عيل

1 عَالَ  , aor. يَعِيلُ, inf. n. عَيْلَةٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) [afterwards said in the K to be the subst. from this verb] and عُيُولٌ (S, O, K) and عِيُولٌ (TA) and عَيْلٌ and مَعِيلٌ; (K;) and عال, aor. يَعُولُ; (Ks, TA in art. عول;) and ↓ اعال ; (K in that art.;) He was, or became, poor, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) and in want. (S, O.) So in the saying مَا لَهُ مَالَ وَعَالَ, [of which see another explanation in art. عول,] a form of imprecation. (TA.) It is said in a trad., مَا عَالَ مُقْتَصِدٌ وَلَا يَعِيلُ i. e. [One following the right course] has not become poor [nor will he become poor]. (TA.) And one says, لَا يَعِيلُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى القَصْدِ [and لَا يَقُولُ, expl. in art. عول], (Yoo, TA.) ― -b2- See also 4. -A2- عَالَنِى, (S, O, K,) aor. as above, (S, O,) inf. n. عَيْلٌ and مَعِيلٌ, It (a thing) was, or became, wanted by me, and unattainable to me: (S, O, K:) mentioned by El-Ahmar. (S, O.) ― -b2- And عال الضَّالَّةَ, (S, O, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. عَيْلٌ and عَيَلَانٌ, (S, O,) He knew not where to seek the stray beast. (S, O, K.) -A3- عال, (S, O,) or عال فِى مَشْيِهِ, (K,) aor. as above, inf. n. عَيْلٌ, (S, O,) said of a horse, (S, O, TA,) and of a man, (S, TA,) He inclined from side to side in his gait, (S, O, K,) and (when said of a man, S) was proud, haughty, or self-conceited, therein: (S, K:) the doing so in a horse is commended, as indicative of his generousness: (TA:) and ↓ تعيّل signifies the same, (O, K,) said of a man. (O.) ― -b2- And عال فِى الأَرْضِ, (O, K,) aor. as above, (O,) inf. n. عَيْلٌ and عُيُول and عُيُولٌ, thus in the K, i. e. with damm and fet-h, but in the M [عُيُولٌ and عِيُولٌ, i. e.] with damm and kesr, [of the like whereof there are many instances, one of them in the first sentence above,] (TA,) He (a man, O) went, or went away, (O, K,) and round about, (K, TA, but not in the CK) in the land; (O, K;) or journeyed therein seeking sustenance, or for the purpose of traffic; syn. ضَرَبَ فِيهَا: so says IAmb. (O.) ― -b3- عال المِيزَانُ, aor. يَعِيلُ and يَعُولُ, inf. n. عَيْلٌ and عَوْلٌ: see art. عول. 2 عيّل  as intrans.: see 4; and see also 1 in art. عول, fourth sentence. -A2- عيّل عيَالَهُ He neglected his family, or household: (TA, and K in art. عول:) or تَعْيِيلٌ signifies the feeding badly. (S, O.) See also 2 in art. عول, second sentence. ― -b2- And see 1 in that art., first sentence. ― -b3- عيّل فَرَسَهُ He (a man) left his horse alone, or by himself, to pasture where he would, without a pastor, in the desert. (S, O.) 4 اعال  He (a man) had a family, or household; so accord. to Akh: or he had a numerous family or household; (S, O, TA;) as also أَعْيَلَ, and ↓ عال , and ↓ عيّل . (TA.) [See also 1 in art. عول, fourth sentence.] ― -b2- And see the first sentence of the present art. ― -b3- Also, said of a wolf, (O, K,) and of a lion, and of a leopard, (K,) He sought, or sought after, (O, K,) a thing, (O,) or prey. (K.) ― -b4- See also 4 in art. عول, last sentence. 