iʿtall

allege, be ill, be deficient

اِعْتَلّ

Word

Verb

Root

ع ل ل

Forms

Present
يَعْتَلُّ

In the library

خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ

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Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ اِعْتَلَّيَعْتَلُّ
she هِيَ اِعْتَلَّتتَعْتَلُّ
they two (m.) هُما اِعْتَلّايَعْتَلّانِ
they two (f.) هُما اِعْتَلَّتاتَعْتَلّانِ
they (m.) هُمْ اِعْتَلُّوايَعْتَلُّونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ اِعْتَلَلْنَيَعْتَلِلْنَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِعْتَلَلْتَتَعْتَلُّ
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِعْتَلَلْتِتَعْتَلِّينَ
you two أَنْتُما اِعْتَلَلْتُماتَعْتَلّانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِعْتَلَلْتُمتَعْتَلُّونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِعْتَلَلْتُنَّتَعْتَلِلْنَ
I أَنا اِعْتَلَلْتُأَعْتَلُّ
we نَحْنُ اِعْتَلَلْنانَعْتَلُّ

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Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • عَلَّهُ Form I He gave him to drink the second time
    , aor. (S, O, Msb, K) and , (S, O, K,) inf. n. عَلَلٌ (Msb, K) and عَلٌّ, (K,) He gave him to drink the second time; (S, O, Msb, K;) and so ↓ اعلّهُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. إِعْلَالٌ. (TA.) [See also 2 and 4.] ― -b2- [Hence, (assumed tropical:) He dyed it a second time; namely, a hide: see a verse cited voce مُحْلِفٌ.] ― -b3- Hence [also], (TA,) عَلَّ الضَّارِبُ المَضْرُوبَ (tropical:) The beater plied the beaten with a continued beating; (S, O, K, TA;) and so عَلَّهُ ضَرْبًا. (TA.) ― -b4- And عَطَآءُ ٱللّٰهِ مُضَاعَفٌ يَعُلُّ بِهِ عِبَادَهُ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ أُخْرَى (assumed tropical:) [The gift of God is redoubled; He bestows it upon his servants one time after another]. (TA.) -A2- And عَلَّ, (Msb, K,) or عَلَّ بِنَفْسِهِ, the verb being also intrans., (S, O,) aor. (IAar, Msb, K) and , (IAar, K,) inf. ns. as above, (TK,) He drank (IAar, * S, O, Msb, K) the second draught: (IAar, * S, O, K:) or drank after drinking, uninterruptedly: (K:) and عَلَّتِ الإِبِلُ, aor. and , The camels drank the second draught. (TA.) -A3- And هٰذَا طَعَامٌ قَدٌ عُلَّ مِنْهُ This is food of which some has been eaten. (Kr, K. *) -A4- عَلَّ, aor. , (IAar, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَلٌّ, (TA,) He (a man, IAar, Msb) was, or became, diseased, sick, or ill; (IAar, Msb, K;) and (Msb, K) so ↓ اعتلّ, (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. اِعْتِلَالٌ; (K;) and so عُلَّ, in the pass. form: -A5- and the trans. verb is عَلَّهُ, [syn. with اعلّهُ,] aor. in this case . (Msb. See 4.) -A6- [عُلَّ الشَّىْءُ is mentioned in the S, with the addition ↓ فَهُوَ مَعْلُولٌ, but without any explanation; perhaps as meaning The thing was caused; from عِلَّةٌ “ a cause, ” of which مَعْلُولٌ (q. v.) is the correlative: but the context seems to indicate that it means the thing was used for the purpose of diverting from some want: Golius appears to have read عَلَّ, and to have been led by what next precedes it in the S to render it loco alterius rei fuit lactavitve res.]
  • تَعْلِيلٌ Form II giving to drink after giving to drink
    signifies The giving to drink after giving to drink. (S.) See 4. [And see also 1, first sentence.] ― -b2- And The plucking fruit one time after another. (S.) ― -b3- And عللّٰهُ بِهِ, (S, O, K,) inf. n. as above (K) [and تَعِلَّةٌ, q. v.], He diverted, or occupied, him [so as to render him contented] with it; (S, O, K;) namely, a thing, (S, O,) or food, &c., (K, TA,) as, for instance, discourse, and the like; (TA;) like as the child is diverted, or occupied, with somewhat of food, by which he is rendered contented to be restrained from milk. (S, O, TA. *) One says, فُلَانٌ يُعَلِّلُ نَفْسَهُ بِتَعِلَّةٍ [Such a one diverts, or occupies, himself, so as to render himself contented, with something diverting]. (S, O.) [See also مُعَلِّلٌ. And see 5.] -A2- Also The assigning a cause: and the asserting a cause. (KL.) [One says, عللّٰهُ بِكَذَا He accounted for it by assigning as the cause such a thing: and he asserted it to be caused by such a thing.]
