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4 أعَالَهُمْ ذ : see 1, first sentence. -A2- اعال and أعْوَلَ and أَعْيَلَ as intrans.: see 1, former half, in six places. -A3- اعال الفَرَئِضَ or الفَرِيضَةَ: see 1, latter half. -A4- See also 2, former half. -A5- أَعْوَلَ (Sh, S, O, K) and ↓ عوّل (Sh, O, K) He wept; (O;) as also ↓ اِعْتَوَلَ : (O, K:) or he wailed; i. e. raised his voice with weeping, (S, K,) and cried out; (K;) or wept, and cried out; عَلَيْهِ for him: (Sh, O, Msb:) and an instance occurs, in a verse of 'Obeyd-Allah Ibn-'Abd-Allah Ibn-'Otbeh, cited by Th, of اعول trans. by itself, عَلَى being suppressed. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says also, أَعْوَلَتِ القَوْسُ (assumed tropical:) The bow produced a sound: (S, M, O, K, TA:) in some lexicons, as in the L, erroneously, الفَرَسُ. (TA.) -A6- And اعال and أَعْوَلَ (AZ, O, K, and S in art. مُعْوِلٌ) and مُعْيِلٌ (K) signify He (a man, K) desired vehemently, eagerly, greedily, very greedily, or with avidity; or did so excessively, or culpably; or coveted; (AZ, S, O, K;) part. ns. ↓ مُعْوِلٌ and ↓ مُعْيِلٌ . (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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