إِيَّلٌ
Root: اول
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إِيَّلٌ
and
أُيَّلٌ (T, S, Mgh, Msb, K, the first and third and fourth in art. ايل) and
, the last on the authority of IAar, but A'Obeyd says that it is إِيَّلٌ, with kesr, and this is the approved form, The [animal called] وَعْل: or the male
وَعْل; i. e. the mountain-goat: accord. to some, what is called in Persian كَوَزْن; by which word Sh explains the word إِيَّلٌ: ISh says, it is the animal that is very wide between the horns, and bulky, like the domestic bull: [see بَقَرُ الوَحْشِ in art. بقر:] and Lth says, it is called thus because it resorts (يَؤُولُ) to the mountains: sometimes the ى is changed into ج: the fem. is of the same three forms with ة: and the pl. is أَيَائِلُ [like سَيَائِدُ pl. of سَيِّدٌ].
2 See also آئِلٌ, in two places.
2 See also آئِلٌ, in two places.
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