عول

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deviation from a norm, be it justice, balance, or a standard. It extends to concepts of hardship, dependency, and the burden of responsibility, particularly concerning family sustenance. It also encompasses expressions of intense emotion like wailing and the act of relying on something or someone.

Derived headwords

عَالَ، في الحكم: جَارَ ومَالَ عن الحق.verb

1.
to deviate from justiceclassical
In judgment, to act unjustly and swerve from the truth.

عَالَ الميزانَverb

1.
scale was unbalancedclassical
The scale was unbalanced, meaning it was deficient, unjust, tilted, or one side was higher than the other.

إنا تبعنا رسول الله واطرحوا قول الرسول وعالوا في الموازين — Indeed, we followed the Messenger of God, and they discarded the Messenger's saying: 'And they were unjust in the scales.' — وعالوا في الموازين

عَالَverb

1.
to deviateclassical
To deviate from what is right and equitable.
2.
to be difficultclassical
An affair became severe and overwhelming.

لست بميزان لا أعول — I am not a scale that deviates.

ذلك أدنى أن لا تعولوا — That is closer to your not deviating (from justice).

عَالَadjective

1.
severeclassical
An affair that is severe and overwhelming.

أمر عال وعائل — A severe and overwhelming affair.

عَالَ الشيءُ فلانًاverb

1.
to overcomeclassical
Something overcame him, weighed heavily upon him, and worried him.

ولا يعل أن يأتيني بهم جميعا — It will not be difficult for me to bring them all to me.

عَالَتِ الفريضةُverb

1.
shares increasedclassical
The shares in an inheritance calculation increased, meaning more shares were added, causing a deficit for the rightful heirs.

وعال قلم زكريا — And Zechariah's pen rose above the water.

أَعَالَها وأَعَلَّتْهاverb

1.
to cause to increaseclassical
To cause the shares to increase, with the transitive and intransitive usage being the same.

عَالَverb

1.
to have many dependentsmodern
To have a large family or many dependents to support.
2.
to be unjustclassical
To act unjustly or deviate from the right path.

ذلك أدنى أن لا تعولوا — That is closer to your not having many dependents.

أَعَالَverb

1.
to have many dependentsmodern
To have a large family or many dependents to support.
2.
to raise one's voiceclassical
To raise one's voice in crying or shouting.

وأعولت، أي ولدت أولادا — And she gave birth to children.

أُعِيلَverb

1.
to have many dependentsmodern
To become a person with many dependents.

عَالَ عِيَالَـهُverb

1.
to support his familymodern
To provide for the sustenance and needs of one's family.

وابدأ بمن تعول — And start with whom you support (your dependents).

عَالَverb

1.
to be difficultclassical
To be difficult or challenging.

فلما عيل صبره — And when his patience was overcome.

عَيَّلَverb

1.
to make dependentsclassical
To make someone have dependents, or to neglect them.

لقد عيل الأيتام طعنة ناشره — The orphans were made dependent by the thrust of his spear.

المِعْوَلnoun

1.
pickaxemodern
A large pickaxe used for striking rocks or mountains.
2.
tool for shelterclassical
A tool used to build a shelter (عالة) from the rain.

ضرب المعول تحت الديمة العضدا — Striking with the pickaxe under the rain, the arm.

العَالَةnoun

1.
ostrichclassical
An ostrich.
2.
shelterclassical
A type of shelter, like an awning, used for protection from rain.

عَالَverb

1.
to take shelterclassical
To construct or take shelter under a structure (عالة).

عولت عالة: بنيتها — I built a shelter.

العَوْلnoun

1.
wailingmodern
Loud crying or wailing, especially in grief or distress.
2.
reliancemodern
Dependence, reliance, or trust in something or someone.
3.
burdenclassical
A matter that concerns or burdens someone.
4.
sustenanceclassical
The provision of food and necessities for dependents.

فهل عند رسم دارس من معول — So, is there any reliance (or wailing) at the ruins of a dwelling?

العَوْلَةnoun

1.
intense emotionclassical
The heat of grief or love felt by a sad or loving person, without outward crying or calling.

وقد تمنح منك العولة الكند — And you might grant from you the intense emotion of longing.

العَوِيلnoun

1.
wailingmodern
A sound of wailing, even without crying.

للصدر منه عويل فيه حشرجة — From the chest comes a wail with a rattle.

عَوَّلَ عليهverb

1.
to rely onmodern
To rely on, depend on, or trust in someone or something.

عول عليه وبه — He relied on him and with him.

