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مول

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns wealth, property, and the acquisition or possession of it. It also extends to related concepts like abundance and, in a less common usage, a spider.

Derived headwords

المالnoun
  1. 1.
    knownboth

    known

مويلnoun
  1. 1.
    diminutive of wealthclassical

    A diminutive form of 'mal' (wealth), used colloquially.

رجل مالadjective
  1. 1.
    wealthy manclassical

    A man who possesses abundant wealth or property.

مالverb
  1. 1.
    rich, having much moneyboth

    rich, having much money

  2. 2.
    the thing inclined, leanedboth

    the thing inclined, leaned

  3. 3.
    he deviated from the truthboth

    he deviated from the truth

  4. 4.
    he oppressed himboth

    he oppressed him

يمولverb
  1. 1.
    to possess wealthclassical

    To have wealth or property.

يمالverb
  1. 1.
    to be made wealthyclassical

    To be endowed with wealth or property.

مولاnoun
  1. 1.
    acquisition of wealthclassical

    The act or process of acquiring wealth or becoming rich.

مؤولاnoun
  1. 1.
    state of possessing wealthclassical

    The condition or state of having become wealthy.

تمولverb
  1. 1.
    he became wealthyboth

    he became wealthy

مولهverb
  1. 1.
    to enrich someoneclassical

    To cause someone else to become wealthy or possess property.

المولnoun
  1. 1.
    spiderclassical

    A spider, specifically referring to the creature.

مولةnoun
  1. 1.
    spider (singular)classical

    A single spider.

Parallel reading

المال معروف، وتصغيره مويل.
Wealth is known, and its diminutive is muwayyil.
والعامة تقول: مويل بتشديد الياء.
And the common people say: muwayyil with a shadda on the ya.
ورجل مال، أي كثير المال،
And a man of mal, meaning rich in wealth,
وأنشد أبو عمرو إذا كان مالا كان مالا مرزأ ونال نداه كل دان وجانب
Abu Amr recited: If he had wealth, he would have abundant wealth, and his generosity reached every near and far.
ومال الرجل يمول ويمال مولا ومؤولا، إذا صار ذا مال.
And a man's wealth (or he became wealthy) yammūlu and yimālu, mawlan and mu'awwalan, if he became possessed of wealth.
وتمول مثله.
And tamawwala is similar.
وموله غيره.
And mawwaluhu ghayruhu (others made him wealthy).
وزعم قوم أن المول العنكبوت، الواحدة مولة.
And some people claimed that al-mūl is the spider, the singular being mūlah.
ملاى من الماء كعين الموله
Full of water like the eye of the spider.