Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَأْكُولٌ

Root: اكل

Full Definition

مَأْكُولٌ : see أَكِيلٌ:
2 and أُكُلٌ:
3 and أَكِيلَةٌ.
4 The subjects of a king. Hence the trad., مَأْكُولٌ حِمْيَرَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ آكِلِهَا The subjects of Himyer are better than their king, or ruler.


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