Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَالَةٌ

Root: عول

Full Definition

عَالَةٌ A ظُلَّة [or covering], or a thing like a ظُلَّة, used as a shelter from the rain, constructed with cuttings of trees [in a manner described above: see 2, last sentence].
2 And i. q. نَعَامَةٌ, either as meaning The species of animal thus called [i. e. an ostrich], or as meaning a ظُلَّة, for thus نَعَامَةٌ also signifies.

def.2 [As a pl.: see عِيَالٌ.]

def.3 See also art. عيل.


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