جَالَ

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جَالَI , Present.T يَجُولُ, Verbal.Noun جَوْلٌ and جُولٌ and جَوَلَانٌ and جُؤُولٌ and جِيلَالٌ, in some copies of the K جِيلَان; and in like manner, and ; He went round or about, or or round about; as also جوّل , Verbal.Noun تَجْوَالٌ: or جوّل signifies he went round, or about, or round about, much, or often; agreeably with what Sb says of the measure تَفْعَالٌ; but accord. to the O, تَجْوَالٌ is an Verbal.Noun of جال. You say, جال فِى البِلَادِ He went about, or round about, in the countries, or districts, not remaining fixed, or settled: and جوّل البِلَادَ, or جوّل فِى البِلَادِ, Verbal.Noun تَجْوِيلٌ, or تَجْوَالٌ, he went about, or round about, much, or often, in the countries, or districts. And جال فِى المَيْدَانِ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun جَوْلَةٌ and جَوَلَانٌ, He traversed the sides, or lateral parts or tracts, of the horse-course; which are termed أَجْوَالٌ, pl. of جُولٌ. And جال فِى الحَرْبِ, Verbal.Noun جَوْلَةٌ, He wheeled round, or about, in battle. And فَرَّ لِلْجَوَلَانِ ثُمَّ عَادَ لِلْقِتَالِ [He fled, to wheel round, or about, and then returned to the fight]. (Msb in art. كر.) And جالُوا, or , means جال بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ, i. e., They assailed, or assaulted, one another, فِى الحَرْبِ [in battle]; [and so, app., جَاوَلُوا , Verbal.Noun مُجَاوَلَةٌ:] and كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ There were between them mutual [assailings, or assaults, and] defendings. And جال القَوْمُ, Verbal.Noun جَوْلَةٌ, The company of men were routed, defeated, or put to flight, (اِنْكَشَفُوا,) and then returned to the fight, or charged, or assaulted. And أَصَابَ المُسْلِمِينَ جَوْلَةٌ Defeat befell the Muslims: a metonymy; used only in relation to the favourites of God; from الجَوَلَانُ.
2 جالوُا فِى الضَّلَالَةِ, or إِلَى الضَّلَالَةِ, They became excited to lightness, or levity, and unsteadiness, and carried away, and driven, or they became fascinated, and turned away, by the influence of devils, from their religion, or from the right course, to error.
3 جال التُّرَابُ, Verbal.Noun جَوْلٌ, The dust went away, and rose; as also : or the latter signifies became removed, or cleared away [by the wind]; syn. اِنْكَشَطَ.
4 يَجُولُ فِى صَدْرِى أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ [It is revolved in my bosom, or mind, that I should do it].
5 See also 4, in two places.

def.2 جال الشَّىْءَ, Verbal.Noun جَوْلٌ, He chose, or selected, the thing. You say, جُلْتُ هٰذَا مِنْ هٰذَا I chose, or selected, this from this. And مَنْهُمْ جَوْلًا I chose, or selected, from them [a choice portion]; and separated some of them from others. And مِنْ مَالِهِ جَوْلًا, and جَوَالَةً, He chose, or selected, from his property, or cattle, a choice portion.

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