غيل

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns flowing water, particularly surface water, and extends to concepts of abundance, hidden danger, deception, and assassination. It also encompasses terms for dense, leafy trees and, in a derived sense, refers to specific individuals and a type of tree.

Derived headwords

الماء الجاري على وجه الأرضnoun

1.
Surface running waterboth
Water that flows on the surface of the earth.

المُغِيلnoun

1.
Plant growing in flowing waterclassical
A plant that grows in a place where water flows on the surface.

تحت الحفإ المغيل — under the abundant reeds —

المُغِيلadjective

1.
Abundant, denseclassical
Describing a tree that has many branches, is full, and dense.

مُتَغَيِّلَةadjective

1.
Dense, full of branchesclassical
A tree that has many branches, is full, and dense.

المِغْيَالadjective

1.
Dense, leafy, shady treeclassical
A tree that is dense with branches, has abundant leaves, and provides ample shade.

أُغِيلَ الشجرverb

1.
Trees grew denseclassical
The trees became large, dense, and full.

تَغَيَّلَ الشجرverb

1.
Trees grew denseclassical
The trees became large, dense, and full.

اسْتُغِيلَ الشجرverb

1.
Trees grew denseclassical
The trees became large, dense, and full.

غَائِلَةnoun

1.
Hole, crackclassical
A hole or crack, particularly in a basin or reservoir.

وإذا الذنوب أحيل في متثلم، شربت غوائل مائه وهزوم — and when the sins were poured into the cracked [basin], it drank the leaks of its water and its breaches —

غَائِلَةnoun

1.
Hidden malice, grudgeclassical
Inner resentment or hidden ill will, similar to a downpour.

غَائِلَةnoun

1.
Evil, harmclassical
Evil or harm, often referring to something one does not expect.

وغال امرأ ما كان يخشى غوائله — and brought harm to a man from what he did not fear of its harms —

غَوَائِلnoun

1.
Calamities, disastersclassical
Calamities or great misfortunes.

الغَيْلَةnoun

1.
Deception, treacheryclassical
Deception or treachery, especially in the context of a surprise attack.

وقتل فلان غيلة أي خدعة — and so-and-so was killed by treachery, meaning by deception —

اغْتِيَالnoun

1.
Assassination, ambushclassical
The act of killing someone by deception or from a place of unawareness.

وهو أن يخدعه فيذهب به إلى موضع، فإذا صار إليه قتله وقد اغتيل — which is to deceive him and take him to a place, and when he arrives there, he is killed, having been assassinated —

اغْتَالَverb

1.
To assassinate, to deceive and killclassical
To kill someone by deception, bringing harm from an unexpected direction.

وغال فلانا كذا وكذا إذا وصل إليه منه شر — and so-and-so was harmed by such-and-such if evil reached him —

ويقال: قد اغتاله إذا فعل به ذلك — And it is said: he assassinated him if he did that to him —

اغْتِيالnoun

1.
Being ambushed, being deceivedclassical
The state of being killed by deception or from a place of unawareness.

الغِيلَةnoun

1.
Hissing sound (of a camel)classical
The hissing sound made by a camel.

بغيلة تنسل نحو الأنيب — with a hissing sound moving towards the camel's hump —

إِبِل غَيْلnoun

1.
Abundant camelsclassical
Camels that are numerous.

وإبل غيل: كثيرة، وكذلك البقر — And abundant camels: numerous, and likewise cattle —

غَيُولnoun

1.
Individual animalclassical
A single animal, from a group.

الواحد غيول — the singular is ghayul —

الغَيُولnoun

1.
Solitary oneclassical
The solitary or unique one of anything.

والغيول المنفرد من كل شيء — And al-ghayul is the solitary one of everything —

الغَيْلnoun

1.
Fatness, plumpnessclassical
Fatness or plumpness.

وقال أبو منصور: والغيل السمان أيضا — And Abu Mansur said: And al-ghayl also means fatness —

غَيْلَانname

1.
Male given nameboth
A male given name.

وغيلان: اسم رجل — And Ghaylan: a man's name —

غَيْلَانname

1.
A type of tree (Samar)classical
The Samar tree.

وأم غيلان: شجر السمر — And Umm Ghaylan: the Samar tree —

Parallel reading

الماء الجاري على وجه الأرض.

Water running on the face of the earth.

والمغيل: النابت في الغيل؛

And al-mughil: the plant growing in the flowing water;

كالأيم ذي الطرة، أو ناشئ البردي، ... تحت الحفإ المغيل

Like the barren one with the tuft, or the young papyrus, ... under the abundant reeds

وقيل: كل شجرة كثرت أفنانها وتمت والتفت فهي متغيلة.