عَوَّلَverb

1.
to wailmodern
To cry out loudly or wail.

أخذته العويل والزويل — He was overcome by wailing and lamentation.

أَعْوَلَ عليهverb

1.
to rely onclassical
To rely on someone, implying a strong dependence or claim.
2.
to be eagerclassical
To be eager or zealous.

أعول عليه إذا أدل عليه دالة وحمل عليه — He relied on him when he made a claim against him and burdened him.

المُعَوَّلnoun

1.
object of reliancemodern
That upon which one relies or depends.

وما أنا في ائتلاف ابني نزار بملبوس علي ولا معول — And I am not deceived in the alliance of the sons of Nizar, nor am I to be relied upon.

العَوْلِيّnoun

1.
my relianceclassical
My reliance, my support, my mainstay.

لكنما عولي إن كنت ذا عول — My reliance, if I have any reliance, is only...

العِيَالnoun

1.
dependentsmodern
Those who are dependent on one for sustenance, especially family members.

وعيالك — And your dependents.

العِيْلnoun

1.
dependentsmodern
Dependents, a plural form often used for a group.

رجل يدخل على عشرة عيل — A man enters upon ten dependents.

عَيَّلَverb

1.
to make dependentclassical
To make someone dependent, or to neglect them.

عَيَّلَnoun

1.
dependentsmodern
Dependents, a plural form.

وعيل أو عيلان — And a dependent or two.

عَيَّالnoun

1.
dependentsmodern
Dependents, often used for women.

أترى الله عز وجل قدر على الذئب أن يأكل حلوبة عيايل عالة ضرائك — Do you think God Almighty decreed that the wolf should eat the milk of the dependents of the needy of your kind?

Parallel reading

عال، في الحكم: جار ومال عن الحق.

In judgment, he deviated and swerved from the truth.

عال الميزان: نقص وجار، أو زاد، أو ارتفع أحد طرفيه عن الآخر، أو مال

The scale was unbalanced: it was deficient, unjust, or one side was higher than the other, or it tilted.

إنا تبعنا رسول الله واطرحوا قول الرسول {وعالوا في الموازين)

Indeed, we followed the Messenger of God, and they discarded the Messenger's saying: 'And they were unjust in the scales.'

لست بميزان لا أعول.

I am not a scale that deviates (from justice).

ذلك أدنى أن لا تعولوا

That is closer to your not deviating (from justice).

وعال أمرهم: اشتد وتفاقم

And their affair became severe and overwhelming.

يقال: أمر عال وعائل: أي متفاقم، على القلب

It is said: an affair is severe and overwhelming, in a reversed form.

إنما أراد أعلى منك فقدا أي أشد، فقلب

He only meant 'more severe for you in loss,' meaning 'more intense,' and he reversed the order.

عال الشيء فلانا يعوله عولا: غلبه وثقل عليه وأهمه

Something overcame him, weighed heavily upon him, and worried him.

ولا يعل أن يأتيني بهم جميعا

It will not be difficult for me to bring them all to me.

ويقال: لا! يعلني، أي لا يغلبني

And it is said: No! It does not overcome me, meaning it does not defeat me.

ويكفي العشيرة ما عالها وإن كان أصغرهم مولدا

And the tribe is sufficed by what overwhelms it, even if he was the youngest born.

عالت، الفريضة في الحساب، تعول عولا: زادت

The share in the calculation increased, meaning it became more.

وهو أن تزيد سهاما فيدخل النقصان على أهل الفرائض

This is when shares are added, causing a deficit for the rightful heirs.

وذلك أن الفريضة إذا عالت فهي تميل على أهل الفريضة جميعا فتنقصهم

This is because when the share increases, it tilts against all the rightful heirs and reduces their portion.

وعال قلم زكريا، أي ارتفع على الماء.

And Zechariah's pen rose above the water.

صار ثمنها تسعا، لأن مجموع سهامها واحد وثمن واحد، فأصلها ثمانية والسهام تسعة

Its value became nine, because the sum of its shares is one-eighth plus one, so its origin is eight and the shares are nine.

عال فلان عولا وعيالة، ككتابة، وعؤولا،) بالضم، كثر عياله،

So-and-so had many dependents, with the noun forms 'awlan', 'iyalah', and 'u'ulan'.

ذلك أدنى أن لا تعولوا أي: أدنى لئلا يكثر عيالكم

That is closer to your not having many dependents, meaning closer to your not having your families increase.

والمعروف: عال الرجل يعول: إذا جار

And the known meaning is: a man 'ala' means he was unjust.

