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أَثَالٌ

Root: اثل

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أَثَالٌ , with fet-h, or أُثَالٌ, with damm, or both, Glory, honour, dignity, nobility, or high rank. You say, لَهُ أُثَالٌ كَأَنَّهُ أُثَالٌ He has glory, or honour, &c., as though it were the mountain called Othál. [But the next signification seems to be here more appropriate.]
2 Wealth, or property.
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