty]; (Bd in iv. 3;) [meaning] it rose [above], (S, O, Msb, K,) or exceeded, (K,) in the reckoning, (Msb, K,) [the regular sum of the fixed primary portions,] i. e., its [fixed primary], portions exceeded [the regular sum thereof], occasioning a diminution to the sharers: (S, Mgh, O, Msb:) العَوْلُ in this case being the contr. of الرَّدُّ [which I do not find in any lexicon, but only in dictionaries of conventional terms]. (Msb.) Az relates, of El-Mufaddal, that, application having been made to him respecting [the shares of inheritance of] two daughters and a father and a mother and a wife, said, “ Her [the wife's] eighth has become a ninth: ” and A' Obeyd says, he meant that the [primary] portions had exceeded [the regular sum] so that there fell to the wife the ninth, whereas in the original case she would have had the eighth; for if the فريضة had not exceeded [the regular sum], it would have consisted of four and twenty; but when it [so] exceeded, it became of seven and twenty; and there pertained to the two daughters the two thirds [of four and twenty], i. e. sixteen portions; and to the father and the mother the two sixths, i. e. eight portions; and to the wife three reckoned as of seven and twenty, i. e. the ninth, whereas, before the exceeding, it would have been three of four and twenty, i. e. the eighth: and this question is called المَسْأَلَةُ المِنْبَرِيَّةُ , because 'Alee was asked respecting it when he was on the pulpit, and said, without premeditation, “ Her eighth has become a ninth. ” (TA.) Hence the saying, in a trad. of Maryam, [i. e. the Virgin Mary, respecting a story to which allusion is made in the Kur iii. 39, (see a note on that verse in Sale's Translation,)] وَعَالَ قَلَمُ زَكَرِيَّآءَ i. e. [And the divining-arrow of Zacharias] rose upon the water. (TA.) And one says also, عال زَيْدٌ الفَرَائِضَ , (S, Mgh, O,) or الفَرِيضَةَ , (Msb,) first pers. عُلْتُهَا , (K,) meaning Zeyd made the فرائض , or فريضة , to be as described above; as also أَعَالَهَا ; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K; *) which latter is the more common. (Msb.) عال said of an affair, or event, It was, or became, hard to be borne, severe, or distressing, and great, or formidable. (S, O, K.) And also, (S, O, K,) aor. يَعُولُ , (S. O,) inf. n. عَوْلٌ , (TA,) It (a thing) overcame a person; burdened, or oppressed, him; (S, O, K;) distressed him; (Fr, O;) and disquieted him, or rendered him anxious. (K.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce مَسَافَةٌ , in art. سوف .] One says, عِيلَ مَا هُوَ عَائِلُهُ i. e. غُلِبَ مَا هُوَ غَالِبُهُ [May he be overcome! Of what is he the overcomer?]: (S, Meyd, O, K:) a prov., (Meyd,) applied to him at whose speech, or some other thing proceeding from him, (S, Meyd, O, K,) of a like sort, (K,) one wonders: (S, Meyd, O, K:) it is of the nature of a prayer, (S, Meyd, O,) for the man; (Meyd;) like the saying, when a thing pleases one, قَاتَلَهُ ٱللّٰهُ , and أَخْزَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ . (TA.) And عِيلَ صَبْرِى My patience was overcome; (S, O, K;) and so عَالَ صَبْرِى : (Abu-l-Jarráh, Lh, K:) or, accord. to Aboo- Tálib, the former may mean رُفِعَ [i. e., was taken away, lit. raised; and if so, the latter may in like manner mean اِرْتَفَعَ ]. (TA.) عَالَتِ البَيْقُورَ , occurring in a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s-Salt, refers to a year of drought, and means It oppressed the [wild] oxen, by occasioning their having سَلَع and عُشَر tied to their tails and set on fire, and being made to ascend upon the mountain; by the doing of which, the Arabs asserted that they obtained rain. (S, O. [See art. سلع .]) عَالَكَ عَالِيًا [in which عَالَكَ app. signifies properly رَفَعَكَ , the agent ( ٱللّٰهُ ) being understood,] is like the saying لَعًا لَكَ عَالِيًا , (K, TA, [in the CK لَعا لَكَ ,]) and is expl. in the T as meaning Mayest thou rise, or be raised, after stumbling, or falling. (TA.) عِيلَ عَوْلُهُ [app. signifying lit. May the wailing for him be raised (in the CK عَوْلَةً )] means may his mother be bereft of him; as also عَالَ عَوْلُهُ . (K, TA.)
Form 2عَيَّلَهُمْ8 senses · 5 main
maṣdarتَعْوِيلٌ

