وءل

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of 'firstness' or 'beginning', often in relation to time or sequence. It also extends to meanings of refuge, escape, and the accumulation of animal droppings, with some derived terms being proper names.

Derived headwords

أَوَّلadjective

1.
firstboth
Denoting the initial position in a sequence, order, or time; the beginning of something.
2.
formerboth
Referring to something that existed or happened previously.

إن أول بيت وضع للناس للذي ببكة — Indeed, the first house appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah

هذا أول مال كسبته — This is the first wealth I earned

أَوَّلnoun

1.
beginningboth
The start or commencement of something.

أول ما أطلع ضب ذنبه — the first time a lizard showed its tail

آلَ / يَؤُولُverb

1.
to returnclassical
To come back to a place or state; to revert.
2.
to result inclassical
To have a specified result or consequence.
3.
to escapeclassical
To get away from a place or situation.
4.
to meanclassical
To signify or intend.

آل يؤول إذا نجا وسبق — 'Aala ya'oolu' when one escapes and precedes

أَوْلَىadjective

1.
farthestclassical
Most distant.
2.
most deservingboth
Having the greatest right or claim.

الأولى والأخرى — the first and the last

أَوَّلَةnoun

1.
first one (fem.)classical
The feminine singular form of 'first'.

هن الأولات دخولا والآخرات خروجا، واحدتها الأولة والآخرة — They are the first to enter and the last to leave, their singular being al-awwalah and al-akhirah

الأَوَّلُ فَالأَوَّلُphrase

1.
one after anotherboth
In sequence, without skipping.

ادخلوا الأول فالأول — Enter one after another

أَوَّلِيَّةnoun

1.
firstnessboth
The state or quality of being first.
2.
precedenceboth
Priority in order or rank.

ما فخر من ليست له أولية تعد — He does not boast of having no precedence that is counted

هذا أول بين الأولية — This is the first among the first

أَوَّلِيَّةname

1.
name of a dayclassical
A name for the first day of the week (Sunday).

بأول أو بأهون أو جبار — on the first day, or on the second, or on the third

وَأَلَ / يَئِلُverb

1.
to escapeclassical
To flee from danger or difficulty; to seek refuge.
2.
to seek refugeclassical
To find safety or protection.

وأل يئل بمعناه — 'Wa'ala ya'ilu' with the same meaning

وَأْلَةnoun

1.
dung heapboth
A pile of animal droppings, especially sheep and camel dung.
2.
refugeclassical
A place of safety or shelter.

الوألة مثل الوعلة: الدمنة والسرجين — Al-wa'lah, like al-wa'lah (a type of mountain goat), is dung and dung heaps

إن بني فلان وقودهم الوألة — The fuel of the people of so-and-so is the dung heap

أَوْأَلَverb

1.
to leave droppingsclassical
For livestock to leave their dung and urine in a place.

أوألت الماشية في المكان، على أفعلت، أثرت فيه بأبوالها وأبعارها — The livestock left their droppings in the place, on the pattern 'af'alati', they marked it with their urine and dung

مَوْئِلnoun

1.
place of refugeboth
A place where one can find safety or shelter.
2.
place with droppingsclassical
A place marked by animal dung and urine.

أجن ومصفر الجمام موئل — The stagnant and yellowish water is a place of refuge

وَائِلname

1.
name of a manboth
A proper name, which has become dominant for a known tribe.

وائل: اسم رجل غلب على حي معروف — Wa'il: the name of a man who became dominant over a known tribe

مُوَأَّلَةname

1.
name of a tribe/clanboth
A proper name for a tribe or clan.

بنو موألة بطن — Banu Mu'alah are a clan

رهنته بنو موألة بن مالك — Banu Mu'alah bin Malik mortgaged him

اسْتَوْأَلَverb

1.
to gather (droppings)classical
For animals to gather and accumulate their dung.

استوألت الإبل: اجتمعت — The camels gathered (their dung)

Parallel reading

تقول العرب أول ما أطلع ضب ذنبه

The Arabs say, 'the first time a lizard showed its tail'

يقال ذلك للرجل يصنع الخير ولم يكن صنعه قبل ذلك

This is said of a man who does good, having not done it before.

والعرب ترفع أول وتنصب ذنبه على معنى أول ما أطلع ذنبه

And the Arabs raise 'awwal' and put 'dhanabahu' in the accusative, meaning the first time its tail was shown.

