الفَيَالُ
Root: فيل
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الفَيَالُ
and الفِيَالُ, the former a subst, and the latter an Verbal.Noun [of 3], and
المُفَايَلَةُ [which is likewise an Verbal.Noun of 3], A certain game, well known, of the children, or of the youths, or young men, of the Arabs of the desert, with earth, or dust: a thing is hidden in earth, or dust, which is then divided into two portions; then the hider says to his companion, In which of them twain is it? and if he [who is thus questioned] mistake, the hider says to him
فَالَ
رَأْيُكَ: ISk termed it الفِئَالُ, with ء; and it has been mentioned before in art.
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