Core sense — he fed them; he laid a burden on him; he relied, or trusted, in itgenerated

2.1

Apparently formed from عِيَالٌ, in which the ى is originally و. See form 1, first sentence.

2.1.1

He also made them become what are termed عِيَال [that is, a family, or household]: or he neglected them.

Or تَعْيِيلٌ means feeding badly. See art. عيل.

2.2

عيّل used intransitively: see form 1, fourth sentence.

2.3he behaved boldly, or presumptuously, towards himعوّل عَلَيْهِ

Or he trusted in his love and so behaved presumptuously towards him; and he laid [some affair] upon him as a burden. أَعْوَلَ عَلَيْهِ means the same; ism fāʿil مُعْوِلٌ.

I laid some of my affair on such a one as a burdenعَوَّلْتُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ
lay on me as a burden what you wishعَوِّلْ عَلَىَّ
2.3.1ask aid of me in what you wishعَوِّلٌ عَلَىَّ بِما شِئْتَ

He also asked aid of him; عوّل بِهِ means the same.

As though he said: lay on me as a burden what you like.

2.3.2reliance is placed on himعَلَيْهِ المُعَوَّلُ

He also relied on it, or trusted in it — said of a thing; عوّل بِهِ means the same, maṣdar تَعْوِيلٌ and مُعَوَّلٌ, on the authority of Th, who explains it so in the saying of Imra-el-Keys: [When my cure is indeed a flow of tears poured forth: but is there reliance, or confidence, to be felt at the remains of a dwelling that is being rased, or effaced?]

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وَإنَّ شِفَائِى عَبْرَةٌ مُهَرَقَةٌفَهَلْ عِنْدَ رَسْمٍ دَارِسٍ مِنْ مُعَوَّلِ

Or مُعَوَّل is here a maṣdar of عَوَّلْتُ in the sense of أعْوَلْتُ, that is بَكَيْتُ, so that the meaning is weeping: or it here means a place of weeping: or, as some say, a seeking of any means of profit.

2.4

See also form 4.

2.5he (a pastor) made, or built, a shelter from the rainعوّل

Or عوّل عَالَةً. The shelter is termed عالة, and is made by tying some branches of a tree to branches of a tree near it, and then covering them with small lopped wood such as is used for firewood.

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[app. formed from عِيَالٌ , in which the ى is originally و ]: see 1, first sentence. It signifies also He made them to become what are termed عِيَال [i. e. a family, or household]: or he neglected them: (K:) or تَعْيِيلٌ signifies the feeding badly. (S and O in art. عيل .) عيّل as intrans.: see 1, fourth sentence. عوّل عَلَيْهِ He acted, or behaved, with boldness, or presumptuousness, towards him; or confided in his love, and therefore acted presumptuously towards him; and he put, or imposed as a burden, upon him [some affair]; (AZ, S, O, K;) as also أَعْوَلَ عَلَيْهِ , (K, TA,) part. n. مُعْوِلٌ . (TA.) One says, عَوَّلْتُ , عَلَى فُلَانٍ I put, or imposed as a burden, upon such a one, somewhat of my affair: and عَوِّلْ عَلَىَّ Put thou, or impose thou as a burden, upon me what thou desirest. (Ham p. 125.) And He asked aid of him; (K, TA;) as also عوّل بِهِ . (TA.) One says, عَوِّلٌ عَلَىَّ بِما شِئْتَ Ask thou aid of me in what thou wilt; as though he said, put thou, or impose thou as a burden, upon me, what thou likest. (S, O.) And He relied upon it, or confided in it; (Msb, K;) namely, a thing; as also عوّل بِهِ ; inf. n. تَعْوِيلٌ (Msb) and مُعَوَّلٌ , (K, TA,) thus on the authority of Th, who thus explains it in the saying, (TA,) of Imra-el- Keys, (O,) 1 [When verily my cure is a flow of tears poured forth: but is there reliance, or confidence, to be felt at the remains of an abode becoming rased, or effaced?]: or مُعَوَّل is here an inf. n. of عَوَّلْتُ in the sense of أعْوَلْتُ , i. e. بَكَيْتُ ; so that the meaning is, weeping: (TA:) or it here means a place of weeping: or, as some say, a seeking of any means of profiting. (O. [See also EM pp. 6 and 7.]) One says likewise, عَلَيْهِ المُعَوَّلُ , meaning [Upon him is placed] reliance. (TA.) وَإنَّ شِفَائِى عَبْرَةٌ مُهَرَقَةٌ | فَهَلْ عِنْدَ رَسْمٍ دَارِسٍ مِنْ مُعَوَّلِ See also 4. And عوّل , (K, and Ham p. 125,) or عوّل عَالَةً , (S, O,) inf. n. تَعْوِيلٌ , (K,) signifies He (a pastor, Ham) made, or constructed, a shelter from the rain, termed عالة , (S, O, K, and Ham * ubi suprà,) by binding some branches of a tree to some branches of a tree near to the former, and then covering them with small lopped wood such as is used for firewood. (Ham.)
Form 4أعَالَهُمْ7 senses · 6 main

