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غيل

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root غيل (ghayl) primarily relates to concepts of milk, especially milk produced under specific circumstances, and by extension, to things that are abundant, full, or flowing. It also extends to meanings related to sexual intercourse during breastfeeding, and to natural phenomena like flowing water and dense vegetation.

Derived headwords

الغَيْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    milk of a woman having intercourseclassical

    Milk that a woman nurses her child with while she is being sexually intimate with someone.

  2. 2.
    milk of a pregnant nursing motherclassical

    Milk from a woman who is nursing her child while she is pregnant.

  3. 3.
    flowing waterboth

    Water that flows on the surface of the earth, especially in rivers and streams.

  4. 4.
    dense vegetationboth

    Thick, intertwined trees or plants.

  5. 5.
    pattern on fabricclassical

    A pattern or design on a piece of cloth.

أَغَالَتِverb
  1. 1.
    to nurse with illicit milkclassical

    A woman nursed her child with milk from intercourse or pregnancy.

  2. 2.
    to have intercourse with a nursing wifeclassical

    A man had sexual intercourse with his wife while she was nursing.

مُغِيلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nursing mother (illicit milk)classical

    A woman who is nursing her child with milk from intercourse or pregnancy.

  2. 2.
    pregnant nursing motherclassical

    A woman who is pregnant and also nursing.

مُغَالٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nursed with illicit milkclassical

    A child who was nursed with milk from intercourse or pregnancy.

الغِيلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    intercourse with a nursing wifeclassical

    The act of a man having sexual intercourse with his wife while she is nursing.

  2. 2.
    pregnancy during nursingclassical

    A woman becoming pregnant while she is still nursing her child.

  3. 3.
    fat womanclassical

    A plump or stout woman.

أُغِيلَتِverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourse with a nursing wifeclassical

    A man had sexual intercourse with his wife while she was nursing.

  2. 2.
    to become pregnant while nursingclassical

    A woman became pregnant while she was nursing.

أُغِيلَتِ الغَنَمُverb
  1. 1.
    sheep gave birth twiceclassical

    Sheep gave birth to lambs twice within the same year.

الغَيْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    full, strong armclassical

    A well-developed, plump, and strong forearm.

المُغْتَالُadjective
  1. 1.
    full, strong armclassical

    A well-developed, plump, and strong forearm.

غُلامٌ غَيْلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    big and fat boyclassical

    A large and corpulent young boy.

مُغْتَالٌadjective
  1. 1.
    big and fat boyclassical

    A large and corpulent young boy.

غِيلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fat womanclassical

    A plump or stout woman.

غَائِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant soilclassical

    A large amount of soil or earth.

أَغْيَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow fat and strongclassical

    A boy grew stout and strong.

الغَيْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing waterboth

    Water that flows on the surface of the earth, especially in rivers and streams.

الغَيْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    dense thicketboth

    A place with dense, intertwined trees or plants, often providing cover.

الأَغْيَالُnoun
  1. 1.
    patterns on fabricclassical

    Patterns or designs on a piece of cloth.

  2. 2.
    wide garmentsclassical

    Loose or wide pieces of clothing.

تَغَيَّلَ الشَّجَرُverb
  1. 1.
    trees grew denselyclassical

    The trees became thick and intertwined.

الغَيْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    dense thicketclassical

    A place with dense, intertwined trees or plants, often providing cover.

الغَيْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    thicket of reedsclassical

    A dense growth of reeds or similar plants.

الغَيْلُnoun
  1. 1.
    thicketclassical

    A dense growth of trees or shrubs, often providing cover.

الغُيُولُnoun
  1. 1.
    thicketsclassical

    Dense growths of trees or shrubs.

  2. 2.
    flowing water between treesclassical

    Water that flows between trees, often in a garden or cultivated area.

Parallel reading

ولا أرضعته غيلا
And she did not nurse him with ghayl.
أن ترضع المرأة ولدها على حبل
That a woman nurses her child while she is pregnant.
وإذا شربه الولد ضوي واعتل عنه
And if the child drinks it, he becomes weak and ill.
وأغالت المرأة ولدها، فهي مغيل، وأغيلته فهي مغيل: سقته الغيل
And the woman nursed her child with ghayl, so she is mughīl, and she gave him ghayl, so she is mughīl: she gave him the ghayl to drink.
ومثلك حبلى قد طرقت ومرضعا، ... فألهيتها عن ذي تمائم مغيل
And like you, a pregnant woman I approached, and a nursing mother... so I distracted her from the one with the amulets, the mughīl.
أغال فلان ولده إذا غشي أمه وهي ترضعه
So-and-so's child is aghāla if he had intercourse with his mother while she was nursing him.
والاسم الغيلة
And the name for it is al-ghīlah.
أضرت الغيلة بولد فلان إذا أتيت أمه وهي ترضعه
Al-ghīlah harmed so-and-so's child if his mother was approached while she was nursing him.
لقد هممت أن أنهى عن الغيلة ثم أخبرت أن فارس والروم تفعل ذلك فلا يضيرهم
I was about to forbid al-ghīlah, then I was told that the Persians and Romans do that, and it does not harm them.
أغيلت الغنم إذا نتجت في السنة مرتين
The sheep are ughīlat if they give birth twice in the year.
هو أن يجامع الرجل زوجته إذا حملت وهي مرضع
It is for a man to have intercourse with his wife when she is pregnant and nursing.
والغيل والمغتال: الساعد الريان الممتلئ
And al-ghayl and al-mughṭāl: the full, plump forearm.
بيضاء ذات ساعدين غيلين
A white woman with two full forearms.
غلام غيل ومغتال: عظيم سمين
A ghulām ghayl and mughṭāl: large and fat.
ما سقي بالغيل فيه العشر، وما سقي بالدلو ففيه نصف العشر
What is watered by ghayl, it has a tenth (in tithe), and what is watered by a bucket, it has half a tenth.
الغَيْلُ: مكان من الغيضة فيه ماء معين
Al-ghayl: a place in a thicket with a spring of water.
حجارة غيل وارشات بطحلب
Stones of a ghayl, covered with moss.
والغيل: كل موضع فيه ماء من واد ونحوه
And al-ghayl: every place with water, from a valley or the like.
والغيل: العلم في الثوب، والجمع أغيال
And al-ghayl: the pattern on a garment, and the plural is aghyāl.
كأنها توشيح عصب مسهم الأغيال
As if they were the embroidery of a garment marked with aghyāl.
والغيل: الشجر الكثير الملتف
And al-ghayl: dense, intertwined trees.
أسد أضبط، يمشي ... بين طرفاء وغيل
A strong lion, walking... between tamarisk and ghayl.
والغيل: جماعة القصب والحلفاء
And al-ghayl: a collection of reeds and rushes.
في غيل قصباء وخيس مختلق
In a ghayl of reeds and a dense thicket.
والغيل، بالكسر: الأجمة
And al-ghayl, with kasra: the thicket.
أسد غيل
A lion of the ghayl (thicket).
ببطن عثر غيل دونه غيل
In the valley of 'Athir, a ghayl, and beyond it another ghayl.
كذوائب الحفإ الرطيب عطابه ... غيل، ومد بجانبيه الطحلب
Like the locks of moist reeds, its growth is ghayl, and moss extends on its sides.