آلَةٌ
Root: اول
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آلَةٌ
i. q.
أَدَاةٌ [i. e. An instrument; a tool; an implement; a utensil: and instruments; tools; implements; utensils; apparatus; equipments; equipage; accoutrements; furniture; gear; tackling;] with which one works, for himself or for another: it is both sing. and pl.: or, as some say, it is a pl. having no sing. as to the letter: [but it is very often used as a sing.:] and the pl. is آلَاتٌ. In the saying of 'Alee, يَسْتَعْمِلُ
آلَةَ الدِّينِ فِى طَلَبِ الدُّنيَا [lit. He makes use of the instrument of religion in seeking the goods of the present world],
2 [A musical instrument;] a lute; a musical reed, or pipe; the [kind of mandoline called] طُنْبُور.
3 The male organ of generation.
4 The bier of a corpse. Thus, accord. to some, in the following verse, of Kaab Ibn-Zuheyr:
5 See also آلٌ, in two places, near the middle of the paragraph.
def.2 A state, or condition; i. q. حَالَةٌ [as mentioned above]: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] آلٌ . You say, هُوَبِآلةِ سَوْءٍ [He is in an evil state or condition].
2 I. q. شِذَّةٌ [Straitness; difficulty; distress; &c.].
2 [A musical instrument;] a lute; a musical reed, or pipe; the [kind of mandoline called] طُنْبُور.
3 The male organ of generation.
4 The bier of a corpse. Thus, accord. to some, in the following verse, of Kaab Ibn-Zuheyr:
[Every son of a female, though his health, or safety, long continue, is one day borne upon a gibbous bier: for the bier of the Arabs of the desert was generally composed of two poles connected by a net-work of cords upon which the corpse lay depressed]: or, as some say, [in a distressing state, or condition; for, they say,] آلَة here signifies حَلَة.كُلُّ ٱبْنِ أُنْثَى وَإِنْ طَالتْ سَلَامَتُهُ يَوْمًا عَلَى آلَةٍ حَدْبَآءَ مَحْمُولُ
5 See also آلٌ, in two places, near the middle of the paragraph.
def.2 A state, or condition; i. q. حَالَةٌ [as mentioned above]: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] آلٌ . You say, هُوَبِآلةِ سَوْءٍ [He is in an evil state or condition].
2 I. q. شِذَّةٌ [Straitness; difficulty; distress; &c.].
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