ومنهم من يرفع أول ويرفع ذنبه على معنى أول شيء أطلعه ذنبه

And some of them raise 'awwal' and raise 'dhanabahu', meaning the first thing its tail showed.

ومنهم من ينصب أول وينصب ذنبه على أن يجعل أول صفة

And some of them put 'awwal' in the accusative and 'dhanabahu' in the accusative, by making 'awwal' an adjective.

ومنهم من ينصب أول ويرفع ذنبه على معنى في أول ما أطلع ضب ذنبه أي ذنبه في أول ذلك

And some of them put 'awwal' in the accusative and raise 'dhanabahu', meaning 'at the first time the lizard showed its tail', i.e., its tail at the beginning of that.

إن أول بيت وضع للناس للذي ببكة

Indeed, the first house appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah

أول في اللغة على الحقيقة ابتداء الشيء

'Awwal' in the language, in reality, is the beginning of a thing.

وجائز أن يكون المبتدأ له آخر، وجائز أن لا يكون له آخر

And it is possible that the beginning has an end, and it is possible that it does not have an end.

فالواحد أول العدد والعدد غير متناه

So, one is the first of the number, and the number is infinite.

ونعيم الجنة له أول وهو غير منقطع

And the bliss of Paradise has a beginning, and it is not cut off.

وقولك: هذا أول مال كسبته جائز أن لا يكون بعده كسب

And your saying: 'This is the first wealth I earned' allows for there to be no earning after it.

ولكن أراد بل هذا ابتداء كسبي

But he meant: 'Rather, this is the beginning of my earning'.

فلو قال قائل أول عبد أملكه حر فملك عبدا لعتق ذلك العبد

And if someone said: 'The first slave I own is free', and he owned a slave, that slave would be freed.

لأنه قد ابتدأ الملك فجائز أن يكون قول الله تعالى إن أول بيت وضع للناس هو البيت الذي لم يكن الحج إلى غيره

Because the ownership has begun, and it is possible that God's saying 'Indeed, the first house appointed for mankind' refers to the House to which pilgrimage was not made to any other.

ولم يبين أصل أول واشتقاقه من اللغة

And he did not explain the origin of 'awwal' and its derivation from the language.

وقيل تفسير الأول في صفة الله عز وجل أنه الأول ليس قبله شيء والآخر ليس بعده شيء

And it was said: The explanation of 'Al-Awwal' in the description of God Almighty is that He is the First, before Whom nothing exists, and the Last, after Whom nothing exists.

وجاء هذا في الخبر عن سيدنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، فلا يجوز أن نعدو في تفسير هذين الاسمين ما روي عنه، صلى الله عليه وسلم

And this came in the narration from our master, the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, so it is not permissible to deviate in the interpretation of these two names from what is narrated from him, peace be upon him.

وأقرب ما يحضرني في اشتقاق الأول أنه أفعل من آل يؤول، وأولى فعلى منه

And the closest thing that comes to my mind regarding the derivation of 'awwal' is that it is 'af'al' from 'aala ya'oolu', and 'awla' is 'af'ala' from it.

وكان أول في الأصل أأول فقلبت الهمزة الثانية واوا وأدغمت في الواو الأخرى فقيل أول

And 'awwal' was originally 'a'awwal', so the second hamza was changed to a waw and assimilated into the other waw, and it was said 'awwal'.

وأراه قول سيبويه، وكأنه من قولهم آل يؤول إذا نجا وسبق

And I think it is the saying of Sibawayh, and it is as if it is from their saying 'aala ya'oolu' when one escapes and precedes.

ومثله وأل يئل بمعناه

And similar to it is 'wa'ala ya'ilu' with its meaning.

وأما قولهم ابدأ بهذا أول، فإنما يريدون أول من كذا ولكنه حذف لكثرته في كلامهم

And as for their saying 'Start with this first', they mean 'first of such and such', but it is omitted due to its frequency in their speech.

وبني على الحركة لأنه من المتمكن الذي جعل في موضع بمنزلة غير المتمكن

And it was constructed with a vowel because it is from the 'mutamakkin' (fully inflected noun) which was placed in a position like that of a non-inflected noun.

وقالوا ادخلوا الأول فالأول، وهي من المعارف الموضوعة موضع الحال، وهو شاذ

And they said: 'Enter the first, then the first', and it is one of the definite nouns placed in the position of a circumstantial adverb, which is irregular.

