mumālaʾa

partiality, bias, collaboration

مُمالَأَة

Word

Noun · pattern فُماعَلَة

Root

م ل ء

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مع أن الملوك في المغرب إنما يفعلون ذلك عند الحرب مع أمم العرب والبربر، وقتالهم على الطاعة، وأما في الجهاد فلا يستعينون بهم حذراً من ممالأتهم على المسلمين.

The Muqaddimah, page 25 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • مَلَأَ Form I He filled
    , aor. , inf. n. مَلْءٌ (S, K) and مَلْأَةٌ and مِلْأَةٌ; (K;) and مَلِيأَ; (TA;) and ↓ ملّأ, inf. n. تَمْلِيأَةٌ; (K;) He filled (K;) a vessel &c. (S, TA.) You may also say مَلَأْتُهُ مَلًا, for مَلْيأًا, (TA.) ― -b2- مَلَأَ العَيْنَ (tropical:) He satisfied [or glutted] the eye by his comeliness of aspect. (TA.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce عَقِبٌ. ― -b3- مَلَأْتُ مِنْهُ عَيْنِى (tropical:) [I satisfied, or glutted, my eye by the sight of his comeliness]. (TA.) ― -b4- مَلُوأَ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. مَلَآءَةٌ and مَلَآءٌ; (S, K;) and مَلَأَ, aor. ; (K;) the former is that which commonly obtains; (TA;) He became rich, wealthy, &c., syn. صَارَ مَلِييأًا. (K.) ― -b5- كَلِمَةٌ تَمْلَأُ الفَمَ (assumed tropical:) [A word, or saying, that fills the mouth;] i. e., gross, and abominable; not allowable to be spoken; that fills the mouth so that it cannot articulate. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b6- إِمْلَوأُوا أَفْوَاءَكُمْ مِنَ القُرْآنِ (assumed tropical:) [Fill your mouths with the Kur-án]. (TA.) ― -b7- مُلِيأَ رُعْبًا, and مَلُوأَ رعبا, (tropical:) He was filled with fright. (A.) ― -b8- مَلَأَ ثِيَابِى (tropical:) He sprinkled my clothes with mud, &c. (A.) مَلَأَ رَاكِبَهُ [He (a camel) bespattered his rider with his ejected cud]. (S, K, art. زرد.) ― -b9- مَلَأَ عِنَانَهُ (assumed tropical:) He made, or urged, his beast to run vehemently. (TA in art. عن.) ― -b10- مُلِيأَ, like عُنِىَ, [i. e., pass. in form, but neut. in signification,] and مَلُوأَ, (tropical:) He had the disease called مُلَآءَة. (A, K.) ― -b11- See 3.
  • ملّأ فُرُوجَ فَرَسِهِ Form II He made his horse to run at the utmost rate of the pace termed حُضْر
    He made his horse to run at the utmost rate of the pace termed حُضْر. (TA.) ― -b2- And see 1, and 4.
  • مالأهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ Form III He aided, or assisted, him, and conformed with him, to do the thing
    , (S, K,) inf. n. مُمَالَأَةٌ; (S;) and ↓ مَلَأَهُ; (K;) but this latter the lexicologists do not hold in good repute; (TA;) He aided, or assisted, him, and conformed with him, to do the thing. (IAar, * AZ, S, K.)
  • املأ النَّزْعَ فِى قَوْسِهِ Form IV He pulled his bow to the utmost
    , (S,) and املأ فى قوسه, and فى قوسه ↓ ملّأ, (K,) (tropical:) He pulled his bow to the utmost. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- املأهُ اللّٰهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. إِمْلَاءٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) God affected him with the disease called مُلَآءَة. (S, K.)
  • تملّأ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ Form V He became full of food and drink
    He became full of food and drink. (S.) ― -b2- See 8. ― -b3- تملّأ غَيْظًا, and ↓ امتلأ, (tropical:) He became filled with rage. (S.) ― -b4- تملّأ شِبَعًا, and ↓ امتلأ, He became filled to satiety. (TA.) ― -b5- تملّأ He put on himself a مُلَآءَة; i. e., a covering of the kind so called. (TA.)
  • تَمَالَوأُوا عَلَى الأَمْرِ Form VI They agreed, or conspired together, to do the thing
    They agreed, or conspired together, to do the thing: (ISk, S, K, TA:) they aided, or assisted, [and conformed with,] one another to do the thing. (TA.)
  • امتلأ Form VIII became full
    and ↓ تملّأ; (S, K;) and مَلِيأَ, aor. ; (K;) It (a vessel, &c., TA) became full. (S, K.) ― -b2- See 5. ― -b3- امتلأ شَبَابًا (assumed tropical:) [He became full of sap, or vigour, or youth, or young manhood]. (The Lexicons, &c., passim.) And امتلأ الشَّبَابُ (assumed tropical:) [The sap, or vigour, of youth, or young manhood, became full, or mantled, in a person.] (S, K, in art. غطى.) [And امتلأ, alone, He was, or became, plump.] ― -b4- امتلأ عِنَانُهُ (assumed tropical:) The utmost of his power, or ability, was accomplished. (TA in art. عن.)
