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عهل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes swiftness and intensity, particularly in relation to animals like camels and horses, and also extends to strong winds and a supreme ruler. It can also denote restlessness or instability in a person.

Derived headwords

العيهلadjective
  1. 1.
    Swift (female camel)classical

    Describing a female camel that is fast and quick.

عيهلadjective
  1. 1.
    Swift (female camel)classical

    An alternative form for a swift female camel.

العيهلةadjective
  1. 1.
    Swift (female camel)classical

    A descriptive term for a fast female camel.

  2. 2.
    Restless (woman)classical

    Describing a woman who is restless and cannot settle.

عيهلةadjective
  1. 1.
    Swift (female camel)classical

    An alternative form for a swift female camel.

  2. 2.
    Restless (woman)classical

    Describing a woman who is restless and cannot settle.

عيهلadjective
  1. 1.
    Swift (female camel)classical

    Used in poetry, often intensified, to describe a swift female camel.

العاهلnoun
  1. 1.
    Great kingclassical

    A supreme ruler, equivalent to a caliph or emperor.

  2. 2.
    Unmarried womanclassical

    A term used for a woman who does not have a husband.

Parallel reading

العيهل من النوق: السريعة.
Al-'ayhal of the female camels: the swift one.
ولا يقال جمل عيهل.
And it is not said of a male camel that it is 'ayhal.
زجرت فيها عيهلا رسوما
I urged in it swift (female camels) with established gaits.
ناشوا الرجال فسالت كل عيهلة عبر السفار ملوس الليل بالكور
They urged the men, and every swift (female camel) flowed across the journey, its flanks dark at night with the loads.
إن تبخلي يا جمل أو تعتلى أو تصبحي في الظاعن المولى ببازل وجناء أو عيهل
Whether you are stingy, O camel, or ascend (in rank), or become among the departing caravan leaders with a strong-legged, broad-hipped she-camel or a swift one.
وامرأة عيهل وعيهلة أيضا: لا تستقر نزقا.
And a woman is 'ayhal and 'ayhala also: restless and unsettled.
وريح عيهل: شديدة.
And a strong wind: severe.
العاهل: الملك الأعظم، كالخليفة.
Al-'aahil: the great king, like the caliph.
يقال للمرأة التى لا زوج لها: عاهل.
It is said of a woman who has no husband: 'aahil.