Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اثعلوا

Root: ثعل

Form: 4

Full Definition

اثعلواIV , said of guests, They were, or became, numerous, or many, and straitened, or crowded, one another: so, too, said of men coming to water.
2 اثعلوا عَلَيْنَا They acted contrarily, or adversely, to us; they opposed us.
3 اثعل said of a recompense, or reward, It was, or became, great.
4 And said of an affair, It was so great that one knew not how to apply himself to it: it implies incongruity.


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