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حول

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَحْوَلُ ذ ; and its fem. حَوْلَاآءُ: see 1, last sentence. ― -b2- أَحْوَلُ مِنْ بَوْلِ الجَمَلِ [ More wry than the urine of the he-camel ]: because it does not come forth straight, but [backwards, and] inclining to one side: a prov. (TA.) ― -b3- هُوَ أَحْوَلُ مِنْكَ He is one who has more حِيلَة [meaning art, artifice, cunning, ingenuity, or skill, in the management of affairs, &c.,] than thou; (Fr, S, K;) as also ↓ أَحْيَلُ. (K.) And النَّاسِ ↓ هُوَ أَحْيَلُ [ He is the most artful, cunning, ingenious, or skilful, of men ]; originally أَحْوَلُ. (MF in art. رود: see أَرْوَدُ.)

Derived headwords

أَحْوَلُ
  1. 1.
أَحْوَلُ مِنْ بَوْلِ الجَمَلِ
هُوَ أَحْوَلُ مِنْكَ