5 تَعَيَّلَ see 1, latter half. عِيلٌ  : see عَيْلَةٌ: -A2- and see also عَائِلٌ. عَيَلٌ  The propounding of one's narration, and talk, to him who does not desire it and whom it does not concern; (O, K;) [and so, app., ↓ عِيَالٌ ; for it is said that] this is what is meant in the saying of the Prophet, إِِنَّ مِنَ القَوْلِ عَيَلًا, or, as some relate it, عِيَالًا: [whence it seems that both readings mean Verily of what is said is the propounding of one's narration, &c.:] so says Saasa'ah. (O.) عَالَةٌ  : see the next paragraph. [ -A2- And see عَائِلٌ, of which it is a pl.] -A3- See also art. عول. عَيْلَةٌ  [mentioned above as an inf. n., and also said in the K to be a subst.,] Poverty, (S, O, K,) and want; thus in the Kur ix. 28; as also ↓ عَالَةٌ ; (S, O;) and ↓ عَائِلَةٌ , and thus accord. to one reading in the Kur ix. 28; and accord. to IAar, ↓ عِيلٌ , with kesr, is syn. with عَيْلَةٌ. (TA.) -A2- It is also a pl. [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] of عَائِلٌ q. v. (S, TA.) -A3- طَالَ عَيْلَتِى إِِيَّاكَ means Long has continued my feeding, nourishing, or sustaining, thee. (O, K. [But this app. belongs to art. عول: see the first sentence in that art.]) عَيْلَى  A woman that weeps [or wails] for the dead. (AA, O. [But this also app. belongs to art. عول.]) -A2- Also a pl. of عَائِلٌ [q. v.]. (S, O, K.) عيْلَانٌ  The male hyena. (S, O, K.) عِيَالٌ  a pl. of which the sing is عَيِّلٌ and of which the pl. is عَيَائِلُ, this last being a pl. pl.: see art. عول. -A2- See also عَيَلٌ, above. عِيَالَةٌ  The fodder, or provender, of a بِرْذَوْن [or hackney]; as also ↓ مَعَالَةٌ . (Fr, O, K.) عَيَّالٌ  That inclines from side to side in gait, and is proud, haughty, or self-conceited, therein: (S, O, TA;) as also ↓ عَائِلٌ , of which عَيْلَةٌ is a pl. [or rather a quasi-pl. n.]: (IAar, TA:) the former applied to a horse, (S, TA,) and to a lion: (S, O, TA:) and so with ة applied to a woman. (K, TA.) Respecting the saying of Hokeym Ibn-Mo'eiyeh Er-Raba'ee, cited by Sb, “ فِيهَا عَيَايِيلُ أُسُودٍ وَنُمُرْ
” Ibn-Es-Seeráfee says, it is as though he said فيها مُتَبَخْتِرَاتُ &c. [i. e. In it are such as walk with a proud gait and an inclining from side to side, of lions and of leopards]; making عياييل to be pl. of عَيَّالٌ; not of ↓ عَيِّلٌ ; (O, TA; *) of which latter, as signifying seeking [prey, like مُعِيلٌ], it is also [said to be] an anomalous pl.: (TA:) but Aboo-Mohammad Ibn-El-Aarábee says that Ibn-Es-Seeráfee has miswritten عياييل, and that it is correctly غَيَايِيلُ, with the pointed غ, an anomalous pl. of غِيلٌ [signifying “ a thicket, ” &c.; so that the meaning is, in it are thickets the lurking-places of lions and of leopards]. (O, TA.) عَائِلٌ  Poor, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) and needy, or in want; (S, O;) occurring in the Kur xciii. 8; (TA;) as also ↓ عَيِّلٌ , (TA,) and ↓ مُعِيلٌ : (Ibn-El-Kelbee, TA:) pl. of the first عَالَةٌ, (Mgh, O, Msb, K,) [originally] of the measure فَعَلَةٌ, like كَفَرَةٌ pl. of كَافِرٌ, (Msb,) and عُيَّلٌ (K) and عَيْلَى (S, O, K) and [quasi-pl. ns.] ↓ عَيْلَةٌ (S, TA) and ↓ عِيلٌ . (IAar, TA.) -A2- See also عَيَّالٌ. عَائِلَةٌ  : see عَيْلَةٌ. عَيِّلٌ  , originally of the measure فَيْعِلٌ: (ISd, TA in art. عول:) see عِيَالٌ, in two places, in art. عول. -A2- See also عَائِلٌ. -A3- And see مُعِيلٌ: and عَيَّالٌ. مُعِيلٌ  : see عَائِلٌ. ― -b2- Also A man having a family, or household; and so ↓ مُعَيَّلٌ : (TA:) or having a numerous family or household; and in like manner, with ة, applied to a woman. (S, O, TA.) [See also art. عول.] ― -b3- Also, applied to a wolf, a lion, and a leopard, Seeking, or seeking after, prey; (K, TA;) and so ↓ عَيِّلٌ . (TA.) مُعَيَّلٌ  : see مُعِيلٌ in this art., and also in art. عول. مُعَيِّلٌ  : see art. عول. مَعَالَةٌ : see عِيَالَةٌ. Credit: Lane Lexicon