مول

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of wealth, possessions, and property. It extends to the idea of abundance, increase, and acquiring or becoming rich. It also has some less common meanings related to specific entities like spiders or a month.

Derived headwords

المالnoun

1.
wealth, propertyboth
That which one owns and possesses, encompassing all things. It often refers to gold and silver but is broadly applied to anything acquired and owned.
2.
livestockclassical
Specifically refers to livestock, particularly camels, as they were the most common form of wealth for Arabs.

أموالnoun

1.
wealth, propertiesboth
The plural form of المال (al-māl), referring to multiple possessions or types of wealth.

مال، يمال، إمالةverb

1.
to incline, to leanclassical
To deviate from a straight course or upright position. This is a phonetic term referring to the pronunciation of vowels.

تموّلverb

1.
to acquire wealthboth
To become rich, to acquire possessions, or to amass wealth.
2.
to take a concubineclassical
To take a female slave or concubine, often implying acquiring her as a possession.

تموّل مالاverb

1.
to acquire wealthclassical
To acquire wealth, often used in the context of taking a concubine.

تموّلverb

1.
to become richboth
To become wealthy or possess abundant property.

تموّلverb

1.
to make richboth
To cause someone else to become rich or wealthy.

مال، يمول، مولاverb

1.
to become wealthyboth
To become a person of means, to acquire wealth.

مال، يمال، مولاverb

1.
to become wealthyboth
To become a person of means, to acquire wealth.

موِّلnoun

1.
wealthy personboth
A person who is rich or possesses abundant wealth.

مُوَيِّلnoun

1.
wealthy personboth
A diminutive form referring to a wealthy person, often used colloquially.

رجل مالadjective

1.
wealthy manboth
A man who possesses wealth, or is considered to have abundant property.

مالةnoun

1.
wealthy womanclassical
A woman who is wealthy.

مئلadjective

1.
wealthyclassical
Possessing abundant wealth.

ميلةadjective

1.
wealthyclassical
Possessing wealth or property.

ميلadjective

1.
wealthyclassical
Possessing wealth or property.

ملتهverb

1.
to give wealthclassical
To give or bestow wealth upon someone.

أهل الباديةnoun

1.
livestockclassical
Refers to the livestock owned by the people of the desert, often implying camels and sheep.

المولةnoun

1.
spiderclassical
A name for a spider.

مُوَيِّلname

1.
Raja monthclassical
One of the names for the month of Rajab.

Parallel reading

المال: معروف ما ملكته من جميع الأشياء.

Wealth: It is known as that which you own of all things.

والجمع أموال.

And the plural is 'amwāl' (wealth).

نهى عن إضاعة المال

He forbade the waste of wealth.

أطلق على كل ما يقتنى ويملك من الأعيان.

It was applied to everything that is acquired and owned of tangible things.

أكثر ما يطلق المال عند العرب على الإبل لأنها كانت أكثر أموالهم.

Most often, wealth among the Arabs referred to camels because they were their most abundant possessions.

وكثر مالك.

And your wealth increased.

إذا اتخذ قينة

If he took a concubine.

فليأكل منه غير متمول مالا وغير متأثل مالا

Let him eat from it who is not acquiring wealth and not possessing established wealth.

إذا صار ذا مال

If he became a person of means.

تموله أي اجعله لك مالا.

Make it your wealth, meaning make it yours.

رجل مال: ذو مال

A man of wealth: possessing wealth.

رجل مئل إذا كان كثير المال

A man 'mi'l' if he was rich in wealth.

وكانت امرأة ميلة أي ذات مال.

And she was a woman 'maylah', meaning possessing wealth.

كان رجلا شريفا شاعرا ميلا أي ذا مال.

He was a noble poet, a man 'mayl', meaning possessing wealth.

ملته: أعطيته المال.

I gave him wealth.

مال أهل البادية: النعم.

The wealth of the desert dwellers: livestock.

والمولة: العنكبوت

And 'al-mawlah': the spider.