Core sense — he wept, he wailed; he desired greedily; he fed, or sustained, themgenerated

4.1

See form 1, first sentence.

4.2

اعال, أعْوَلَ and أَعْيَلَ, used intransitively: see form 1, first half, in six places.

4.3

اعال الفَرَئِضَ, or الفَرِيضَةَ: see form 1, second half.

4.4

See also form 2, first half.

4.5he weptأَعْوَلَ عوّل

اِعْتَوَلَ means the same; or he wailed, that is, he raised his voice with weeping and cried out; or he wept and cried out; construed with عَلَيْهِ for the one mourned.

In a verse of 'Obeyd-Allah Ibn-'Abd-Allah Ibn-'Otbeh, cited by Th, اعول occurs as transitive by itself, عَلَى being left out.

4.5.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe bow gave out a soundأَعْوَلَتِ القَوْسُ

In some lexicons, as in the L, wrongly written الفَرَسُ.

4.6he (a man) desired eagerly, greedily, or excessively; he covetedاعال

أَعْوَلَ and مُعْيِلٌ mean the same; ism fāʿil مُعْوِلٌ and مُعْيِلٌ.

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: see 1, first sentence. اعال and أعْوَلَ and أَعْيَلَ as intrans.: see 1, former half, in six places. اعال الفَرَئِضَ or الفَرِيضَةَ : see 1, latter half. See also 2, former half. أَعْوَلَ (Sh, S, O, K) and عوّل (Sh, O, K) He wept; (O;) as also اِعْتَوَلَ : (O, K:) or he wailed; i. e. raised his voice with weeping, (S, K,) and cried out; (K;) or wept, and cried out; عَلَيْهِ for him: (Sh, O, Msb:) and an instance occurs, in a verse of 'Obeyd-Allah Ibn-'Abd-Allah Ibn-'Otbeh, cited by Th, of اعول trans. by itself, عَلَى being suppressed. (TA.) [Hence,] one says also, أَعْوَلَتِ القَوْسُ The bow produced a sound: (S, M, O, K, TA:) in some lexicons, as in the L, erroneously, الفَرَسُ . (TA.) And اعال and أَعْوَلَ (AZ, O, K, and S in art. مُعْوِلٌ ) and مُعْيِلٌ (K) signify He (a man, K) desired vehemently, eagerly, greedily, very greedily, or with avidity; or did so excessively, or culpably; or coveted; (AZ, S, O, K;) part. ns. مُعْوِلٌ and مُعْيِلٌ . (TA.)
Form 8اِعْتَوَلَ1 sense

Core sense — he desired eagerly, or greedily; he covetedgenerated

8.1

See the preceding paragraph, form 4.

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Derived nouns 21

Nounعَالٌ1 sense

Core sense — anything belonging to a persongenerated

1he has not anything belonging to himمَا لَهُ عَالٌ وَلَا مَالٌ

A word occurring in this saying.

