kayl

dry measure, measure of capacity

كَيْل

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

ك ي ل

Forms

Plural: أَكْيال

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وَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمْ بِجَهَازِهِمْ قَالَ ائْتُونِي بِأَخٍ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَبِيكُمْ ۚ أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّي أُوفِي الْكَيْلَ وَأَنَا خَيْرُ الْمُنْزِلِينَ

The Qurʾān, page 242 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries

8 Form VIII Open entry

: see عَلَى in the sense of مِنْ.
كَيْلٌ Open entry

: see مِكْيَالٌ.
كَيَّالٌ A measurer

[A measurer of corn and the like]. (A, art. بخس.)
مِكْيَالٌ A measure with which corn is measured

A measure with which corn is measured; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ كَيْلٌ; (Msb;) a measure of capacity.

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