Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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وأر وأل وأم


1. ⇒ وأل

وَأَلَ: see آلَ, in art. اول, in two places.


أَوَّلُ

أَوَّلُ First, and former; preceding all others, and preceding another. See art. أول

Root: وأل - Entry: أَوَّلُ.1 Signification: A2

أَوَائِلُ السُّوَرِ The first parts, or beginnings, of the chapters of the Ḳur-án.

Root: وأل - Entry: أَوَّلُ.1 Signification: A3

جَآءَ فِى أَوَائِلِ القَوْمِ He came among the first comers of the people. (Mṣb.)

Root: وأل - Entry: أَوَّلُ.1 Signification: A4

And الأَوَائِلُ The people of former ages; as also الأَوَّلُونَ.

Root: وأل - Entry: أَوَّلُ.1 Signification: A5

لَقِيتُهُ عَامًا أَوَّلَ means I met him [in a former year.] before this year, though by several years. (Alee El-Kári, in his Expos. of the Ḳ, from Seer; cited in the margin of a copy of the Ḳ; art. اول.) See عَامٌ.


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