فيل

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the elephant, its plural forms, and related terms. It also extends to metaphorical uses describing weakness in opinion or judgment, and a specific anatomical term for flesh near the hip bone.

Derived headwords

الفيلnoun

1.
well-knownboth
well-known

أفيالnoun

1.
Elephantsboth
The plural form of 'الفيل' (elephant).

فيولnoun

1.
plural of 'fīl'both
plural of 'fīl'

فيلةnoun

1.
plural of 'fīl'both
plural of 'fīl'

فيالnoun

1.
elephant owner/keeperboth
elephant owner/keeper

فيل الرأيadjective

1.
Weak-mindedclassical
Describing someone with poor judgment or weak opinion.

فالadjective

1.
when a man is sick and hears another say 'O Salim (safe one)', or is seeking something and hears another say 'O Wajid (finder)'both
when a man is sick and hears another say 'O Salim (safe one)', or is seeking something and hears another say 'O Wajid (finder)'

فالverb

1.
when a man is sick and hears another say 'O Salim (safe one)', or is seeking something and hears another say 'O Wajid (finder)'both
when a man is sick and hears another say 'O Salim (safe one)', or is seeking something and hears another say 'O Wajid (finder)'

يفيلverb

1.
To be weak in judgmentclassical
The opinion or judgment becoming weak or mistaken.

فيولةnoun

1.
Weakness of opinionclassical
The state of having a weak or mistaken judgment.

تفييلاnoun

1.
Weakening of opinionclassical
The act of making one's opinion weak or poor.

الفائلnoun

1.
Flesh near hip boneclassical
The flesh found on the hip bone's socket, specifically where there is no bone.
2.
Vein in the thighclassical
Some considered it a vein located in the thigh.

الفولnoun

1.
fava beansboth
fava beans

Parallel reading

الفيل معروف

The elephant is well-known.

والجمع أفيال، وفيول، وفيلة

And the plural is afyal, fuyul, and fiyalah.

وصاحبه فيال

And its companion is a fiyal (elephant keeper).

يجوز أن يكون أصل فيل فعل، فكسر من أجل الياء

It is permissible that the origin of 'fil' is 'fa'l', and it was broken (voweled) because of the 'ya'.

ورجل فيل الرأي، أي ضعيف الرأي

And a man of 'fil al-ra'y', meaning weak in opinion.

بني رب الجواد فلا تفيلوا فما أنتم فنعذركم لفيل

Son of the generous Lord, so do not be weak in opinion, for you are not such that we would excuse your weakness.

ورجل فال، أي ضعيف الرأي مخطئ الفراسة

And a man is 'fal', meaning weak in opinion, mistaken in foresight.

وقد فال الرأي يفيل فيولة

And the opinion has become weak, it weakens with a weakness of opinion.

وفيل رأيه تفييلا، أي ضعفه فهو فيل الرأي

And he weakened his opinion with a 'tafiyilan', meaning he weakened it, so he is 'fil al-ra'y' (weak in opinion).

الفائل: اللحم الذي على خربة الورك

Al-fail: The flesh that is on the hip bone's socket.

وكان بعضهم يجعل الفائل عرقا في الفخذ

And some of them considered al-fail to be a vein in the thigh.

وملتقى فائله وأبضه وهما عرقان في الفخذ

And the meeting point of its fail and its abdh, and they are two veins in the thigh.

وفي تلك النقرة الفائل

And in that socket is the fail (flesh).

ومكنون الفائل دمه

And the hidden part of the fail is its blood.

له حجبات مشرفات على الفال

It has prominent protrusions overlooking the fal (intended as al-fail).

الفول: الباقلى

Al-fawl: Broad beans.