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a word occurring in the saying مَا لَهُ عَالٌ وَلَا مَالٌ , which means He has not anything belonging to him. (K.)
Nounعَوْلٌ5 senses · 4 main

Core sense — woe, wailing; a distressing affair; the food of a householdgenerated

1

See عَوِيلٌ.

1.1may God decree your woe and the woe of Zeyd, in effect meaning woe to you and woe to Zeydعَوْلَكَ عَوْلَ زَيْدٍ

عَوْلَ is a word like وَيْبَ.

literally: woe to Zeydعَوْلٌ لِزَيْدٍ

Or, according to Sb and others, عَوْلَ is used only as a sequent to وَيْلَ; they said وَيْلَهُ وَعَوْلَهُ, in which, Az says, ويل and عول both mean weeping, or lamentation with tears; and Aboo-Ṭālib says that they are put in the accusative case as expressing an imprecation and blame, as is done in the sayings وَيْلًا لَهُ and تُرَابًا لَهُ.

2

Also any affair, or event, that makes one anxious; apparently a maṣdar used as a substantive.

3

Also one whose aid is asked in affairs of difficulty or importance. [See also مُعَوَّلٌ.]

4

Also the food of a family, or household.

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: see عَوِيلٌ . عَوْلَ is a word like وَيْبَ : one says, عَوْلَكَ and عَوْلَ زَيْدٍ [i. e. May God decree thy woe and the woe of Zeyd, virtually meaning woe to thee and woe to Zeyd]: (S, O, K:) and عَوْلٌ لِزَيْدٍ [lit. meaning Woe to Zeyd]: (S, O:) or, accord. to Sb and others, عَوْلَ is used only as a sequent to وَيْلَ ; they said وَيْلَهُ وَعَوْلَهُ ; in which, Az says, ويل and عول both signify weeping, or lamentation with tears; and Aboo- Tálib says that they are put in the accus. case as expressive of an imprecation and of blame, like as is done in the sayings وَيْلًا لَهُ and تُرَابًا لَهُ . (TA.) Also Any affair, or event, that renders one anxious: (K, * TA:) app. an inf. n. used thus as a subst. (TA.) And One whose aid is asked (K, TA) in affairs of difficulty or importance. (TA. [See also مُعَوَّلٌ .]) And The food of a family or household. (K.)
Nounعَوَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — reliance, confidence; a weepinggenerated

1

See the next entry.

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Nounعِوَلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — reliance, confidence; a weeping; an asking for aidgenerated

1he is my stay, or supportهُوَ عِوَلِى

Said to be a substantive meaning reliance, and confidence.

The word occurs in this form twice in a verse of Taäbaṭa-sharrā, as related by Aboo-'Ikrimeh; but according to others it is عَوَلٌ, with fatḥ to the ع and و, and is said to be a maṣdar, while the former is said to be the plural of عَوْلَةٌ [and the two words mean, respectively, a weeping and weepings]. By his saying the poet means: if I wept for anyone, I would weep, and so on.

shāhid
لٰكِنَّمَا عَِوَلِى إِنْ عَِوَلٍ
1.1an asking for aidعِوَلٌ

Also a substantive.

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is [said to be] a subst. signifying Reliance, and confidence: (S, * K, TA:) and [it is said that] هُوَ عِوَلِى signifies He is my stay, or support: the word, however, occurs in this form, twice, in a verse of Taäbata-sharrà, accord. to the relation thereof by Aboo-'Ikrimeh; but accord. to others it is عَوَلٌ , with fet-h to the ع and و , and is said to be an inf. n.; whereas the former is said to be pl. of عَوْلَةٌ ; [and the two words signify, respectively, a weeping and weepings; for] by his saying 1 the poet means If I wept for any one, I would weep &c. (TA.) لٰكِنَّمَا عَِوَلِى إِنْ عَِوَلٍ And عِوَلٌ is also a subst. signifying An asking for aid. (K, TA.)
Nounعَالَةٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a shelter from the rain made of tree-cuttings; an ostrichgenerated

1

A ظُلَّة [or covering], or a thing like a ظُلَّة, used as a shelter from the rain, made with cuttings of trees [in the way described above: see form 2, last sentence].

