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الغيل

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root الغيل primarily relates to concepts of milk, growth, abundance, and hidden or sudden actions. It encompasses milk consumed by a child from a pregnant mother, lush vegetation, flowing water, and also signifies deceit, assassination, and hidden malice.

Derived headwords

الغيلnoun
  1. 1.
    milk from a pregnant motherclassical

    Milk that a woman nurses her child while she is pregnant or has conceived again. This specific milk is also called 'al-ghayl'.

  2. 2.
    full forearmclassical

    A well-filled, plump forearm.

  3. 3.
    plump boyclassical

    A fat and large boy.

  4. 4.
    flowing waterboth

    Water that flows on the surface of the earth.

  5. 5.
    stream in a valleyboth

    Any valley that contains flowing springs or water.

  6. 6.
    distant but seemingly nearclassical

    Something that appears close but is actually far away.

  7. 7.
    thick, intertwined treesboth

    Dense, closely packed trees.

  8. 8.
    group of reedsboth

    A collection of reeds and rushes.

  9. 9.
    thicketboth

    A dense patch of bushes or undergrowth.

  10. 10.
    wide garmentclassical

    A spacious or loose-fitting garment.

  11. 11.
    mark or lineclassical

    A line drawn or etched on something.

أغالverb
  1. 1.
    to nurse a child with 'ghayl' milkclassical

    A woman nurses her child with 'ghayl' milk (milk from a pregnant mother).

أغيلverb
  1. 1.
    to nurse a child with 'ghayl' milkclassical

    A woman nurses her child with 'ghayl' milk (milk from a pregnant mother).

  2. 2.
    to give birth twice in a yearclassical

    Said of sheep or goats that give birth twice in the same year.

مُغِيلparticiple
  1. 1.
    nursing with 'ghayl' milkclassical

    A woman who nurses her child with 'ghayl' milk.

  2. 2.
    pregnant while nursingclassical

    A woman who is pregnant while nursing her child.

  3. 3.
    firm in the streamclassical

    One who is firm or established within a stream or flowing water.

  4. 4.
    entering the streamclassical

    One who enters or goes into a stream or flowing water.

مُغَالparticiple
  1. 1.
    nursing with 'ghayl' milkclassical

    A woman who nurses her child with 'ghayl' milk.

استُغِيلَتverb
  1. 1.
    to be pregnant while nursingclassical

    A woman becomes pregnant while nursing her child.

الغِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pregnancy while nursingclassical

    The state of a woman being pregnant while nursing her child.

  2. 2.
    fat womanclassical

    A stout or corpulent woman.

  3. 3.
    deceptionboth

    Trickery, guile, or deceit.

  4. 4.
    assassinationboth

    Killing someone by stealth or treachery.

المُغْتَالparticiple
  1. 1.
    assassinboth

    One who kills by stealth or treachery.

  2. 2.
    plump (forearm/boy)classical

    Describing a plump forearm or a stout boy.

اغْتَالَverb
  1. 1.
    to assassinateboth

    To kill someone by stealth, treachery, or surprise.

  2. 2.
    to grow plump and stoutclassical

    Said of a boy who becomes fat and robust.

إِبِلٌ غَيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    abundant or fat livestockclassical

    Camels or cattle that are numerous or fat.

غَيْلَانname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, notably of the poet Dhu al-Rummah.

أُمُّ غَيْلَانname
  1. 1.
    Acacia treeclassical

    A type of acacia tree, specifically the 'samar' tree.

الغَائِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hidden maliceboth

    Inner resentment, hidden hatred, or concealed ill will.

  2. 2.
    evilboth

    Harm, mischief, or wickedness.

المُغَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hidden maliceclassical

    Inner resentment, hidden hatred, or concealed ill will.

تَغَيَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow in abundanceclassical

    Said of wealth or numbers increasing greatly.

  2. 2.
    to become dense (trees)classical

    Said of trees becoming thick and abundant.

تَغَيَّلَ الشَّجَرُverb
  1. 1.
    trees became denseclassical

    The trees grew thick and abundant.

استَغْيَلَ الشَّجَرُverb
  1. 1.
    trees became denseclassical

    The trees grew thick and abundant.

المُتَغَيِّلparticiple
  1. 1.
    firm in the streamclassical

    One who is firm or established within a stream or flowing water.

  2. 2.
    entering the streamclassical

    One who enters or goes into a stream or flowing water.

