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غيل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَيْلٌ ذ : see غِيلَةٌ, first sentence, in two places. ― -b2- As some say, (Msb,) it signifies The milk with which a woman suckles while she is being compressed, (S, Msb, K, TA,) or while she is pregnant: (S, K, TA:) you say, سَقَتْهُ غَيْلًا, (Msb,) or الغَيْلَ, (K, TA,) i. e. She gave him to drink such milk. (TA.) -A2- Also Water running upon the surface of the earth; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) thus correctly, with fet-h; but ↓ غِيلٌ, with kesr, is a dial. var. thereof, mentioned by ISd: (TA:) both are said to signify water running amid trees: (Ham p. 555:) IB says that the former signifies thus; and that its pl. is غُيُولٌ: and it is also said to signify water running in rivers or rivulets, and in streamlets for irrigation: (TA:) and by some, to signify water running amid stones, in the interior of a valley. (Ham ubi suprà.) It is said in a trad., that in the case of that [produce] which is irrigated by the water thus termed (مَا سُقِىَ بَالغَيْلِ, S, Mgh, O, Msb, TA, or غَيْلًا, Mgh) there shall be [given for the poor-rate] the tenth; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, TA;) and in the case of that which is irrigated by the bucket, half of the tenth. (S, TA.) [See also an ex. voce صُبَابَةٌ.] ― -b2- And Any valley in which are flowing springs: (K:) or a place in a collection of tangled, or abundant and dense, trees, in which is water running upon the surface of the earth: (Lth, TA:) and any place in which is water, (K, TA,) such as a valley and the like: (TA:) and ↓ غِيلٌ, with kesr, signifies any valley in which is water; and the pl. of this is أَغْيَالٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and غُيُولٌ. (K.) ― -b3- See also غِيلٌ. -A3- Also A plump, full, سَاعِد [or fore arm]; (S, O, K;) and so ↓ مُغْتَالٌ: (K:) the latter said by Fr to be applied to a wrist as meaning full because from الغَوْلُ; but this saying is not valid, as غَيْلٌ is found in the same sense. (IJ, TA.) [See an ex. of the former in a verse cited voce طَفْلٌ.] And A fat, big, boy; as also ↓ مُغْتَالٌ: (K:) fem. of the former غَيْلَةٌ; (TA;) which is applied to a woman as meaning fat; (S, K;) or a fat, big, woman. (AO, TA.) ― -b2- See also غَيِّلٌ, in two places. -A4- Also The ornamental, or figured, or variegated, border (syn. عَلَم) in a garment: (AA, K:) pl. أَغْيَالٌ. (AA, TA.) ― -b2- And A line that one makes, or marks, upon a thing. (K.)

Derived headwords

غَيْلٌ
  1. 1.
سَقَتْهُ غَيْلًا
مَا سُقِىَ بَالغَيْلِ