تعقّلهُ
Root: عقل
Form: 5
Full Definition
تعقّلهُV
: see 1, near the middle:
2 and see 8, in four places.
3 تَعَقَّلْ لِى بِكَفَّيْكَ حَتَّى أَرْكَبَ بَعِيرِى, a saying heard by Az from an Arab of the desert, means Put thy two hands together for me, and intersert thy fingers together, in order that I may put my foot upon them, i. e. upon thy hands, and mount my camel; for the camel was standing; and was laden; and if he had made him to lie down, would not rise with him and his load.
def.2 [It is used in philosophical works as meaning He conceived it in his mind, abstractedly, and otherwise; and so, sometimes, , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَقْلٌ. Hence one says, هٰذَا شَىْءٌ لَا يُتَعَقَّلُ This is a thing that is not conceivable.]
def.3 تعقّل as intrans.: see 1, latter half.
2 [Hence, He recovered his intellect, or understanding.
3 And] He affected, or endeavoured to acquire, عَقْل [i. e. intelligence, &c.]: like as one says تَحَلَّمَ and تَكَيَّسَ. [See also 6.]
4 Said of an animal of the chase, as meaning It stuck fast, and became caught, in a net or the like, it is a coined word, not heard [from the Arabs of chaste speech].
2 and see 8, in four places.
3 تَعَقَّلْ لِى بِكَفَّيْكَ حَتَّى أَرْكَبَ بَعِيرِى, a saying heard by Az from an Arab of the desert, means Put thy two hands together for me, and intersert thy fingers together, in order that I may put my foot upon them, i. e. upon thy hands, and mount my camel; for the camel was standing; and was laden; and if he had made him to lie down, would not rise with him and his load.
def.2 [It is used in philosophical works as meaning He conceived it in his mind, abstractedly, and otherwise; and so, sometimes, , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَقْلٌ. Hence one says, هٰذَا شَىْءٌ لَا يُتَعَقَّلُ This is a thing that is not conceivable.]
def.3 تعقّل as intrans.: see 1, latter half.
2 [Hence, He recovered his intellect, or understanding.
3 And] He affected, or endeavoured to acquire, عَقْل [i. e. intelligence, &c.]: like as one says تَحَلَّمَ and تَكَيَّسَ. [See also 6.]
4 Said of an animal of the chase, as meaning It stuck fast, and became caught, in a net or the like, it is a coined word, not heard [from the Arabs of chaste speech].
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