العل

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of drinking, especially repeated or secondary drinking, and by extension, sustenance and nourishment. It also extends to meanings of distraction, occupation, illness, and elevation.

Derived headwords

علّverb

1.
to drink a second timeclassical
To drink a second time, or to drink successively after a first drink.
2.
to eat fromclassical
To eat from food, implying consumption.
3.
to be occupied withboth
To be occupied or distracted by something.
4.
to be illboth
To be afflicted with an illness or ailment.
5.
to follow in strikingclassical
To continue striking someone who has already been struck.

علّnoun

1.
second drinkclassical
The second drink, or drinking after drinking successively.
2.
distractionclassical
Something that distracts or occupies one's attention.
3.
illnessclassical
An ailment or sickness.
4.
large beetleclassical
A large tick or beetle.
5.
old manclassical
An old, thin man, or something old and thin.

عللnoun

1.
second drinkclassical
The second drink, or drinking after drinking successively.
2.
sustenanceclassical
That by which one is occupied or distracted; sustenance.
3.
milk residueclassical
The milk remaining after the first milking, or the milk collected at different times of the day.

أعلّverb

1.
to give a second drinkclassical
To give a second drink to someone or something.
2.
to distractclassical
To occupy or distract someone with food or something else.
3.
to cause illnessclassical
To cause someone to become ill.
4.
to cause camels to drink earlyclassical
To cause camels to drink before they are fully satiated, or to bring them to water.

تعلّلverb

1.
to distract oneselfboth
To distract oneself with something, or to occupy oneself with it.
2.
to amuse oneselfclassical
To amuse oneself with a woman.
3.
to recover from childbirthclassical
To recover from postpartum bleeding, or to emerge from it.

علّةnoun

1.
distractionclassical
That by which one is distracted or occupied.
2.
sustenanceclassical
Something used for sustenance or distraction.
3.
co-wifeclassical
A co-wife, another wife of the same husband.
4.
illnessboth
A sickness or ailment.
5.
reasonboth
A cause or reason for something.

علالةnoun

1.
sustenanceclassical
That by which one is distracted or occupied; sustenance.
2.
milk residueclassical
The milk remaining after the first milking, or the milk collected at different times of the day.

علّالnoun

1.
one who drinks repeatedlyclassical
One who drinks repeatedly or successively.
2.
one who eats repeatedlyclassical
One who eats from food repeatedly.

معلّadjective

1.
illboth
Afflicted with an illness or ailment.
2.
distractedclassical
Occupied or distracted by something.

معتلّverb

1.
to be illboth
To be afflicted with an illness or ailment.
2.
to be occupiedclassical
To be occupied or distracted by something.
3.
to be hinderedclassical
To be hindered or prevented from doing something.

علّاتnoun

1.
mothers of different lineagesclassical
Children of a man from mothers of different lineages.

معلّلnoun

1.
tax evaderclassical
One who evades the payment of taxes by feigning illness or other excuses.
2.
one who waters repeatedlyclassical
One who waters something repeatedly.
3.
one who harvests repeatedlyclassical
One who harvests fruit repeatedly.
4.
a day of hardshipclassical
A day of hardship, specifically one of the days of the 'old woman'.

علparticle

1.
word of desireclassical
A word expressing desire and longing.

يعلولnoun

1.
white poolclassical
A white, flowing pool of water.
2.
bubblesclassical
Bubbles on the surface of water.
3.
white cloudsclassical
White clouds, or a white patch of clouds.
4.
rain after rainclassical
Rain that falls after previous rain.
5.
two-humped camelclassical
A camel with two humps.

علعلnoun

1.
male genitaliaclassical
The male genitalia, or when erect but not hard.
2.
male doveclassical
The male dove.
3.
prominent boneclassical
A prominent bone that juts out, like a tongue.
4.
continuous evilclassical
Continuous evil, turmoil, or fighting.

تعللةnoun

1.
nameclassical
A proper name.

علّ علّparticle

1.
driving sheepclassical
A sound used to drive sheep.

عليلةnoun

1.
perfumed womanclassical
A woman who has been perfumed repeatedly.

