Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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جأش جأل جام


جَيْأَلُ

جَيْأَلُ The ضَبُع [or female hyena]; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) a name thereof, of the measure فَيْعَلُ, determinate without ال (Ṣ,) imperfectly decl.; (Ḳ;) as alsoجَيْأَلَةُ↓, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) accord. to Ks; (Ṣ;) and جَيَلُ, without ء, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) the ى not being changed into ا as in نَابٌ and the like because the ء, though literally suppressed, is considered as though meant to be retained, and because the ى is considered as though meant to be quiescent; (Aboo-ʼAlee the grammarian, Ṣ, TA;) and الجَيْأَلُ, (Ḳ,) like the first, but with ال. (TA.)

Root: جأل - Entry: جَيْأَلُ Signification: A2

Also, الجَيْأَلُ, accord. to Ibn-Es-Seed, The wolf: but MF deems this strange. (TA.)


جَيْأَلَةُ

جَيْأَلَةُ: see above.


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