اكل

مَأْكَلَةٌ ذ and ↓ مَأْكُلَةٌ: see أُكُلٌ: ― -b2- and for the former, see also أُكْلَةٌ, in two places. ― -b3- Also, both words, i. q. مِيرَةٌ i. e. Corn, or any provision, which a man brings, or purveys, for himself or his family, or for sale ]. (K.) ― -b4- Also used in the sense explained above, voce أُكُلٌ, [as a subst.,] and likewise as an epithet, so that one says شَاةٌ مأكلهٌ [as meaning A sheep, or goat, that is eaten ]. (K.) ― -b5- Both words signify [also] A place whence one eats. (S, O.) ― -b6- [And hence] one says, اِتَّخَذْتُ فُلَانًا مَأْكَلَةً and مَأْكَلَةٌ (assumed tropical:) [ I took for myself such a one as a person from whom to obtain what to eat ]. (S, O.) ― -b7- [The pl. is مَاآكِلُ: of which see an ex. voce اآكَالٌ.]