  • عَالَلْتُ النَّاقَةَ Form III I milked the she-camel in the morning and the evening and the middle of the day
    I milked the she-camel in the morning and the evening and the middle of the day: (Lh, O, TA:) in the K, erroneously, عَالَّتِ النَّاقَةُ [as meaning the she-camel was milked at those times]: (TA:) and the subst. is ↓ عِلَالٌ: (K: [but there is no reason why this should not be regarded as a reg. inf. n.:]) Lh cites this verse, (O,) of an Arab of the desert, (TA,) " اَلْعَنْزُ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى لَا أُكَرِّمُهَا عَنِ العِلَالِ وَلَا عَنْ قِدْرِ أَضْيَافِى " [The she-goat knows that I will not preserve her from the milking in the morning and the evening and the middle of the day nor from the cookingpot of my guests]: (O:) or, accord. to Az, عِلَالٌ signifies the milking after milking, before the udder requires it by the abundance of the milk. (TA.) [See also 6.]
  • أَعْلَلْتُ الإِبِلَ Form IV I brought, or sent, back the camels from the water
    I brought, or sent, back the camels from the water (S, O, K) after they had satisfied their thirst, (O,) or before they had satisfied their thirst: (S, K:) or, (S, O, K,) [if the latter is meant,] accord. to some of the etymologists, (S, O,) it is with غ; (S, O, K; [see 4 in art. غل;]) as though it were from the meaning of “ thirsting; ” but the former is what has been heard; (S, O;) and it means I gave the camels to drink the second draught, or watered them the second time, and then brought them, or sent them, back from the water, having their thirst satisfied; and thus, too, means الإِبِلَ ↓ عَلَّلَتُ; the contr. of أَغْلَلْنُهَا. (TA.) See also 1, first sentence. ― -b2- And اعلّ القَوْمُ The people, or party, were, or became, persons whose camels had drunk the second time. (S, O, K. *) -A2- اعلّهُ ٱللّٰهُ God caused him to be diseased, sick, or ill; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ عَلَّهُ, aor. . (Msb.) One says, لَا أَعَلَّكَ ٱللّٰهُ, meaning May God not smite thee with a disease, a sickness, or an illness. (S, O.) ― -b2- And اعلّهُ signifies also He made him, or pronounced him, to have an excuse (جَعَلَهُ ذَا عِلَّةٍ): whence إِعْلَالَاتُ الفُقَهَآءِ [The excusings of the lawyers]. (Msb.)
  • تعلّل بِهِ Form V He diverted himself
    He diverted himself, (S,) or occupied himself so as to divert himself, (K,) and (S, in the K “ or ”) contented, or satisfied, himself, or he was, or became diverted, &c., with it; (S, K;) as also ↓ اعتلّ: (K:) as, for instance, with a portion of food, [so that the craving of his stomach became allayed,] before the [morning-meal called] غَدَآء; (M voce سُلْفَةٌ, and K voce لُمْجَةٌ, &c.;) and as a beast does with the cud: (TA:) he occupied himself so as to divert himself, and fed [or sustained] himself, with it: (Har p. 23:) and he whiled away his time with it. (W p. 55.) And تعلّل بٱلْمَرْأَةِ He diverted himself with the woman. (K.) ― -b2- And تعلّل signifies also He occupied himself vainly. (S and TA in art. جدب: see a verse cited voce جَادِبٌ.) ― -b3- And He made an excuse. (KL. [See also 8.]) ― -b4- And تَعَلَّلَتْ مِنْ نِفَاسِهَا, and ↓ تَعَالَّتْ, (K, TA,) as also تَعَالَتْ, without teshdeed, (TA, [see 5 in art. علو,]) She passed forth from her state of impurity consequent upon childbirth, (K, * TA,) and became lawful to her husband. (TA.)
  • هُوَ يَتَعَالُّ نَاقَتَهُ Form VI He milks the عُلَالَة [q. v.] of his she-camel
    means He milks the عُلَالَة [q. v.] of his she-camel. (TA. [See also 3.]) And الصَّبِىُّ يَتَعَالُّ بِثَدْىِ أُمِّهِ [perhaps correctly ثَدْىَ أُمِّهِ, and app. meaning The child exhausts the عُلَالَة, or remains of milk, in the breast of his mother]. (TA.) ― -b2- And تَعَالَلْتُ النَّاقَةَ (assumed tropical:) I elicited from the she-camel what power she had [remaining] of going on. (S, O.) ― -b3- And تَعَالَلْتُ نَفْسِى signifies the same as تَلَوَّمْتُهَا [app. meaning I waited for myself to accomplish a want, or an object of desire, so that I might avoid blame: for تَلَوَّمَ as signifying اِنْتَظَرَ and تَنَظَّرَ is trans. as well as intrans.; and seems to be originally similar to تَأَثَّمَ and تَحَنَّثَ &c.]. (TA.) ― -b4- See also 5, last sentence.
