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istamāla

make incline, attract, win the affection of

اِسْتَمالَ

Word

Verb

Root

م ي ل

Forms

Present
يَسْتَمِيلُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ اِسْتَمالَيَسْتَمِيلُ—
she هِيَ اِسْتَمالَتتَسْتَمِيلُ—
they two (m.) هُما اِسْتَمالايَسْتَمِيلانِ—
they two (f.) هُما اِسْتَمالَتاتَسْتَمِيلانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ اِسْتَمالُوايَسْتَمِيلُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ اِسْتَمَلْنَيَسْتَمِلْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِسْتَمَلْتَتَسْتَمِيلُاِسْتَمِيلْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِسْتَمَلْتِتَسْتَمِيلِينَاِسْتَمِيلِي
you two أَنْتُما اِسْتَمَلْتُماتَسْتَمِيلانِاِسْتَمِيلَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِسْتَمَلْتُمتَسْتَمِيلُونَاِسْتَمِيلُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِسْتَمَلْتُنَّتَسْتَمِلْنَاِسْتَمِيلْنَ
I أَنا اِسْتَمَلْتُأَسْتَمِيلُ—
we نَحْنُ اِسْتَمَلْنانَسْتَمِيلُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • مَالَ Form I He, or it, inclined, leant, bent, propended, tended, declined, deviated, or deflected
    [He, or it, inclined, leant, bent, propended, tended, declined, deviated, or deflected.] ― -b2- مَالَ مَعَهُ and ↓ مَايَلَهُ He conformed with, and assisted, or aided, him. (TA.) ― -b3- مَالَ إِلَيْهِ He loved him. (TA.) ― -b4- He wronged him. (TA.) He was, or became, inimical to him. ― -b5- مَالَتِ الدَّابَّةُ مِنْ رِجْلِهَا (K, art. غمز,) i. q. ظَلَعَتْ [It limped]. (TA.)
  • مَيَّلَ بَيْنَ شَيْيأَيْنِ Form II He wavered, or vacillated, between two things
    He wavered, or vacillated, between two things. (S, MA.) See 10.
  • مَايَلَهُ Form III He inclined towards him reciprocally
    He inclined towards him reciprocally: and مَايَلَا they two inclined each towards the other. (TK, art. هود.) See also مَالَ مَعَهُ in 1.
  • تَمَيَّلَ Form V He vacillated in the saying
    See 6. ― -b2- تَمَيَّلَ بِالقَوْلِ He vacillated in the saying: see تَرَجَّحَ.
  • تَمَايَلَ فِى مِشْيَتِهِ Form VI He affected an inclining of his body, or a bending, or he inclined his body, or bent, from side to side, in his gait
    [He affected an inclining of his body, or a bending, or he inclined his body, or bent, from side to side, in his gait; a meaning well known, and still common]; (S;) syn. تَثَنَّى. (Har, p. 269.) ― -b2- See تَزَايُغٌ. ― -b3- تَمَايَلَتْ فِى مِشْيَتِهَا and ↓ تَمَيَّلَتْ signify the same. (TA.) ― -b4- تَمَايَلَ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ; and عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ: i. q. تَجَانَفَ [He affected a deviation, or purposely deviated from his course, &c.] (TA in art. جنف.)
  • استمالهُ Form X He inclined him, and his heart
    , and استمال بِقَلْبِهِ, (S, K,) He inclined him, and his heart. (K.) ― -b2- اِسْتَمَالَهُ He attracted him to himself; or sought to make him incline. (MA.) ― -b3- استمال is a quasi-pass. of ↓ مَيَّلَهُ. (K, * TA.)
  • مِيلٌ A mile
    as used by the Arabs, [A mile:] The distance to which the eye reaches along land: accord. to the ancient astronomers, three thousand cubits: accord to the moderns, four thousand cubits: but the difference is merely verbal; for they agree that its extent is ninety-six thousand digits; [about 5166 English feet;] each digit being the measure of six barley-corns, each placed with its belly next to another; but the ancients say that the cubit is thirty-two digits; which makes the mile three thousand cubits. (Msb, which see for more.) See also مُطْلِبٌ ― -b2- ميِلٌ i. q. مُلْمُولٌ, [A style]. (K.)
  • مَيْلٌ Inclination; leaning; bent; propensity; tendency
    Inclination; leaning; bent; propensity; tendency.
  • مَيَلٌ A natural wryness
    A natural wryness. (S.)
  • مِيلَانِ Open entry
    (?) of a مَحَالَة of a well: see ثِنَايَةٌ.
  • مَيَّالٌ Inclining much
    [i. q. مُتَمَايِلٌ, Inclining much]. (A, art. فيد.) See سَيَّالٌ.
  • أَمْيَلُ Swaying
    Swaying on horseback: see an ex. of its pl. مِيلٌ in a verse cited voce أَشْعَلَ. ― -b2- عِمَّةٌ مَيْلَآءُ: see قَفْدَآءُ.

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