المُغْيَالparticiple
  1. 1.
    dense treeclassical

    A tree with abundant branches and dense shade.

الغُيُولnoun
  1. 1.
    streamsboth

    Plural of 'ghayl', referring to streams or valleys with water.

الأَغْيَالnoun
  1. 1.
    streamsboth

    Plural of 'ghayl', referring to streams or valleys with water.

غَيْلَانname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, notably of the poet Dhu al-Rummah.

غَيْلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A specific type of tree, possibly referring to the 'samar' tree.

غَيْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly a specific location.

كَشَدَّادnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

ذَاتُ أَغْيَالname
  1. 1.
    a valley nameclassical

    A name of a valley located in Al-Yamamah.

أَغْيَالname
  1. 1.
    a valley nameclassical

    A name of a valley located in Al-Yamamah.

Parallel reading

الغيل: اللبن ترضعه المرأة ولدها وهي تؤتى، أو وهي حامل.
Al-Ghayl: Milk that a woman nurses her child with while she is pregnant or has conceived again.
واسم ذاك اللبن: الغيل أيضا.
And the name of that milk is also 'al-ghayl'.
وأغالت ولدها وأغيلته: سقته الغيل، فهي مغيل ومغيل، وهو مغال ومغيل.
And she nursed her child with 'ghayl' milk and gave him 'ghayl' milk: she gave him to drink 'al-ghayl', so she is 'mighyal' and 'mighyal', and he is 'mughal' and 'mighyal'.
واستغيلت هي، والاسم: الغيلة، بالكسر.
And she became pregnant while nursing, and the name for that is 'al-ghaylah', with a kasra.
وفي الحديث: "لقد هممت أن أنهى عن الغيلة".
And in the Hadith: 'I almost forbade 'al-ghaylah' (pregnancy while nursing)'.
والغيل، بالفتح: الساعد الريان الممتلئ، والغلام السمين العظيم، كالمغتال فيهما.
And 'al-ghayl', with a fatha: the plump, full forearm, and the fat, large boy, like 'al-mughtal' in both cases.
والماء الجاري على وجه الأرض، والخط تخطه على شيء.
And water flowing on the surface of the earth, and a line you draw on something.
وبالكسر: الشجر الكثير الملتف، ويفتح، وجماعة القصب والحلفاء، والأجمة، وكل واد فيه ماء ج أغيال وغيول، وع.
And with a kasra: dense, intertwined trees, and with a fatha, a collection of reeds and rushes, a thicket, and every valley with water, plural 'aghyal' and 'ghuyul', and a place.
والمغيل والمتغيل: الثابت في الغيل، والداخل فيه.
And 'al-mighyal' and 'al-mutaghayyil': one firm in the stream, and one entering it.
والمغيال: الشجرة الملتفة الأفنان، الوارفة الظلال.
And 'al-mighyal': the tree with abundant branches, casting deep shade.
وقد أغيل الشجر وتغيل واستغيل.
And the trees became dense, and grew abundantly, and became thick.
والغيلة: المرأة السمينة، وبالكسر: ع، والشقشقة، والخديعة، والاغتيال.
And 'al-ghaylah': the fat woman, and with a kasra: a place name, a camel's loud cry, deception, and assassination.
وقتله غيلة: خدعه فذهب به إلى موضع فقتله.
And killing him by 'ghaylah': he deceived him, took him to a place, and killed him.
وإبل أو بقر غيل، بضمتين: كثيرة، أو سمان.
And camels or cattle 'ghayl', with two dammahs: numerous, or fat.
وأم غيلان: شجر السمر.
And Umm Ghaylan: the 'samar' trees (Acacia).
والغائلة: الحقد الباطن، والشر، كالمغالة.
And 'al-gha'ilah': hidden malice, and evil, like 'al-mighalah'.
وأغيلت الغنم: نتجت في السنة مرتين.
And the sheep 'aghilat': they gave birth twice in the year.
وتغيلوا: كثر أموالهم، أو كثروا.
And they 'taghayyalu': their wealth increased, or they became numerous.
وكشداد: الأسد.
And like 'Shaddad': the lion.
وأغيال، أو ذات أغيال: واد باليمامة.
And Aghyal, or Dhat Aghyal: a valley in Al-Yamamah.
واغتال الغلام: سمن وغلظ.
And the boy 'ightala': he became fat and stout.