ءهل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of fat, grease, or oil, particularly that which is melted or used for cooking. It extends to the idea of being worthy or deserving of something, and also relates to family or household members.

Derived headwords

أَهْلnoun

1.
family, peopleboth
Refers to one's kin, household, or a group of people associated with a place or profession.
2.
inhabitantsboth
The people who reside in a particular place.
3.
followers, adherentsboth
Those who belong to a particular religion, doctrine, or cause.

آلnoun

1.
family (of a prophet)classical
Specifically refers to the family of a prophet, often used in a reverential context.

إِهَالَةnoun

1.
melted fat, greaseboth
Fat or grease that has been melted, often from animal sources like sheep's tail fat or butter.
2.
oilboth
Any kind of oil or fat used as a condiment or for cooking.
3.
thickened fatclassical
The solidified or thickened layer of fat that rises to the top of a pot.

اِئْتَدَمَverb

1.
to use fat as condimentboth
To use melted fat, oil, or grease as a condiment or accompaniment to food.

اِسْتَأْهَلَverb

1.
to take or eat fatclassical
To take or consume melted fat or grease.
2.
to be worthy ofclassical
To deserve or be deserving of something.

مُسْتَأْهِلnoun

1.
one who takes fatclassical
Someone who takes or consumes melted fat or grease.
2.
one who is worthyclassical
Someone who is deserving or worthy of something.

وَلَجَverb

1.
to enterclassical
To go into, penetrate, or gain access to a place.

تَوَلَّجَverb

1.
to enterclassical
A variant form of 'to enter', often used in specific grammatical contexts.

دَوْلَجَverb

1.
to enterclassical
A variant form of 'to enter', derived through sound substitution.

Parallel reading

وأنت ممتنع من استعمال الآل في غير الأشهر الأخص، وسواء في ذلك أضفته إلى مظهر أو أضفته إلى مضمر

And you refrain from using 'al' except in the most specific of months, and it makes no difference whether you attribute it to an explicit noun or a pronoun.

فإن قيل ألست تزعم أن التاء في تولج بدل من واو، وأن أصله وولج لأنه فوعل من الولوج، ثم إنك مع ذلك قد تجدهم أبدلوا الدال من هذه التاء فقالوا دولج

If it is said, 'Do you not claim that the 't' in 'tawalaj' is a substitute for a 'w', and that its origin is 'walaj' because it is derived from 'al-wuluj' (entering), and yet you find that they have substituted a 'd' for this 't', saying 'dawlaj'?'

فصار إبدال الدال من التاء في هذا الموضع كإبدال الهمزة من الواو في نحو أقتت وأجوه لقربها منها

So the substitution of 'd' for 't' in this position is like the substitution of hamza for 'w' in examples like 'aqtata' and 'ajwaha' due to their proximity.

والإهالة: ما أذبت من الشحم، وقيل: الإهالة الشحم والزيت، وقيل: كل دهن اؤتدم به إهالة، والإهالة الودك.

And 'al-ihalah': what you melt from fat. It is said: 'al-ihalah' is fat and oil. It is said: every fat used as a condiment is 'ihalah', and 'al-ihalah' is 'al-wadak' (fat).

وفي الحديث: أنه كان يدعى إلى خبز الشعير والإهالة السنخة فيجيب

And in the hadith: He used to be invited to barley bread and rancid fat, and he would accept.

كل شيء من الأدهان مما يؤتدم به إهالة

Everything from fats that is used as a condiment is 'ihalah'.

وفي حديث كعب في صفة النار: يجاء بجهنم يوم القيامة كأنها متن إهالة أي ظهرها.

And in Ka'b's hadith describing Hellfire: Hell will be brought on the Day of Resurrection as if it were the surface of 'ihalah', meaning its back.

وكل ما اؤتدم به من زبد وودك شحم ودهن سمسم وغيره فهو إهالة، وكذلك ما علا القدر من ودك اللحم السمين إهالة

And everything used as a condiment, from butter, fat, sesame oil, and others, is 'ihalah', and likewise, what rises to the top of the pot from the fat of fatty meat is 'ihalah'.

واستأهل الرجل إذا ائتدم بالإهالة.

And a man 'ista'hala' if he used 'ihalah' as a condiment.

والمستأهل: الذي يأخذ الإهالة أو يأكلها

And 'al-musta'hil': he who takes or eats 'ihalah'.

تقول فلان أهل لكذا ولا تقل مستأهل، والعامة تقول.

You say 'so-and-so' is worthy of such-and-such, and do not say 'musta'hil'; the common people say it.

كن أنت للرحمة مستأهلا، ... إن لم أكن منك بمستأهل

May you be worthy of mercy, ... if I am not worthy of you.

قال: مستأهل ليس من فصيح الكلام وإنما المستأهل الذي يأخذ الإهالة، قال: وقول خالد ليس بحجة لأنه مولد، والله أعلم.

He said: 'Musta'hil' is not from eloquent speech; rather, 'al-musta'hil' is one who takes 'ihalah'. He said: And Khalid's saying is not a proof because it is a neologism, and God knows best.