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1 قَالَ ذ . The objective complement of قال, meaning He said, or what is termed مَقُولُ القَوْلِ, must be a complete proposition, or a word signifying at least one complete proposition, as كَلَامًا; or a word signifying a command or the like; or a word significant of a sound, termed إِِسْمُ صَوْتٍ: it may be a verb; but cannot be an inf. n., as عِبَادَةٌ. (Gr.) [This is what is meant where] it is said in the Keshsháf, العِبَادَةُ لا تُقَالُ. (Kull, p. 327.) ― -b2- قَالَ لَهُ signifies خَاطَبَ له: قال عَنْهُ, رَوَى عنه: قال عَلَيْهِ, اِفْتَرَى عليه: قال بِهِ, حَكَمَ به: and قال فيه, اِجْتَهَدَ فِيهِ. (Marg. note in Additions to a copy of the KT.) ― -b3- قَالَ فِيهِ فَمَا اتَّرَكَ, i. e. اِجْتَهَدَ فِيهِ: see تَرَكَ. ― -b4- قَالَ عَلَيْهِ, aor. قَوُلَ , He lied, or said what was false, against him. (TA in art. تلو.) See تَقَوَّلَ. ― -b5- قَالَ فِيهِ and عَنْهُ He said of him, or it, such a thing. ― -b6- قَالَ بِكَذَا He asserted his belief in such a thing, as a doctrine or the like: a well-known meaning. ― -b7- قَالَتِ العَيْنَانِ The eyes made a sign [as though saying...]. (TA.) ― -b8- قَالَ بِرَأْسِهِ He made a sign with his head: (TA:) or a motion. (Ham, p. 242.) ― -b9- قَالَ بِيَدِهِ He took [with his hand]. (TA.) ― -b10- قَالَ بِرِجْلِهِ He walked, or struck [with his leg, or foot]. (TA.) ― -b11- قَالَ بِثَوْبِهِ He raised his garment. (TA.) ― -b12- قَالَ بِالمَآءِ عَلَى يَدِهِ He poured the water on his arm or hand. (TA.) ― -b13- قَالَ فِيهِ He spoke against him; vituperated him. ― -b14- قَالَ شِعْرًا lit., He said, or spoke, or put forth, or uttered, or gave utterance to, or recited, poetry; he spoke in verse; he poetized, or versified. ― -b15- قَالَ He made a sign; syn. أَوْمَأَ. (Ham, p. 601, where see other meanings: see also p. 242 of the same: and see Mgh.) قَالَ بِيَدِهِ [He made a sign with his hand, meaning to say...]. (A trad. cited voce حَطَّ; and another voce حَرَّفَ.) Also, He struck his hand upon a thing. (Mgh.) See an ex. voce. أَشْرَبَ.

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