ʿayyala

have a large family

عَيَّلَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ع ي ل

Forms

Present
يُعَيِّلُ

In the library

وذكر عمر بن الخطاب فتيان قريش وسرفهم في الإنفاق، ومسابقتهم في التبذير، فقال: «لحرفة أحدهم أشدّ عليّ من عيلته » .

The Book of Misers, page 238 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ عَيَّلَيُعَيِّلُ—
she هِيَ عَيَّلَتتُعَيِّلُ—
they two (m.) هُما عَيَّلايُعَيِّلانِ—
they two (f.) هُما عَيَّلَتاتُعَيِّلانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ عَيَّلُوايُعَيِّلُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ عَيَّلْنَيُعَيِّلْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ عَيَّلْتَتُعَيِّلُعَيِّلْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ عَيَّلْتِتُعَيِّلِينَعَيِّلِي
you two أَنْتُما عَيَّلْتُماتُعَيِّلانِعَيِّلَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ عَيَّلْتُمتُعَيِّلُونَعَيِّلُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ عَيَّلْتُنَّتُعَيِّلْنَعَيِّلْنَ
I أَنا عَيَّلْتُأُعَيِّلُ—
we نَحْنُ عَيَّلْنانُعَيِّلُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • عَالَ Form I He was, or became, poor
    , aor. يَعِيلُ, inf. n. عَيْلَةٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) [afterwards said in the K to be the subst. from this verb] and عُيُولٌ (S, O, K) and عِيُولٌ (TA) and عَيْلٌ and مَعِيلٌ; (K;) and عال, aor. يَعُولُ; (Ks, TA in art. عول;) and ↓ اعال; (K in that art.;) He was, or became, poor, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) and in want. (S, O.) So in the saying مَا لَهُ مَالَ وَعَالَ, [of which see another explanation in art. عول,] a form of imprecation. (TA.) It is said in a trad., مَا عَالَ مُقْتَصِدٌ وَلَا يَعِيلُ i. e. [One following the right course] has not become poor [nor will he become poor]. (TA.) And one says, لَا يَعِيلُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى القَصْدِ [and لَا يَقُولُ, expl. in art. عول], (Yoo, TA.) ― -b2- See also 4. -A2- عَالَنِى, (S, O, K,) aor. as above, (S, O,) inf. n. عَيْلٌ and مَعِيلٌ, It (a thing) was, or became, wanted by me, and unattainable to me: (S, O, K:) mentioned by El-Ahmar. (S, O.) ― -b2- And عال الضَّالَّةَ, (S, O, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. عَيْلٌ and عَيَلَانٌ, (S, O,) He knew not where to seek the stray beast. (S, O, K.) -A3- عال, (S, O,) or عال فِى مَشْيِهِ, (K,) aor. as above, inf. n. عَيْلٌ, (S, O,) said of a horse, (S, O, TA,) and of a man, (S, TA,) He inclined from side to side in his gait, (S, O, K,) and (when said of a man, S) was proud, haughty, or self-conceited, therein: (S, K:) the doing so in a horse is commended, as indicative of his generousness: (TA:) and ↓ تعيّل signifies the same, (O, K,) said of a man. (O.) ― -b2- And عال فِى الأَرْضِ, (O, K,) aor. as above, (O,) inf. n. عَيْلٌ and عُيُول and عُيُولٌ, thus in the K, i. e. with damm and fet-h, but in the M [عُيُولٌ and عِيُولٌ, i. e.] with damm and kesr, [of the like whereof there are many instances, one of them in the first sentence above,] (TA,) He (a man, O) went, or went away, (O, K,) and round about, (K, TA, but not in the CK) in the land; (O, K;) or journeyed therein seeking sustenance, or for the purpose of traffic; syn. ضَرَبَ فِيهَا: so says IAmb. (O.) ― -b3- عال المِيزَانُ, aor. يَعِيلُ and يَعُولُ, inf. n. عَيْلٌ and عَوْلٌ: see art. عول.
  • عيّل Form II He neglected his family, or household
    as intrans.: see 4; and see also 1 in art. عول, fourth sentence. -A2- عيّل عيَالَهُ He neglected his family, or household: (TA, and K in art. عول:) or تَعْيِيلٌ signifies the feeding badly. (S, O.) See also 2 in art. عول, second sentence. ― -b2- And see 1 in that art., first sentence. ― -b3- عيّل فَرَسَهُ He (a man) left his horse alone, or by himself, to pasture where he would, without a pastor, in the desert. (S, O.)
  • اعال Form IV He (a man) had a family, or household
    He (a man) had a family, or household; so accord. to Akh: or he had a numerous family or household; (S, O, TA;) as also أَعْيَلَ, and ↓ عال, and ↓ عيّل. (TA.) [See also 1 in art. عول, fourth sentence.] ― -b2- And see the first sentence of the present art. ― -b3- Also, said of a wolf, (O, K,) and of a lion, and of a leopard, (K,) He sought, or sought after, (O, K,) a thing, (O,) or prey. (K.) ― -b4- See also 4 in art. عول, last sentence.
  • تَعَيَّلَ Form V Open entry
    see 1, latter half.
  • عِيلٌ Open entry
    : see عَيْلَةٌ: -A2- and see also عَايأِلٌ.
  • عَيَلٌ propounding of one's narration, and talk, to him who does not desire it and whom it does not concern
    The propounding of one's narration, and talk, to him who does not desire it and whom it does not concern; (O, K;) [and so, app., ↓ عِيَالٌ; for it is said that] this is what is meant in the saying of the Prophet, إِنَّ مِنَ القَوْلِ عَيَلًا, or, as some relate it, عِيَالًا: [whence it seems that both readings mean Verily of what is said is the propounding of one's narration, &c.:] so says Saasa'ah. (O.)
  • عَالَةٌ Open entry
    : see the next paragraph. [ -A2- And see عَايأِلٌ, of which it is a pl.] -A3- See also art. عول.
  • عَيْلَةٌ Poverty
    [mentioned above as an inf. n., and also said in the K to be a subst.,] Poverty, (S, O, K,) and want; thus in the Kur ix. 28; as also ↓ عَالَةٌ; (S, O;) and ↓ عَايأِلَةٌ, and thus accord. to one reading in the Kur ix. 28; and accord. to IAar, ↓ عِيلٌ, with kesr, is syn. with عَيْلَةٌ. (TA.) -A2- It is also a pl. [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] of عَايأِلٌ q. v. (S, TA.) -A3- طَالَ عَيْلَتِى إِيَّاكَ means Long has continued my feeding, nourishing, or sustaining, thee. (O, K. [But this app. belongs to art. عول: see the first sentence in that art.])
  • عَيْلَى that weeps
    A woman that weeps [or wails] for the dead. (AA, O. [But this also app. belongs to art. عول.]) -A2- Also a pl. of عَايأِلٌ [q. v.]. (S, O, K.)
  • عيْلَانٌ male hyena
    The male hyena. (S, O, K.)
  • عِيَالٌ Open entry
    a pl. of which the sing is عَيِّلٌ and of which the pl. is عَيَايأِلُ, this last being a pl. pl.: see art. عول. -A2- See also عَيَلٌ, above.
  • عِيَالَةٌ fodder, or provender
    The fodder, or provender, of a بِرْذَوْن [or hackney]; as also ↓ مَعَالَةٌ. (Fr, O, K.)

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