أَكِيلَةٌ
Root: اكل
Full Definition
أَكِيلَةٌ
and
أَكِيلٌ and
أُكُولَةٌ , with two dammehs, so in the copies of the K, but perhaps a mistake for
أُكْلَةٌ , a word of a bad dial., and
مَأْكُولٌ and
مُؤَاكِلٌ , (K, TA, [in some copies of the former of which, instead of وَهِىَ قَبِيحَةٌ وَ المَأْكُولِ وَ المَؤَاكِلِ, meaning, as is said in the TA, وَهِىَ لُغَةٌ قَبِيحَةٌ &c., we find وَهِىَ قَبِيحَةٌ المَأْكُولِ وَ المَؤَاكِلِ,]) A sheep, or goat, which is set in the lurking-place of a hunter for the purpose of catching thereby the wolf and the like.
2 And the first two words, or أَكِيلَةٌ سَبُعٍ, A beast which has been eaten, or partly eaten, by a beast or bird of prey, and then rescued from it: the ة in اكيلة being added because the quality of a subst. is predominant in it.
3 See also أَكُولَةٌ.
2 And the first two words, or أَكِيلَةٌ سَبُعٍ, A beast which has been eaten, or partly eaten, by a beast or bird of prey, and then rescued from it: the ة in اكيلة being added because the quality of a subst. is predominant in it.
3 See also أَكُولَةٌ.
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