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اهل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَهِلَةٌ ذ i. q. مَالٌ [ Property; or cattle ]: so in the saying اـِنَّهُمْ لَأَهْلُ أَهِلَةٍ (JK, K) [app. meaning Verily they are sojourners, or settlers, possessed of property, or cattle ]: ↓ أَهْلٌ here signifying حُلُولٌ [pl. of حَالٌّ]. (JK, TA.) [But] Yoo says that ↓ هُمْ أَهْلُ أَهْلَةِ and أَهِلَةٍ means They are people of the distinguished sort. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَهِلَةٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنَّهُمْ لَأَهْلُ أَهِلَةٍ