  • استملأ فِى الدَّيْنِ Form X He made wealthy persons, or honest wealthy persons, his debtors
    signifies جَعَلَ دَيْنَهُ فِى مُلَأٓءَ (CK, and a MS copy of the K) [app., He made wealthy persons, or honest wealthy persons, his debtors: but in one copy of the K, for مُلَأٓءَ, we find مُلَآءٍ, which affords no sense that seems admissible here: and in another, دِين seems to be put in the place of دَيْن, in both the above instances; and مَلَآءٍ in that of مُلَأٓءَ; for Golius renders the phrase استملأ فى الدين by opulentiæ studuit in religione sua: i. e., religionem suam in illa posuit: a meaning which IbrD rejects].
  • مِلْءٌ A thing sufficient in quantity, or dimensions, for the filling
    [A thing sufficient in quantity, or dimensions, for the filling of a vessel, &c., or] the quantity that a vessel, &c., holds when it is filled. (S, K.) ― -b2- أَعْطِهِ مِلْأَهُ وَمِلْأَيْهِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَمْلَآيأِهِ Give it (i. e., the cup, TA) what will fill it; and what will twice fill it; and what will thrice fill it. (S, K.) ― -b3- حَجَرٌ مِلْءُ الكَفِّ A stone that fills the hand. (TA.) ― -b4- لَكَ الحَمْدُ مِلْءُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ To Thee be praise that shall fill the heavens and the earth. (TA.) ― -b5- مِلْءُ كِسَايأِهَا A fat woman; that fills her كساء when she covers herself with it. (TA, from a trad.)
  • مَلَأٌ An assembly
    An assembly, (IAar, S, K,) absolutely, (TA,) [whether of nobles or others]: pl. أَمْلَآءٌ. (IAar.) ― -b2- Nobles; chiefs; princes; syn. أَشْرَافٌ and عِلْيَةٌ; (K;) principal persons; persons whose opinion is respected. (TA.) (المَلَأُ الأَعلْىَ [The most exalted princes; i. e.] the angels that are admitted near [to the presence of God]; or the archangels. TA.) See سَمعَهُ, for other explanations. ― -b3- A people of comely appearance, figure, attire, or adornment, united for some purpose or design; expl. by قَوْمٌ ذو الشَّارَةِ والتَّجَمُّعِ لِلْإِرَادَةِ: (Abu-l-Hasan, K:) [but this is wrong, see Beyd, ii. 247.] Thus it is of a different class from رَهَطٌ, though, like this word, a quasi-pl. n. It is an epithet in which the quality of a substantive predominates. (Abu-l-Hasan.) ― -b4- (tropical:) Consultation. (K.) [You say,] مَا كَانَ هٰذَا الأَمْرُ عَنْ مَلَإٍ مِنَّا (tropical:) This thing was not the result of a consultation and consent on our part: [and] أَكَانَ هٰذَا عَنْ مَلَإٍ مِنْكُمْ (tropical:) Was this the result of a consultation of your nobles, and of your assembly? said by 'Omar when he was stabbed: asserted to be tropical in this sense by Z and others. (TA.) تَحَدَّثُوا مَلَأً They conversed, consulting together. (S.) ― -b5- Opinion. (K.) [See a supposed example below.] ― -b6- Disposition; nature; manners; (S, K;) a nature rich in needful qualities: (T:) pl. أَمْلَآءٌ. (S.) [You say,] مَا أَحْسَنَ مَلَأَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ How good are the dispositions, or manners, and conversation, of the sons of such a one! (S.) ElJuhanee says, " تَنَادَوْا يَالَ بُهْثَةَ إِذْ رَأَوْنَا فَقُلْنَا أَحْسِنِى مَلَأً جُهَيْنَا " (S) [They called out, one to another, O Buhtheh! come to our aid! when they saw us: and we said,] Be of good disposition, or manners, O Juheyneh! or, accord. to some, Be of good opinion, O Juheyneh! (see above:) or, as some say, Aid well, O Juheyneh! taking ملأ in the sense of مُمَالَأَةً: [see 3]. (TA.) ― -b7- أَحْسِنُوا أَمْلَآءَ كُمْ Amend your manners; or have good manners. From a trad. (S, K.) ― -b8- Also مَلَأٌ A coveting. (K.)
  • مُلْأَةٌ A tremulousness and flabbiness and swelling of the flesh, in a camel, in consequence of long confinement after a journey
    A tremulousness and flabbiness and swelling of the flesh, in a camel, in consequence of long confinement after a journey. (K.) ― -b2- See مُلَآءَةٌ.
  • مِلْأَةٌ manner in which a thing is filled
    The manner in which a thing is filled. (K.) [You say,] إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ المِلْأَةِ (not التَّمَلُّوأِ) Verily it is well filled. (K.) ― -b2- مِلْأَةٌ An oppression occasioned by repletion with food. (K, TA.) [See also مُلَآءَةٌ.]

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