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أَكُولَةٌ

Root: اكل

Full Definition

أَكُولَةٌ A sheep, or goat, which is set apart to be eaten, [i. e.] to be slaughtered, and which is fattened, and the taking of which by the collector of the poor-rate is disapproved; not left to pasture by itself, being of the best of the beasts: and أَكِيلَةٌ occurs in the same sense, applied to a sheep, or goat, fattened to be eaten. Hence the prov., مَرْعًى وَلَا أَكُولَةً [lit. Pasturage, and no اكولة]; meaning wealth collected together, and none expended.
2 Also Barren; applied to a sheep or goat [app. because such is generally eaten].


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