عليّةnoun

1.
upper roomboth
An upper room or chamber.
2.
high statusboth
Of high status or nobility.

عليّينnoun

1.
highest heavenclassical
The highest heaven, a place of great elevation.

معتلّانnoun

1.
large treesclassical
Large trees.

تعلعلverb

1.
to be agitatedclassical
To be agitated, loose, or relaxed.

علّانnoun

1.
water sourceclassical
A water source in the area of Hismā.
2.
ignorant womanclassical
An ignorant woman.

علعالnoun

1.
mountainclassical
A mountain in the Levant.

علانةadjective

1.
ignorantclassical
Ignorant.

عالةnoun

1.
one who drinks littleclassical
One who drinks little, implying a lack of excess.

Parallel reading

العل والعلل محركة: الشربة الثانية، أو الشرب بعد الشرب تباعا.

Al-'all and al-'alalu (vocalized): the second drink, or drinking after drinking successively.

عل يعل ويعل وعله يعله ويعله علا وعللا وأعله.

'alla yu'allu wa yu'allu wa 'alahu yu'alluhu wa yu'alluhu 'alan wa 'allalan wa a'allahu.

وأعلوا: علت إبلهم.

And they said 'a'allaw: their camels drank a second time.

وطعام قد عل منه: أكل منه.

And food from which one has 'alla: he ate from it.

وتعلل بالأمر: تشاغل أو تجزأ، كاعتل، و بالمرأة: تلهى، و من نفاسها: خرجت، كتعالت.

And he ta'allala with the matter: he was distracted or occupied, like 'alla; and with the woman: he amused himself; and from her postpartum bleeding: she emerged, like ta'allat.

وعلله بطعام وغيره تعليلا: شغله به.

And he 'allalahu with food and other things ta'lilan: he occupied him with it.

والتعلة والعلة والعلالة، بالضم: ما يتعلل به.

And al-ta'allatu, al-'allatu, and al-'alala (with damma): that by which one is distracted.

والعلالة: ما حلب بعد الفيقة الأولى، وبقية اللبن وغيره من السير وكل شيء، وأن تحلب الناقة أول النهار ووسطه وآخره، والوسطى: العلالة.

And al-'alala: what is milked after the first milking, and the remainder of milk and other things from a journey and everything; and that a she-camel is milked at the beginning, middle, and end of the day, and the middle one is al-'alala.

وقد عالت الناقة، والاسم: ككتاب.

And the she-camel has 'alat, and the noun is like kitāb.

والعل: من يزور النساء كثيرا، والتيس الضخم العظيم، والقراد الضخم، والصغير الجسم، ضد، والرجل المسن النحيف، والرقيق الجسم المسن من كل شيء، ومن تقبض جلده من مرض.

And al-'all: one who visits women frequently, and a large, great ram, and a large tick, and small in body, the opposite, and a thin old man, and thin and old of everything, and one whose skin shrinks from illness.

والعلة: الضرة.

And al-'illa: the co-wife.

وبنو العلات: بنو أمهات شتى من رجل واحد، لأن التي تزوجها على أولى قد كانت قبلها ناهل، ثم عل من هذه.

And banu al-'allat: children of various mothers from one man, because she whom he married after the first one had previously been thirsty, then he 'alla from this one.

والعلة، بالكسر: المرض.

And al-'illa (with kasra): the illness.

عل يعل، واعتل، وأعله الله تعالى، فهو معل وعليل، ولا تقل معلول، والمتكلمون يقولونها، ولست منه على ثلج، و=: الحدث يشغل صاحبه عن وجهه، ومنه "لا تعدم خرقاء علة" يقال لكل معتذر مقتدر.

'alla yu'allu, wa i'tall, and may God Almighty 'a'allahu, so he is mu'all and 'alil, and do not say ma'lul, although the speakers say it, and I am not certain of it; and: an event that distracts its owner from his purpose, and from it is the saying 'no clumsy one is without an 'illa', said of every capable excuse-maker.

وقد اعتل.

And he has i'tall.

وهذه علته: سببه.

And this is 'illatuhu: its cause.

