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آكَالٌ

Root: اكل

Full Definition

آكَالٌ [app. a pl. of pauc. of أُكُلٌ, q. v., and of أُكْلٌ, agreeably with analogy,] The [grants termed] مَآكِل of kings; their طُعَم [pl. of طُعْمَةٌ, explained above, voce أُكْلَةٌ].
2 The stipends of soldiers.
3 ذَووالآكَالِ, for which J has erroneously put الآكال, [in the S,] without ذوو, The lords, or chiefs, of the tribes, who take the مِرْبَاع [or fourth part of the spoil, which was the chief's portion in the time of ignorance] &c.


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