Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَيْلَى

Root: عيل

Full Definition

عَيْلَى A woman that weeps [or wails] for the dead. (AA, O. [But this also app. belongs to art. عول.])

def.2 Also a pl. of عَائِلٌ [q. v.].


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