اعتدل
Root: عدل
Form: 8
Full Definition
اعتدلVIII
It was, or became, right, or in a right condition; direct, or rightly directed; straight, or even; equal; equable, or uniform; [symmetrical, proportionate,] suitable in itself [or in its parts]. The saying, cited by Sh,
2 Also It was, or became, of a middling sort, in quantity, or quality; as a body between tallness and shortness, and water between the hot and the
means And she that had an inclining hump became straight [and erect] in her hump by reason of fatness. And one says جَارِيَةٌ حَسَنَةُ الاِعْتِدَالِ A girl, or young woman, goodly in respect of stature [or proportion]. And اعتدل الشِّعْرُ The poetry, or verse, was, or became, measured, and right in its feet.وَٱعْتَدَلَتْ ذَاتُ السَّنَامِ الأَمْيَلِ
2 Also It was, or became, of a middling sort, in quantity, or quality; as a body between tallness and shortness, and water between the hot and the
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