  • اعتلّ Form VIII The wind became faint, or feeble
    : see 1, latter half. ― -b2- [Hence, اعتلّت الرِّيحُ (assumed tropical:) The wind became faint, or feeble.] -A2- See also 5, first sentence. ― -b2- Also He excused himself; or adduced, or urged, an excuse, or a plea; (MA, K, * TA; *) or he laid hold upon a plea, or an allegation. (El-Fárábee, Msb.) You say, اعتلّ عَلَيْهِ بِعِلَّةٍ (S, MA, O) He adduced, or urged, an excuse, or a plea, or pretext, for it. (MA.) And hence, اِعْتِلَالَاتُ الفُقَهَآءِ [The pleas, or allegations, of the lawyers, which they adduce, or upon which they lay hold]. (Msb.) -A3- اعتلّهُ He hindered, prevented, impeded, or withheld, him; turned him back or away; retarded him; or diverted him by occupying him otherwise; from an affair. (S, O.) ― -b2- And (S, O, in the K “ or ”) He accused him of a crime, an offence, or an injurious action, that he had not committed. (S, O, K.)
  • تَعَلْعَلَ He, or it, was, or became, unsteady, or shaky, and lax, or uncompact
    He, or it, was, or became, unsteady, or shaky, and lax, or uncompact. (K.)
  • عَلْ A cry by which one chides sheep or goats
    and لَعَلْ and عَلْكَ and لَعَلْكَ: see عَلَّ, below. -A2- عَلْ عَلْ (K, TA, in the O written as one word,) A cry by which one chides sheep or goats (Yaakoob, O, K) and camels. (O.)
  • عَلُ Open entry
    : see art. علو.
  • عَلَّ Maybe, or perhaps, thou wilt do
    and لَعَلَّ (S, O, Mughnee, K) are dial. vars.; or the former is the original, the ل being augmentative, (S, O, Mughnee,) prefixed for the purpose of corroboration: the meaning is expectation of a thing hoped for or feared; (S, O;) importing hope, or eager desire, and fear, or caution: (S, O, K:) each is a particle, like إِنَّ and لَيْتَ and كَأَنَّ and لٰكِنَّ: (S, O:) and like عَسَى [q. v.] in meaning; but like إِنَّ in government; (Mughnee;) governing the subject in the accus. case, and the predicate in the nom.: one says, عَلَّكَ تَفْعَلُ [Maybe, or perhaps, thou wilt do such a thing], and عَلِّى أَفْعَلُ [May-be I shall do], and لَعَلِّى أَفْعَلُ; and sometimes they said, عَلَّنِى and لَعَلَّنِى; (S, O;) and one says also ↓ عَلْ and ↓ لَعَلْ, with the ل quiescent, and ↓ عَلْكَ and ↓ لَعَلْكَ: (O:) [and accord. to general usage, one says, لَعَلَّ زَيْدًا قَايأِمٌ May-be Zeyd is standing:] and the tribe of 'Okeyl made each to govern the subject in the gen. case, (S, O, Mughnee,) saying, لَعَلَّ زَيْدٍ قَايأِمٌ; (S, O;) and allowed the pronouncing عَلِّ and لَعَلِّ: (Mughnee:) sometimes its subject is suppressed, as in عَلَّ أَنْ أَتَقَدَّمَ, meaning لَعَلَّنِى أَنْ أَتَقَدَّمَ [May-be I shall precede]: (Ham p. 517:) the Koofees allow the mansoob aor. [immediately] after, on the authority of the reading of Hafs, [in the Kur xl. 38,] لَعَلِّى أَبْلُغَ الأَسْبَابَ [May-be I may reach the places of ascent, or the regions, or tracts, of the heavens]. (Mughnee.) Other dial. vars. of عَلّ are mentioned in art. لعل [q. v.]. (K.)
  • عَلٌّ An emaciated tick
    : see عَلَلٌ, in two places. -A2- Also [in the CK erroneously with damm to the ع in all the senses here following that are expl. in the K] An emaciated tick: (S, O:) or a big-bodied tick: or a small-bodied one: (K, TA:) pl. عِلَالٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And A man advanced in age, (S, O, K,) small in body, (S, O,) or slender, or spare; (K;) as being likened to the tick. (S, O.) And anything slender (دَقِيق, for رَقِيق in the K is a mistranscription, TA) in body, advanced in age. (M, K, * TA.) And A man whose skin is contracted by disease. (IDrd, O, K.) ― -b3- Also One in whom is no good: Esh-Shenfarà says, وَلَسْتُ بِعَلٍّ [And I am not one in whom is no good: but the context seems rather to require one of the other meanings mentioned above: and another reading (بِفِلٍّ) is mentioned by De Sacy, in his Chrest. Ar., 2nd ed., ii. 359]. (O, TA.) ― -b4- Also A man who visits women much, or often, (K, TA,) and diverts himself with them. (TA.) ― -b5- And A big-bodied, large he-goat. (K.)

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