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عجل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَعْجَلُ ذ [ More, and most, hasty, speedy, quick, or expeditious: and more, and most, fleeting, or short-lived ]. They say, in relation to the affecting of hardiness, or strength, and endurance, and to soundness of body, لَيْتَنِى وَفُلَانًا يُفْعَلُ بِنَا كَذَا حَتَّى يَمُوتَ الأَعْجَلُ [ Would that such a thing might be done to me and such a one until the more short-lived die ]. (O.)

Derived headwords

أَعْجَلُ
  1. 1.
لَيْتَنِى وَفُلَانًا يُفْعَلُ بِنَا كَذَا
حَتَّى يَمُوتَ الأَعْجَلُ