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عيل
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaعَائِلٌ ذ Poor, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) and needy, or in want; (S, O;) occurring in the Kur xciii. 8; (TA;) as also ↓ عَيِّلٌ, (TA,) and ↓ مُعِيلٌ: (Ibn-El-Kelbee, TA:) pl. of the first عَالَةٌ, (Mgh, O, Msb, K,) [originally] of the measure فَعَلَةٌ, like كَفَرَةٌ pl. of كَافِرٌ, (Msb,) and عُيَّلٌ (K) and عَيْلَى (S, O, K) and [quasi-pl. ns.] ↓ عَيْلَةٌ (S, TA) and ↓ عِيلٌ. (IAar, TA.) -A2- See also عَيَّالٌ.
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عَائِلٌ
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