اكل

اآكِلٌ اآكل Eating; or an eater; as also ↓ أَكِيلٌ: pl. أَكَلَةٌ. (S, K.) You say, هُمْ أَكَلَةُ رَأْسٍ [lit. They are eaters of a head ]; meaning (assumed tropical:) they are few; one head satisfying their stomachs. (S.) ― -b2- اآكِلَةٌ (tropical:) Pasturing beasts. (K, TA.) ― -b3- اآكِلَةُ اللَّحْمِ (assumed tropical:) The knife; (K, TA;) because it cuts the flesh: (TA:) and the pointed staff or stick; (K, TA;) as being likened thereto: (TA:) and fire: (K:) and whips; (Sh, K;) because they burn the skin. (TA.) ― -b4- الاآكِلُ, [in the CK, erroneously, الاَكِلُ,] (tropical:) The king. (K, TA.) [Opposed to المَأْكُولُ, q. v.] ― -b5- اآكِلُ الرِّبَا (tropical:) [ The receiver of usury ]: occurring in a trad., in which it is said, لُعِنَ اآكِلُ ↓ الرِّبَا وَ مُؤْكِلُهُ (tropical:) [ The receiver of usury is cursed, and the giver thereof ]. (TA.)