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عيل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَيَلٌ ذ The propounding of one's narration, and talk, to him who does not desire it and whom it does not concern; (O, K;) [and so, app., ↓ عِيَالٌ; for it is said that] this is what is meant in the saying of the Prophet, اـِنَّ مِنَ القَوْلِ عَيَلًا, or, as some relate it, عِيَالًا: [whence it seems that both readings mean Verily of what is said is the propounding of one's narration, &c.:] so says Saasa'ah. (O.)

Derived headwords

عَيَلٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنَّ مِنَ القَوْلِ عَيَلًا