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فيل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 فيّل رَأْيَهُ ذ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. تَفْيِيلٌ, He declared [or esteemed ] his judgment, or opinion, to be weak, (S.) or bad, and erroneous. (M, K.) Umeiyeh Ibn Abee-'Áïdh says, فَلَوْ غَيْرَهَا مِنْ وُلْدِ كَعْبِ بْنِ كَاهِلٍ مَدَحْتَ بِقَوْلٍ صَادِقٍ لَمْ تُفَيَّلِ meaning لَمْ يُفَيَّلْ رَأْيُكَ (SKr, M) i. e. [ But hadst thou praised other than her, of the children of Kaab Ibn-Káhil, with a true saying, ] thy judgment, or opinion, would not have been declared weak. (SKr.) ― -b2- See also 1, in two places.

Derived headwords

فيّل رَأْيَهُverb
  1. 1.
فَلَوْ غَيْرَهَا مِنْ وُلْدِ كَعْبِ بْنِ كَاهِلٍ
مَدَحْتَ بِقَوْلٍ صَادِقٍ لَمْ تُفَيَّلِ
لَمْ يُفَيَّلْ رَأْيُكَ