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عقل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَعْقُولٌ ذ [pass. part. n. of عَقَلَ in all its senses as a trans. verb. ― -b2- Hence it signifies Intellectual, as meaning perceived by the intellect; and excogitated: thus applied as an epithet to any branch of knowledge that is not necessarily مَنْقُولٌ, which means “ desumed, ” such as the science of the fundamentals of religion, and the like. ― -b3- Hence also, Intelligible. ― -b4- And Approved by the intellect; or reasonable. -A2- It is also said to be an inf. n.]: see 1, latter half. ― -b2- And see عَقْلٌ, latter half, in two places.

Derived headwords

مَعْقُولٌ
  1. 1.