وقولهم: على علاته، أي على كل حال.

And their saying: 'ala 'allatihi, meaning in any case.

والمعلل، كمحدث: دافع جابي الخراج بالعلل، ومن يسقي مرة بعد مرة، ومن يجني الثمر مرة بعد مرة، ويوم من أيام العجوز.

And al-mu'allil (like muhdith): one who repels the tax collector with excuses, and one who waters repeatedly, and one who harvests fruit repeatedly, and a day from the days of the old woman.

وعل، ويزاد في أولها لام: كلمة طمع وإشفاق، وفيه لغات تذكر في ل ع ل.

And 'al, and a lam is added to its beginning: a word of desire and compassion, and it has variations mentioned under L-'A-L.

واليعلول: الغدير الأبيض المطرد، والحباب، ونفاخات الماء، والسحاب الأبيض، أو القطعة البيضاء منه، والمطر بعد المطر، و من الصبغ: ما عل مرة بعد أخرى، والبعير ذو السنامين.

And al-ya'lul: the white, flowing pool, and foam, and water bubbles, and white clouds, or a white piece of them, and rain after rain, and from dye: what is applied repeatedly, and a camel with two humps.

والعلعل، كهدهد وفدفد: الذكر، أو ما إذا أنعظ، لم يشتد، والقنبر الذكر، كالعلعال، والرهابة التي تشرف على البطن من العظم، كأنه لسان.

And al-'al'al (like hudhud and dadfad): the male organ, or when erect but not hard, and the male dove, like al-'al'al, and the prominence that overlooks the belly from the bone, like a tongue.

وكسرسور: الشر الدائم، والاضطراب، والقتال.

And karsur: continuous evil, turmoil, and fighting.

وتعلة: اسم.

And ta'alla: a name.

عل عل: زجر للغنم.

'all 'all: a call to drive sheep.

والعليلة: المرأة المطيبة طيبا بعد طيب.

And al-'alila: the woman perfumed with perfume after perfume.

والعليّة بكسرتين وتضم العين: الغرفة ج: العلالي.

And al-'illiyya (with two kasras and the 'ayn with damma): the upper room, pl.: al-'alali.

وهو من علية قومه وعليتهم وعليتهم، بالكسر مخففة، وعليهم وعليهم: يصفه بالعلو والرفعة، و {إن كتاب الأبرار لفي عليين} الواحد: علي وعلية وعلية، أو جمع بلا واحد.

And he is from the elite of his people and their 'illiyya and 'uliyya (with light kasra), and 'uliyyahum and 'uliyyahum: describing him with loftiness and high status, and {Indeed, the record of the righteous is in 'illiyyin} singular: 'ali, 'uliyya, and 'uliyya, or a plural without a singular.

وسيعاد في المعتل والعلعلان: شجر كبير.

And it will be repeated in al-mu'tall and al-'al'alan: large trees.

وتعلعل: اضطرب واسترخى.

And ta'al'ala: to be agitated and relaxed.

وعللان، محركة: ماء بحسمى.

And 'allan (vocalized): water in Hismā.

وعلعال: جبل بالشام.

And 'al'al: a mountain in the Levant.

وامرأة علانة: جاهلة، وهو علان.

And a woman 'alana: ignorant, and he is 'allān.

وكزبير: اسم.

And kazubayr: a name.

وعل الضارب المضروب: تابع عليه الضرب.

And 'alla the striker the struck: he continued striking him.

وفي المثل "عرض علي سوم عالة"، أي: لم يبالغ، لأن العالة لا يعرض عليها الشرب مبالغا فيه، كالعرض على الناهلة.

And in the proverb "'urida 'ala sawmu 'alatin", meaning: he did not exaggerate, because 'ala is not offered excessive drinking, like offering to the thirsty.

وأعللت الإبل: أصدرتها قبل ريها، أو هي بالغين.

And I a'laltu the camels: I brought them to water before they were fully quenched, or they are at the watering place.

واعتله: اعتاقه عن أمر أو تجنى عليه.

And i'tallahu: he hindered him from a matter or wronged him.