And it was said: every tree whose branches are numerous, complete, and dense is mutaghayilah.

وأغيل الشجر وتغيل واستغيل: عظم والتف.

And the trees became large, dense, and full.

الغَوَائِل خروق في الحوض، واحدتها غائلة؛

Al-ghawa'il are holes in a basin, the singular of which is ghailah;

وإذا الذنوب أحيل في متثلم، شربت غوائل مائه وهزوم

And when the sins were poured into the cracked [basin], it drank the leaks of its water and its breaches

والغائلة: الحقد الباطن، اسم كالوابلة.

And al-ghailah: the hidden malice, a noun like a downpour.

وفلان قليل الغائلة والمغالة أي الشر.

And so-and-so is of little malice and evil, meaning little harm.

والغيلة، بالكسر: الخديعة والاغتيال.

And al-ghilah, with kasra: deception and assassination.

وقتل فلان غيلة أي خدعة، وهو أن يخدعه فيذهب به إلى موضع، فإذا صار إليه قتله وقد اغتيل.

And so-and-so was killed by treachery, meaning by deception, which is to deceive him and take him to a place, and when he arrives there, he is killed, having been assassinated.

الغيلة في كلام العرب إيصال الشر والقتل إليه من حيث لا يعلم ولا يشعر.

Al-ghilah in the speech of the Arabs is bringing evil and death to someone from where they do not know and are not aware.

قتله غيلة إذا قتله من حيث لا يعلم، وفتك به إذا قتله من حيث يراه وهو غار غافل غير مستعد.

He killed him by treachery if he killed him from where he did not know, and he ambushed him if he killed him from where he saw him while he was unaware, heedless, and unprepared.

وغال فلانا كذا وكذا إذا وصل إليه منه شر؛

And so-and-so was harmed by such-and-such if evil reached him;

وأنشد: وغال امرأ ما كان يخشى غوائله

And he recited: And brought harm to a man from what he did not fear of its harms

ويقال: قد اغتاله إذا فعل به ذلك.

And it is said: he assassinated him if he did that to him.

أن صبيا قتل بصنعاء غيلة فقتل به عمر سبعة أي في خفية واغتيال وهو أن يخدع ويقتل في موضع لا يراه فيه أحد.

That a boy was killed in Sana'a by treachery, so Umar killed seven in retaliation, meaning in secret and by assassination, which is to be deceived and killed in a place where no one sees him.

وأعوذ بك أن أغتال من تحتي أي أدهى من حيث لا أشعر، يريد به الخسف.

And I seek refuge in You from being ambushed from beneath me, meaning to be overcome from where I do not feel it, meaning being swallowed up.

والغيلة: الشقشقة؛

And al-ghilah: the hissing sound;

بغيلة تنسل نحو الأنيب

With a hissing sound moving towards the camel's hump

وإبل غيل: كثيرة، وكذلك البقر؛

And abundant camels: numerous, and likewise cattle;

وسيق إليه الباقر الغيل

And the abundant cattle were driven to him

والغيول المنفرد من كل شيء، وجمعه غيل،

And al-ghayul is the solitary one of everything, and its plural is ghayl,

ويروى العيل في البيت بعين غير معجمة، يريد الجماعة أي سيق إليه الباقر الكثير.

And it is narrated 'al-'ayl in the verse with an unpointed 'ayn, meaning the group, i.e., abundant cattle were driven to him.

وقال أبو منصور: والغيل السمان أيضا.

And Abu Mansur said: And al-ghayl also means fatness.

وغيلان: اسم رجل.

And Ghaylan: a man's name.

غيلان بن حريث: من شعرائهم، وكذا وقع في كتاب سيبويه، وقيل: غيلان حرب، قال: ولست منه على ثقة.

Ghaylan bin Harith: among their poets, and thus it appears in Sibawayh's book, and it was said: Ghaylan Harb, he said: And I am not confident of him.

واسم ذي الرمة: غيلان بن عقبة؛

And the name of Dhu al-Rummah: Ghaylan bin 'Uqbah;

ومن اسمه غيلان جماعة: منهم غيلان ذو الرمة، وغيلان بن حريث الراجز، وغيلان بن خرشة الضبي، وغيلان بن سلمة الثقفي.

And among those named Ghaylan are a group: among them is Ghaylan Dhu al-Rummah, Ghaylan bin Harith the rajaz poet, Ghaylan bin Khurashah al-Dabbi, and Ghaylan bin Salamah al-Thaqafi.

وأم غيلان: شجر السمر.

And Umm Ghaylan: the Samar tree.