عِقَالٌ
Root: عقل
Full Definition
عِقَالٌ
A rope with which a camel's fore shank is bound to his arm, both being folded together and bound in the middle of the arm: pl. عُقُلٌ. [See also شِكَالٌ.]
2 And The poor-rate of a year, consisting of camels and of sheep or goats. [See a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. سعو and سعى.] One says, عَلَى بَنِى فُلَانٍ عِقَالَانِ On the sons of such a one lies a poor-rate of two years. And hence the saying of Aboo-Bekr, لَوْ مَنَعُونِى عِقَالًا If they refused me a year's poor-rate: and it is said that the phrase أَخَذَ عِقَالًا was used when the collector of the poor-rate took the camels themselves, not their price: or Aboo-Bekr meant a rope of the kind above mentioned; for when one gave the poor-rate of his camels, he gave with them their عُقُل: or he meant thereby a paltry thing, of the value of the [rope called] عقال: or he said عَنَاقًا [“ a she-kid ”]; so accord. to Bkh, and most others: or جُدَيًّا [“ a little kid ”].
3 Also A young [she-camel such as is called] قَلُوص.
4 عِقَالُ المِئِينَ means The man of high rank who, when he has been made a prisoner, is ransomed with hundreds of camels.
2 And The poor-rate of a year, consisting of camels and of sheep or goats. [See a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. سعو and سعى.] One says, عَلَى بَنِى فُلَانٍ عِقَالَانِ On the sons of such a one lies a poor-rate of two years. And hence the saying of Aboo-Bekr, لَوْ مَنَعُونِى عِقَالًا If they refused me a year's poor-rate: and it is said that the phrase أَخَذَ عِقَالًا was used when the collector of the poor-rate took the camels themselves, not their price: or Aboo-Bekr meant a rope of the kind above mentioned; for when one gave the poor-rate of his camels, he gave with them their عُقُل: or he meant thereby a paltry thing, of the value of the [rope called] عقال: or he said عَنَاقًا [“ a she-kid ”]; so accord. to Bkh, and most others: or جُدَيًّا [“ a little kid ”].
3 Also A young [she-camel such as is called] قَلُوص.
4 عِقَالُ المِئِينَ means The man of high rank who, when he has been made a prisoner, is ransomed with hundreds of camels.
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