1.1

Also the same as نَعَامَةٌ, either meaning the species of animal so called [that is, an ostrich], or meaning a ظُلَّة, for نَعَامَةٌ has that meaning too.

2

[Used as a plural: see عِيَالٌ.]

3

See also art. عيل.

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A ظُلَّة [or covering], (K,) or a thing like a ظُلَّة , (S, O,) used as a shelter from the rain, (S, O, K,) constructed with cuttings of trees [in a manner described above: see 2, last sentence]. (TA.) And i. q. نَعَامَةٌ , (Kr, K,) either as meaning The species of animal thus called [i. e. an ostrich], or as meaning a ظُلَّة , for thus نَعَامَةٌ also signifies. (TA.) [As a pl.: see عِيَالٌ .] See also art. عيل .
Nounعَوْلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wailing, a raising of the voice with weepinggenerated

1

See the next entry, in two places; and see also عِوَلٌ.

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Nounعَوِيلٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a wailing, a raising of the voice with weeping; weakgenerated

1

A wailing, that is, a raising of the voice with weeping; عَوْلٌ and عَوْلَةٌ mean the same: or a weeping and crying out.

Sometimes it means a cry, or voice, from the chest, without weeping; and sometimes عَوْلَةٌ means the burning feeling of grief and of love, without any raising of the voice and without weeping. [See also عَوَّالٌ.]

2

Also weak.

2.1

Hence also used as a name for one of the ropes of a ship or boat.

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A wailing; i. e. a raising of the voice with weeping; as also عَوْلٌ and عَوْلَةٌ : (S, O, K:) or a weeping and crying out: (Msb:) and sometimes it signifies a cry, or voice, from the chest, without weeping: (O, TA:) and sometimes عَوْلَةٌ signifies the burning sensation of grief and of love, without a raising of the voice and without weeping. (TA.) [See also عَوَّالٌ .] Also Weak: and hence it is used as a name for One of the ropes of a ship or boat. (TA.)
Nounعِيَالٌ1 sense

Core sense — a family, or household; those whom a man feeds and sustainsgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe cooking-potأُمُّ العِيَالِ

Belonging to this article and to art. عيل; or its ى is substituted for و, for it is from عَالَ, in the first of the senses explained above, and seems to be a maṣdar used in the sense of an ism mafʿūl. [If so, it may be used as a singular (as it is in the Ksh and by Bd in 16:78, and voce كَلٌّ, and voce حَمِيلَةٌ) and also as a plural; but in general] it means a family, or household.

A man's عِيَال are the people he feeds, nourishes, or sustains; or those who live with him and whose expenses fall on him, such as his young man or slave, his wife, and his young child. عَيِّلٌ means the same.

Or this latter (originally عَيْوِلٌ) is the singular of عِيَالٌ and of عَيَائِلُ, as جَيِّدٌ is the singular of جِيَادٌ and of جَيَائِدُ, the last being the plural of a plural [as also عِيَالَاتٌ, of which see an example voce أزْمَلٌ].

But it is sometimes used as a plural, for عَشَرَةُ عَيِّلٍ, according to an example in a tradition, means ten persons fed, nourished, or sustained by a man.

Or the plural [of عَيِّلٌ] is عَالَةٌ [as سَادَةٌ is said to be the plural of سَيِّدٌ]; or, according to ISd, it is the plural of عَائِلٌ [see art. عيل; and in the same way he holds سَادَةٌ to be the plural of سَائِدٌ, not of سَيِّدٌ], because, he says, a word of the measure فَيْعِلٌ never forms a plural [like عَالَةٌ, which is] of the measure فَعَلَةٌ; and [عَيَائِلُ is applied to women, for] one says نِسْوَةٌ عَيَائِلُ.

العِيَالُ [meaning the dependants for sustenance] is also used figuratively of birds, and of beasts of prey and other beasts.

See art. ام.

