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عهل

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes swiftness and excellence, particularly in relation to camels. It also extends to meanings of greatness, authority, and intensity, applying to both animals and abstract concepts like wind and kingship.

Derived headwords

العيهلnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is very fast.

  2. 2.
    excellent she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is distinguished and strong.

  3. 3.
    male camelclassical

    A male camel.

  4. 4.
    tall camelclassical

    A camel that is tall.

  5. 5.
    strong camelclassical

    A camel that is strong.

وعيهلا رسوما — and swift she-camels, traces [of their passing]
أو عيهل شدقمية — or a swift, large-jawed camel
العيهلةnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is very fast.

  2. 2.
    excellent she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is distinguished and strong.

  3. 3.
    female camelclassical

    A female camel.

  4. 4.
    large she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is large and immense.

فسالت كل عيهلة — so every swift she-camel flowed
وأرملة تغشى الدواخن عيهل — and a widow who frequents the hearths, a swift [woman]
العيهولnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is very fast.

العيهالnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is very fast.

امرأة عيهلadjective
  1. 1.
    restless womanclassical

    A woman who is restless and agitated, moving back and forth.

امرأة عيهلةadjective
  1. 1.
    restless womanclassical

    A woman who is restless and agitated, moving back and forth.

ناقة عيهلةadjective
  1. 1.
    large she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is large and immense.

فنعم مناخ ضيفان وتجر، ... وملقى زفر عيهلة بجال — What a good resting place for guests and traders, and a place for the weary to rest, a large she-camel by the rocks.
ناقة عيهلadjective
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is very fast.

ريح عيهلadjective
  1. 1.
    strong windclassical

    A wind that is strong and intense.

العاهلnoun
  1. 1.
    great kingclassical

    A supreme ruler, such as a caliph.

عاهلnoun
  1. 1.
    unmarried womanclassical

    A woman who does not have a husband.

عيهلتverb
  1. 1.
    to neglectclassical

    To let camels go unattended or neglected.

عيهلت الإبل أهملتها — I neglected the camels, I let them go unattended.
عياهلnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelsclassical

    Plural of عيهل, referring to fast she-camels.

عياهل عيهلها الذواد — Swift she-camels, their herders are the drivers.

Parallel reading

والبلدة تجهم الجهوما، ... زجرت فيها عيهلا رسوما
And a land that was grim and forbidding, ... I urged swift she-camels, traces [of their passing].
ناشوا الرجال فسالت كل عيهلة، ... عبر السفار ملوس الليل بالكور
They roused the men, and every swift she-camel flowed, ... crossing the journey through the darkness of the night with their loads.
وقيل: العيهل والعيهلة النجيبة الشديدة
And it was said: Al-ʿayhal and al-ʿayhala are the excellent and strong [she-camels].
وقيل: العيهل الذكر من الإبل، والأنثى عيهلة
And it was said: Al-ʿayhal is the male of camels, and the female is ʿayhala.
وقيل: العيهل الطويلة
And it was said: Al-ʿayhal is the tall one.
وقيل: الشديدة
And it was said: The strong one.
إن تبخلي، يا جمل، أو تعتلي ... أو تصبحي في الظاعن المولي نسل وجد الهائم المعتل، ... ببازل وجناء أو عيهل
If you are stingy, O camel, or ascend ... or become among the departing, the offspring of the wandering, the ailing, ... with a pregnant she-camel or a swift one.
وشدد اللام لتمام البناء إذ لو قال أو عيهل، بالتخفيف، لكان من كامل السريع، والأول كما تراه من مشطور السريع، وإنما هذا الشد في الوقف فأجراه الشاعر للضرورة حين وصل مجراه إذا وقف.
And the lam was doubled for the completion of the structure, for if he had said 'aw ʿayhil, with shortening, it would have been from the full meter of al-Sari', and the first, as you see, is from the half meter of al-Sari'. This doubling is only in the pause, so the poet made it flow for necessity when connecting it to its flow when pausing.
وامرأة عيهل وعيهلة: لا تستقر نزقا تردد إقبالا وإدبارا.
And a woman ʿayhal and ʿayhala: she does not settle, agitated, turning back and forth.
ويقال للمرأة عيهل وعيهلة؛ ولا يقال للناقة إلا عيهلة
And a woman is called ʿayhal and ʿayhala; but a she-camel is only called ʿayhala.
ليبك أبا الجدعاء ضيف معيل، ... وأرملة تغشى الدواخن عيهل
May the guest of Abu al-Jad'a, a provider, weep, ... and a widow who frequents the hearths, a swift [woman].
فنعم مناخ ضيفان وتجر، ... وملقى زفر عيهلة بجال
What a good resting place for guests and traders, ... and a place for the weary to rest, a large she-camel by the rocks.
وناقة عيهلة: ضخمة عظيمة
And a she-camel ʿayhala: huge and immense.
قال: ولا يقال جمل عيهل.
He said: And a male camel is not called ʿayhal.
وبها من ندوب النسع والكور عاذر
And it has excuses from the scars of the girth and the saddle.
والعاهل: الملك الأعظم كالخليفة.
And al-ʿāhil: the great king, like the caliph.
يقال للمرأة التي لا زوج لها عاهل
It is said of a woman who has no husband that she is ʿāhil.
قال أبو عبيد عيهلت الإبل أهملتها
Abu Ubayd said: I neglected the camels, I let them go unattended.
عياهل عيهلها الذواد
Swift she-camels, their herders are the drivers.