mīl
mile
مِيل
Word
Noun · pattern فِعلRoot
م ي لForms
- Plural
- أَمْيال
In the library
وَاللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ أَنْ تَمِيلُوا مَيْلًا عَظِيمًا
The Qurʾān, page 83 →From the same root
- مَيَّلَincline, tilt
- مَيْلinclination, tendency, sympathy
- تَمَيَّلَsway, swing
- مَيّالleaning, in favor, biased
- أَمْيَلmore, most inclined, more, most in favor
- تَمايَلَsway, swing
- تَمايُلswaying, staggering
- اِسْتَمالَget rich
- تَمْوِيلِيّfinancing, funding, backing
- اِسْتَمالَmake incline, attract, win the affection of
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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