والرفع جائز على المعنى أي ليدخل الأول فالأول

And raising it is permissible according to the meaning, i.e., 'so that the first and then the first may enter'.

ما ترك له أولا ولا آخرا

He left him neither first nor last.

جعله اسما فنكر وصرف

He made it a noun, indefinite, and diptote.

هن الأولات دخولا والآخرات خروجا، واحدتها الأولة والآخرة

They are the first to enter and the last to leave, their singular being al-awwalah and al-akhirah.

ليس هذا أصل الباب وإنما أصل الباب الأول والأولى كالأطول والطولى

This is not the origin of the chapter; rather, the origin of the chapter is 'al-awwal' and 'al-awla', like 'al-atwal' and 'al-tulya'.

أما أولى بأولى فإني أحمد الله

As for 'awla bi-awla', I praise God.

هذا أول بين الأولية

This is the first among the first.

ماح البلاد لنا في أوليتنا، على حسود الأعادي، مائح قثم

The water-carrier for the land is ours in our precedence, against the envier of enemies, the water-carrier of Quthm.

وما فخر من ليست له أولية تعد، إذا عد القديم، ولا ذكر

And he does not boast of having no precedence that is counted, when the ancient is counted, nor any mention.

الأحد في التسمية الأولى

Sunday in the first naming.

أؤمل أن أعيش، وأن يومي بأول أو بأهون أو جبار

I hope to live, and that my day is on Sunday, or on Monday, or on Tuesday.

الرؤيا لأول عابر

The dream is for the first interpreter.

إذا عبرها بر صادق عالم بأصولها وفروعها واجتهد فيها وقعت له دون غيره ممن فسرها بعده

If a righteous, truthful person who knows its principles and branches interprets it and strives in it, it will happen to him rather than to others who interpret it after him.

والوألة مثل الوعلة: الدمنة والسرجين

And al-wa'lah, like al-wa'lah (a type of mountain goat), is dung and dung heaps.

أبعار الغنم والإبل جميعا تجتمع وتتلبد

The droppings of sheep and camels all gather and clump together.

وقيل: هي أبوال الإبل وأبعارها فقط

And it was said: It is only the urine and droppings of camels.

إن بني فلان وقودهم الوألة

Indeed, the fuel of the people of so-and-so is the dung heap.

أوألت الماشية في المكان، على أفعلت، أثرت فيه بأبوالها وأبعارها

The livestock left their droppings in the place, on the pattern 'af'alati', they marked it with their urine and dung.

واستوألت الإبل: اجتمعت

And the camels gathered (their dung).

قال لرجل أنت من بني فلان؟ قال: نعم، قال: فأنت من وألة إذا قم فلا تقربني

He said to a man: 'Are you from Banu Fulān?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then you are from Wa'alah; when you stand, do not come near me'.

قيل: هي قبيلة خسيسة سميت بالوألة وهي البعرة لخستها

It was said: It is a base tribe named after al-wa'lah, which is the dung, due to its baseness.

وقد أوأل المكان، فهو موئل، وهو الوأل والوألة وأوأله هو

And the place has accumulated droppings, so it is a place of refuge, and it is al-wa'il, and al-wa'lah, and its accumulation is 'aw'alah'.

أجن ومصفر الجمام موئل

The stagnant and yellowish water is a place of refuge.

وائل: اسم رجل غلب على حي معروف

Wa'il: the name of a man who became dominant over a known tribe.

وقد يجعل اسما للقبيلة فلا يصرف

And it may be made a name for the tribe, so it is not diptote.

جاء على مفعل لأنه ليس على الفعل، إذ لو كان على الفعل لكان مفعلا

It came in the pattern 'maf'al' because it is not derived from the verb; if it were derived from the verb, it would be 'maf'ala'.

وبنو موألة بطن

And Banu Mu'alah are a clan.

ورهنته بنو موألة بن مالك في دية ورجوا أن يقتلوه فلم يفعلوا

And Banu Mu'alah bin Malik mortgaged him for blood money, and they hoped to kill him, but they did not.

ليتك إذ رهنت آل موأله، حزوا بنصل السيف عند السبله، وحلقت بك العقاب القيعله

I wish that when you mortgaged the family of Mu'alah, they had cut you with the sword's edge at the sabilah, and the eagle had circled you at the Qia'lah.