وءل

أَوَّلُ ذ First, and former; preceding all others, and preceding another. See art. أول ― -b2- أَوَائِلُ السُّوَرِ The first parts, or beginnings, of the chapters of the Kur-án. ― -b3- جَاآءَ فِى أَوَائِلِ القَوْمِ He came among the first comers of the people. (Msb.) ― -b4- And الأَوَائِلُ The people of former ages; as also الأَوَّلُونَ. ― -b5- لَقِيتُهُ عَامًا أَوَّلَ means I met him [ in a former year. ] before this year, though by several years. (Alee El-Kári, in his Expos. of the K, from Seer; cited in the margin of a copy of the K; art. اول.) See عَامٌ.