أَلَا
Root: الو
Form: 1
Full Definition
أَلَاI
, Present.T يَأْلُو, Verbal.Noun أَلْوٌ and أُلُوُّ (K, TA [in a copy of the M أَلُوٌّ]) and أُلِىٌّ; (K, TA; [in a copy of the M أَلِىٌّ, and in a copy of the Mgh written with fet-h and damm to the أ;]) and
, Present.T يُؤَلّى, Verbal.Noun تَأْلِيَةٌ; and
[written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَلَى]; [and
, as appears from an ex. in a verse cited in art. نشب, q. v.;] He fell short; or he fell short of doing what was requisite, or what he ought to have done; or he
2 You say also, مَا أَلَوْتُ الشَّيْءَ, or مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ, inf. n أَلوٌ and أُلُوٌّ, (K, TA, [in a copy of the M أُلْوٌ,]) meaning I did not leave, quit, cease from, omit, or neglect, the thing, or doing it. And فُلَانٌ لَا يَأْلُو خَيْرًا Such a one does not leave, quit, or cease from, doing good. And مَا أَلَوْتُ جَهْدًا I did not leave, omit, or neglect, labour, exertion, effort, or endeavour: and the vulgar say, مَا آلُوكَ جَهْدًا; but this is wrong: so says As.
def.2 أَلَا, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun أَلْوٌ, also signifies He strove, or laboured; he exerted himself, or his power or ability; as also : the contr. of a signification before mentioned; i. e. “he flagged;,” or “was remiss, or languid, and weak.” You say, أَتَانِى فِى حَاجَةٍ فَأَلَوْتُ فِيهَا He came to me respecting a want, and I strove, or laboured, &c., to accomplish it.
2 And أَلَاهُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun أَلْوٌ, He was, or became, able to do it: and , Verbal.Noun تَأْلِيَةٌ, also signifies he was, or became, able; and so . You say, هُوَ يَأْلُو هذَا الأَمْرَ He is able to perform, or accomplish, this affair. And مَا أَلَوْتُهُ I was not able to do it. And أَتَانِى فُلَانٌ فِى حَاجَةٍ فَمَا أَلَوْتُ رَدَّهُ Such a one came to me respecting a want, and I was not able to rebuff him. It is said in a trad., مَنْ صَامَ الدَّهْرَ فَلَا صَامَ وَلَا [He who fasts ever, or always, may he neither fast] nor be able to fast: as though it were an imprecation: or it may be enunciative: another reading is وَلَا آلَ, explained as meaning وَلَا رَجَعَ: [See art. اول:] but El-Khattábee says that it is correctly أَلَّى and أَلَا. And the Arabs used to say, [and] accord. to a trad. it will be said to the hypocrite [in his grave], on his being asked respecting Mohammad and what he brought, and answering “I know not,” (T in art. تلو,)
2 Also, Verbal.Noun أَلْوٌ, He gave him a thing: [doubly trans.:] the contr. of a signification before mentioned, which is that of “refusing” [a person anything: see, above, لَا آلُوكَ نُصْحًا].
2 You say also, مَا أَلَوْتُ الشَّيْءَ, or مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ, inf. n أَلوٌ and أُلُوٌّ, (K, TA, [in a copy of the M أُلْوٌ,]) meaning I did not leave, quit, cease from, omit, or neglect, the thing, or doing it. And فُلَانٌ لَا يَأْلُو خَيْرًا Such a one does not leave, quit, or cease from, doing good. And مَا أَلَوْتُ جَهْدًا I did not leave, omit, or neglect, labour, exertion, effort, or endeavour: and the vulgar say, مَا آلُوكَ جَهْدًا; but this is wrong: so says As.
def.2 أَلَا, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun أَلْوٌ, also signifies He strove, or laboured; he exerted himself, or his power or ability; as also : the contr. of a signification before mentioned; i. e. “he flagged;,” or “was remiss, or languid, and weak.” You say, أَتَانِى فِى حَاجَةٍ فَأَلَوْتُ فِيهَا He came to me respecting a want, and I strove, or laboured, &c., to accomplish it.
2 And أَلَاهُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun أَلْوٌ, He was, or became, able to do it: and , Verbal.Noun تَأْلِيَةٌ, also signifies he was, or became, able; and so . You say, هُوَ يَأْلُو هذَا الأَمْرَ He is able to perform, or accomplish, this affair. And مَا أَلَوْتُهُ I was not able to do it. And أَتَانِى فُلَانٌ فِى حَاجَةٍ فَمَا أَلَوْتُ رَدَّهُ Such a one came to me respecting a want, and I was not able to rebuff him. It is said in a trad., مَنْ صَامَ الدَّهْرَ فَلَا صَامَ وَلَا [He who fasts ever, or always, may he neither fast] nor be able to fast: as though it were an imprecation: or it may be enunciative: another reading is وَلَا آلَ, explained as meaning وَلَا رَجَعَ: [See art. اول:] but El-Khattábee says that it is correctly أَلَّى and أَلَا. And the Arabs used to say, [and] accord. to a trad. it will be said to the hypocrite [in his grave], on his being asked respecting Mohammad and what he brought, and answering “I know not,” (T in art. تلو,)
2 Also, Verbal.Noun أَلْوٌ, He gave him a thing: [doubly trans.:] the contr. of a signification before mentioned, which is that of “refusing” [a person anything: see, above, لَا آلُوكَ نُصْحًا].
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