Lane cites “Bd in xvi. 78” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
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, belonging to this art. and to art. عيل ; (K, mentioned in the S and O in the latter art.;) or its ى is substituted for و , for it is from عَالَ , aor. يَعُولُ , in the first of the senses expl. above, and seems to be an inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n.; (IB, TA;) [and if so, it may be used as a sing. (as it is in the Ksh and by Bd in xvi. 78 and in the S and Mgh &c. voce كَلٌّ and in the O and K voce حَمِيلَةٌ ) and also as a pl.; but in general] it signifies A family, or household; (Msb;) [i. e.,] a man's عِيَال are the persons whom he feeds, nourishes, or sustains; (S, O, Msb, K;) or the persons who dwell with him, and whose expenses are incumbent on him, as his young man, or slave, his wife, and his young child: (KT:) and عَيِّلٌ signifies the same: (K:) or this latter (which is originally عَيْوِلٌ , TA) is sing. of عِيَالٌ x(S, Mgh, O, Msb) and of عَيَائِلُ , (S, O,) like as جَيِّدٌ is sing. of جِيَادٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb) and of جَيَائِدُ ; (S, O;) the last being a pl. pl., (K in art. عيل ,) [as also عِيَالَاتٌ , of which see an ex. voce أزْمَلٌ ;] but is sometimes used as a pl., for عَشَرَةُ عَيِّلٍ , accord. to an ex. in a trad., signifies ten persons fed, nourished, or sustained, by a man: (TA:) or the pl. [of عَيِّلٌ ] is عَالَةٌ , (Kr, K,) [like as سَادَةٌ is said to be pl. of سَيِّدٌ ,] or, accord. to ISd, it is pl. of عَائِلٌ , [q. v. in art. عيل , and in like manner سَادَةٌ is held by him to be pl. of سَائِدٌ , not of سَيِّدٌ ,] for [he says that] a word of the measure فَيْعِلٌ never forms a pl. [like عَالَةٌ , which is] of the measure فَعَلَةٌ ; (TA;) and [ عَيَائِلُ is applied to women, for] one says نِسْوَةٌ عَيَائِلُ . (K.) العِيَالُ [as meaning The dependants for sustenance] is also used, metaphorically, in relation to birds, and to predaceous and other beasts. (TA.) And أُمُّ العِيَالِ is a name for The cooking-pot. (T in art. ام .)
Nounعَوَالَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — want; coming to feasts uninvitedgenerated

1

Want; and coming to feasts uninvited.

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Want: and intrusion at feasts, uninvited. (TA.)
Nounعَوَّالٌ1 sense

Core sense — a weepinggenerated

1

A weeping; a maṣdar [or rather a quasi-maṣdar] of عَوَّلَ; plural عَوَاوِيلُ, and, by poetic licence, عَوَاوِلُ. [See also عَوِيلٌ.]

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A weeping: an inf. n. [or rather a quasiinf. n.] of عَوَّلَ : pl. عَوَاوِيلُ , and by poetic license عَوَاوِلُ . (TA.) [See also عَوِيلٌ .]
Nounعَائِلٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sustaining a family; hard to bear, distressing; exceeding othersgenerated

1

[Ism fāʿil of عَالَ.]

1.1[an affair, or event,] hard to bear, severe, or distressing, and great, or formidableأَمْرٌ عَائِلٌ

عَالٍ is also said, formed by transposition.

1.2exceeding othersعَائِلٌ

Said of a measure of capacity.

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[act. part. n. of عَالَ ]. One says أَمْرٌ عَائِلٌ and عَالٍ , the latter being formed by transposition, meaning [An affair, or event,] hard to be borne, severe, or distressing, and great, or formidable. (TA.) عَائِلٌ applied to a measure of capacity means Exceeding others. (IAar, TA in art. عيل .)
Nounعَيِّلٌ1 sense

Core sense — a member of a man's household, one whom he feedsgenerated

1

See عِيَالٌ, in two places.

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Nounأَعْوَلُ1 sense

Core sense — more, or most, hard to beargenerated

1

The same as أَشَدُّ [more, and most, hard to bear, and so on]; and أَعْلَى, which occurs in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, means the same, being formed from أَعْوَلُ by transposition.

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i. q. أَشَدُّ [More, and most, hard to be borne, &c.]: and أَعْلَى , occurring in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, signifies the same, being formed from أَعْوَلُ by transposition. (TA.)
Nounمَعُولٌ2 senses

Core sense — fed, nourished, or sustained; overcomegenerated

1

Fed, nourished, or sustained; and so on.