وأعال يعيل: إذا كثر عياله.

And he 'a'ala' means his dependents increased.

عال الرجل يعول: إذا افتقر

A man 'awala' means he became poor.

وأعال الرجل: رفع صوته بالبكاء والصياح، كعول تعويلا

And a man 'a'ala' raised his voice in crying and shouting, like 'awwala'.

وقد تكون العولة: حرارة وجد الحزين والمحب من غير نداء ولا بكاء

And 'al-awlah' can be the heat of grief or love felt by a sad or loving person, without calling or crying.

للصدر منه عويل فيه حشرجة

From the chest comes a wail with a rattle.

كان إذا سمع الحديث أخذه العويل والزويل حتى يحفظه

When he heard a hadith, he would be overcome by wailing and lamentation until he memorized it.

زعمت فإن تلحق فضن مبرز جواد وإن تسبق فنفسك! أعول

You claim that if you catch up, you are a generous, distinguished one, and if you precede, then you yourself are the one who relies (or wails).

أعول عليه إذا أدل عليه دالة وحمل عليه

He relied on him when he made a claim against him and burdened him.

عول علي بما شئت، أي استعن بي

Rely on me with whatever you wish, meaning seek help from me.

أعول فلان: إذا حرص

So-and-so was eager.

وازدرت مزدار الكريم المعول

And I underestimated the measure of the generous, eager one.

أعولت القوس: صوتت

The bow made a sound.

وعيل عوله: ثكلته أمه.

His mother lost him (died).

عيل صبري، غلب

My patience was overcome.

فلما عيل صبره، أي غلب

And when his patience was overcome, meaning it was defeated.

وما أنا في ائتلاف ابني نزار بملبوس علي ولا معول

And I am not deceived in the alliance of the sons of Nizar, nor am I to be relied upon.

لعمري فعيل الصبر من يتجلد

By my life, patience is overcome by whoever endures.

عيل ما هو عائله، أي غلب ما هو غالبه

What overcomes it is what is overcoming it, meaning what defeats it is what defeats it.

فليس يعولك أن تصرما

It does not overcome you that you should separate.

بسدو يديه عيل ما هو عائله

With the movement of its hands, what overcomes it is overcoming it.

والعول: كل ما عالك من الأمر، أي أهمك

And 'al-'awl' is everything that concerns you from the matter, meaning it worries you.

والعول أيضا: المستعان به في المهمات.

And 'al-'awl' is also: that which is sought for help in important matters.

أيضا: قوت العيال.

Also: the sustenance of dependents.

وعول عليه معولا: اتكل واعتمد

And he relied on it, meaning he depended and trusted.

فهل عند رسم دارس من معول على أنه مصدر عول، أي اتكل

So, is there any reliance at the ruins of a dwelling, meaning dependence?

فهل عند رسم دارس من إعوال وبكاء.

So, is there any wailing and crying at the ruins of a dwelling?

هو عولي، أي عمدتي

He is my reliance, meaning my support.

لكنما عولي إن كنت ذا عول على بصير بكسب المجد سباق

My reliance, if I have any reliance, is only on one who is perceptive in gaining glory and is a racer.

من تتكفل بهم وتعولهم

Whom you undertake to support and provide for.

فإذا رجعت إلى أهلي دنت مني المرأة وعيل أو عيلان.

And when I returned to my family, the woman drew near to me, and a dependent or two.

رجل يدخل على عشرة عيل وعاء من طعام، يريد على عشرة أنفس يعولهم

A man enters upon ten dependents with a vessel of food, meaning upon ten souls whom he supports.

فقال: عشرة عيل، ولم يقل: عيايل.

He said: ten dependents, and did not say: 'ayayil'.

لقد عيل الأيتام طعنة ناشره

The orphans were made dependent by the thrust of his spear.

والمعول، كمنبر: الحديدة ينقر بها الجبال

And 'al-mi'wal', like 'minbar': the iron rod with which mountains are struck.

وهو أن يقطع الشجر فيستظل به من المطر.

This is when trees are cut to provide shade from the rain.

وعليه المعول: أي المتكل.

And upon him is the reliance, meaning the one depended upon.

ما له عال ولا مال

He has neither dependents nor wealth.

مال أي كثر عياله، ومال: جار في حكمه.

Meaning his dependents were many, and he deviated in his judgment.

عال عاليا، كقولهم: لعا لك عاليا يدعى له بالإقالة

He stumbled, 'aliyan', as they say: 'May you be spared', meaning a prayer for relief.

دعاء له بأن ينتعش

A prayer for him to recover.