← Back to Al-Qamus al-Muhit

ءهل

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'family', 'people', 'inhabitants', and by extension, 'belonging', 'suitability', and 'familiarity'. It encompasses close kin, residents of a place, followers of a doctrine, spouses, and even the community of a prophet. It also extends to concepts of habituation and things that are familiar.

Derived headwords

أهلnoun
  1. 1.
    family, kinboth

    The immediate family, relatives, and close kin of a person.

  2. 2.
    people, inhabitantsboth

    The residents of a place or dwelling.

  3. 3.
    followers, adherentsboth

    Those who adhere to a particular doctrine, belief, or way of life.

  4. 4.
    spouse, wifeboth

    A man's wife or spouse.

  5. 5.
    community, followersclassical

    The community or followers of a prophet, including wives, daughters, and close male companions.

أهلونnoun
  1. 1.
    families, peopleboth

    Plural of 'ahl', referring to families or groups of people.

أهالnoun
  1. 1.
    families, peopleboth

    Another plural form of 'ahl', referring to families or groups of people.

آهالnoun
  1. 1.
    families, peopleboth

    Another plural form of 'ahl', referring to families or groups of people.

أهلاتnoun
  1. 1.
    families, peopleboth

    Another plural form of 'ahl', referring to families or groups of people.

أهلverb
  1. 1.
    to take a familyclassical

    To establish a family or take a spouse.

  2. 2.
    to inhabitclassical

    To populate or inhabit a place.

يأهلverb
  1. 1.
    to take a familyclassical

    Present tense of 'to take a family'.

يأهلverb
  1. 1.
    to inhabitclassical

    Present tense of 'to inhabit'.

أهولاnoun
  1. 1.
    family, householdclassical

    The state of having a family or household.

تأهلverb
  1. 1.
    to take a familyboth

    To establish a family or take a spouse.

اتهلverb
  1. 1.
    to take a familyclassical

    To establish a family or take a spouse.

ولاةnoun
  1. 1.
    rulers, authoritiesboth

    Those in charge of an affair or matter.

سكانهnoun
  1. 1.
    its inhabitantsboth

    The people who reside in a place or dwelling.

من يدين بهother
  1. 1.
    those who follow itboth

    People who adhere to a particular doctrine or belief.

زوجتهnoun
  1. 1.
    his wifeboth

    A man's wife.

أزواجهnoun
  1. 1.
    his wivesboth

    The wives of a man, particularly a prophet.

بناتهnoun
  1. 1.
    his daughtersboth

    The daughters of a man, particularly a prophet.

صهرهnoun
  1. 1.
    his son-in-lawboth

    A man's son-in-law.

نساؤهnoun
  1. 1.
    his women, wivesboth

    His women, often referring to his wives.

آلهnoun
  1. 1.
    his people, kinclassical

    His people or close kin.

أمتهnoun
  1. 1.
    his community, followersboth

    The community or followers of a prophet.

آهلadjective
  1. 1.
    inhabited, populatedboth

    A place that has inhabitants or residents.

مأهولadjective
  1. 1.
    inhabited, populatedboth

    A place that is inhabited or populated.

أهلadjective
  1. 1.
    familiar, accustomedboth

    Animals that are familiar with or accustomed to a place.

أهليadjective
  1. 1.
    domestic, tameboth

    Animals that are domestic or tame, accustomed to human habitation.

مرحباً وأهلاًphrase
  1. 1.
    welcomeboth

    A greeting expressing that one has found people rather than strangers.

تأهيلاverb
  1. 1.
    to call someone thatclassical

    To address someone with a particular designation or title.

أنسverb
  1. 1.
    to be familiar, feel at homeboth

    To feel comfortable, familiar, or at ease.

أهلadjective
  1. 1.
    worthy, deservingboth

    Suitable or deserving of something; qualified.

تأهيلاverb
  1. 1.
    to deem worthyclassical

    To consider someone worthy or deserving of something.

آهلهverb
  1. 1.
    to deem worthyclassical

    To consider someone worthy or deserving of something.

استأهلهverb
  1. 1.
    to deem worthy, deserveboth

    To consider something deserving or to deserve it.

الإهالةnoun
  1. 1.
    fat, greaseboth

    Fat, grease, or melted fat used for cooking or seasoning.

  2. 2.
    oilboth

    Oil, especially that used for cooking or seasoning.

آل الله ورسولهnoun
  1. 1.
    allies of God and His Messengerclassical

    Those who are allies or close to God and His Messenger.

أهلةnoun
  1. 1.
    wealth, abundanceclassical

    Wealth, abundance, or prosperity.

عother
  1. 1.
    a nameclassical

    A proper name, likely of a person or place.

Parallel reading

أهل الرجل: عشيرته، وذوو قرباه
A man's 'ahl': his clan, and his close relatives.
وأهل يأهل ويأهل أهولا، وتأهل واتهل: اتخذ أهلا
And 'ahl' (he took a family) and 'ya'halu' and 'ya'halu' 'ahulan', and 'ta'ahhal' and 'attahal': he took a family.
وأهل الأمر: ولاته
And the 'ahl' of the affair: its rulers.
وللبيت: سكانه
And for the house: its inhabitants.
وللمذهب: من يدين به
And for the doctrine: those who adhere to it.
وللرجل: زوجته
And for a man: his wife.
وللنبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم: أزواجه وبناته وصهره علي، رضي الله تعالى عنه، أو نساؤه، والرجال الذين هم آله، ولكل نبي: أمته
And for the Prophet, peace be upon him: his wives and his daughters and his son-in-law Ali, may God be pleased with him, or his women, and the men who were his kin, and for every prophet: his community.
ومكان آهل: له أهل
And an 'ahl' place: it has inhabitants.
ومأهول: فيه أهله، وقد أهل، كعني
And 'ma'hool': it has its inhabitants in it, and it has been inhabited, like 'ani'.
وكل ما ألف من الدواب المنازل: فأهلي وأهل، ككتف
And all that is accustomed from domestic animals: it is 'ahli' and 'ahl', like 'katif'.
ومرحبا وأهلا، أي: صادفت أهلا لا غرباء
And 'marhaban wa ahlan', meaning: you have encountered people, not strangers.
وأهل به تأهيلا: قال له ذلك
And 'ahala bihi ta'hilan': he said that to him.
وكفرح: أنس
And like 'faraha': he felt at home, he was familiar.
وهو أهل لكذا: مستوجب، للواحد والجميع
And he is 'ahl' for such-and-such: deserving, for the singular and the plural.
وأهله لذلك تأهيلا، وآهله: رآه له أهلا
And he made him 'ahl' for that with 'ta'hilan', and 'aahalahu': he saw him as worthy for it.
واستأهله: استوجبه، لغة جيدة، وإنكار الجوهري باطل
And 'ista'ahalahu': he deemed him worthy of it, a good linguistic usage, and Al-Jawhari's denial is false.
وفلان: أخذ الإهالة: للشحم، أو ما أذيب منه أو الزيت وكل ما ائتدم به
And so-and-so: took 'al-ihalah': for fat, or what has been melted from it, or oil, and everything used for seasoning.
و"سرعان ذا إهالة"، في: العين
And "How quickly this is 'ihalah'", in: Al-'Ayn.
وآل الله ورسوله: أولياؤه، وأصله: أهل، وتقدم في أول
And the 'aal' of God and His Messenger: His allies, and its origin is 'ahl', and it was mentioned at the beginning.
وإنهم لأهل أهلة، كفرحة، أي: مال
And indeed they are 'ahl' of 'ahalah', like 'farhah', meaning: wealth.