2

Also overcome: said in this sense of patience, and of a man with respect to his opinion, or judgment.

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[Fed, nourished, or sustained: &c. And] Overcome: applied in this sense to patience: (K:) and to a man, in respect of his opinion, or judgment. (TA.)
Nounمُعْوَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — wailed forgenerated

1he (of the dead) who is wailed for will be punishedالمُعْوَلُ عَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُ

Wailed for; followed by عَلَيْهِ. Thus in the tradition.

Some relate it as المُعَوَّلُ.

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, followed by عَلَيْهِ , Wailed for: thus in the trad., المُعْوَلُ عَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُ , (S, O,) or, as some relate it, المُعَوَّلُ ; i. e. He (of the dead) who is wailed for will be punished. (O.)
Nounمُعْوِلٌ2 senses

Core sense — wailing; desiring greedily, covetinggenerated

1

See form 2.

2

See also form 4, last sentence.

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Nounمِعْوَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pickaxe, an iron tool for hollowing out rockgenerated

1

[A pickaxe, or stone-cutter's pick (so in the present day);] the iron implement, a large فَأْس, with which rocks, great masses of stone, or mountains are pecked, or hollowed out. Plural مَعَاوِلُ. [See also صَاقُورٌ.]

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[A pickaxe, or stone-cutter's pick; (so in the present day;)] the iron implement, (K,) a large فَأْس , (S, O, Msb,) with which are pecked, or hollowed out, (S, O, K,) rocks, or great masses of stone, (S, O,) or mountains: (K:) pl. مَعَاوِلُ . (S, O.) [See also صَاقُورٌ .]
Nounمُعْيِلٌ2 senses

Core sense — a man having a family, or household, whom he has to feedgenerated

1

A man having a family, or household, whom he has to feed; [or, according to an explanation of its verb, having a numerous family or household;] مُعَيَّلٌ means the same, like مُحَمَّدٌ [in measure]. [See also art. عيل.]

Or مُعَيَّلٌ means one whose property is scanty and whose family, or household, have overcome him. See art. خلع.

2

See also form 4, last sentence.

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A man having a family, or household, whom he has to feed; [or, accord. to an explanation of its verb, having a numerous family or household;] as also مُعَيَّلٌ , like مُحَمَّدٌ [in measure]: (TA: [see also art. عيل :]) or مُعَيَّلٌ signifies one whose property is deficient and whose family, or household, have overcome him. (TA in art. خلع .) See also 4, last sentence.
Nounمُعَوَّلٌ4 senses

Core sense — one whose aid is asked; one on whom reliance is placedgenerated

1he has no one among the people, or party, of whom aid is to be askedمَا لَهُ فِى القَوْمِ مِنْ مُعَوَّلٍ

One whose aid, or help, is asked; and one on whom reliance, or confidence, is placed.

[See also عَوْلٌ.]

2

It is also a maṣdar of عَوَّلَ. See that verb, in three places.

3

Also a place of weeping [or of wailing]: so, according to some, in the verse cited under form 2.

4

See also مُعْوَلٌ.

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One of whom aid, or succour, is asked: (S, O, TA:) and one upon whom reliance, or confidence is placed. (TA.) One says, مَا لَهُ فِى القَوْمِ مِنْ مُعَوَّلٍ He has not, among the people, or party, any of whom aid is [to be] asked. (S, O.) [See also عَوْلٌ .] It is also an inf. n. of عَوَّلَ . (Th. K. TA.) See that verb, in three places. Also A place of weeping [or of wailing]: so, accord. to some, in the verse cited in the second paragraph [q. v.]. (O.) See also مُعْوَلٌ .
Nounمُعَيَّلٌ1 sense

Core sense — having a family, or householdgenerated

1

See مُعْيِلٌ, in two places.

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Nounمُعَيِّلٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who builds a shelter from the raingenerated

1

One who builds the sort of shelter from the rain called عَالَة. (Skr)

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A constructor of the sort of shelter from the rain called عَالَة . (Skr, S, O.)