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ميل

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of inclination, leaning, or deviating. It extends to physical tilting, metaphorical turning away from truth or towards injustice, and also encompasses concepts of measurement and physical attributes.

Derived headwords

مَالَverb
  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

يَمِيلُverb
  1. 1.
    he leans, he inclinesboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to lean' or 'to incline'.

  2. 2.
    he deviates, he turns awayboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to deviate' or 'to turn away'.

مَيْلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    inclination, leaningboth

    The act or state of leaning or inclining. It is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb 'to lean'.

  2. 2.
    deviation, turning awayboth

    The act of deviating from a path or principle.

مَمِيلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    verbal noun of مالboth

    verbal noun of مال

أَمَالَverb
  1. 1.
    he made the thing leanboth

    he made the thing lean

مَيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    kohl stickboth

    kohl stick

  2. 2.
    surgical probeboth

    surgical probe

  3. 3.
    mile (of a road)both

    mile (of a road)

أَمْيَلadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking a swordclassical

    Describing someone who does not have a sword with them.

أَمْيَلadjective
  1. 1.
    unsteady on a saddleclassical

    Describing someone who cannot sit steadily on a horse's saddle.

مَيْلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    dense clump of sandclassical

    A large, dense cluster or mound of sand.

  2. 2.
    bushy treeclassical

    A tree with many branches, often dense and spreading.

تَمَايَلَverb
  1. 1.
    he swayed in his walkboth

    he swayed in his walk

اسْتَمَالَverb
  1. 1.
    to win over, to attractboth

    To gain someone's favor or affection, to draw them to oneself.

  2. 2.
    to incline one's heartboth

    To have one's heart or feelings drawn towards something or someone.

تَمَايُلnoun
  1. 1.
    he swayed in his walkboth

    he swayed in his walk

تَمْيِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    balancing, weightingclassical

    The act of making one thing outweigh or balance against another; comparison.

مَيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    kohl stickboth

    kohl stick

  2. 2.
    surgical probeboth

    surgical probe

  3. 3.
    mile (of a road)both

    mile (of a road)

Parallel reading

مال الشئ يميل ممالا ومميلا
A thing leans, it leans, with a leaning and a leaning.
ومال عن الحق
And he deviated from the truth.
ومال عليه في الظلم
And he leaned towards him in injustice.
وأمال الشئ فمال
And he made the thing lean, and it leaned.
والميل بالتحريك: ما كان خلقة
And 'mayl' (with vowel movement) is that which is by nature.
يقال منه رجل أميل العاتق، في عنقه ميل
From this is said: a man with a leaning shoulder, there is a leaning in his neck.
والأميل: الذي لا سيف معه
And 'amil' is he who has no sword with him.
والأميل: الذي لا يستوي على السرج
And 'amil' is he who does not sit steadily on the saddle.
فهم ثقال على أكتافها ميل
So they are heavy on its shoulders, leaning.
والميلاء من الرمل: العقدة الضخمة
And 'maylaa' from the sand is the huge clump.
والشجرة الكثيرة الفروع أيضا
And also a tree with many branches.
ميلاء من معدن الصيران قاصية
A dense clump from the place of the Sairan, distant.
وتمايل في مشيته تمايلا
And he swayed in his walk, a swaying.
واستماله واستمال بقلبه
And he sought to win him over, and his heart was inclined.
والتمييل بين الشيئين: كالترجيح بينهما
And 'tamyil' between two things is like weighting between them.
والميل من الأرض: منتهى مد البصر
And 'mayl' of the land is the limit of the gaze.
والفرسخ ثلاثة أميال
And a farsakh is three miles.