زَائِلَةٌ
Root: زول
Full Definition
زَائِلَةٌ
[from زَائِلٌ, the ة being affixed to transfer the word from the category of epithets to that of substantives,] Whatever has a soul, of animals; that moves (يَزُولُ) from its place: or anything that moves; that does not remain fixed in its place; applied to a man and to other things.
2 زَوَائِلُ is its pl.: and signifies [particularly] Animals of the chase.
3 And [hence,] Women. One says رَجُلٌ رَامِى الزَّوَائِلِ A man knowing in respect of the diseases, or faults, (أَدْوَآء,) of women: or skilful in the making of women to incline to him: whence the saying of Ibn-Meiyádeh, [And I was a man having the art of making women to incline to me, once; but I have become such that I have relinquished the art of making women to incline to me]: this was a man who used to beguile women in his time of youthful vigour by his beauty; but when he became hoary and aged, no woman inclined to him.
4 Also The stars: because of their motion from the east and the west in their revolving.
5 See also 1, near the end of the paragraph; and زَوْلٌ, last sentence but three.
2 زَوَائِلُ is its pl.: and signifies [particularly] Animals of the chase.
3 And [hence,]
وَكُنْتُ ٱمْرَأً أَرْمِى الزَّوَائِلَ مَرَّةً فَأَصْبَحْتُ قَدْ وَدَعْتُ رَمْىَ الزَّوَائِلِ
4 Also
5 See also 1, near the end of the paragraph; and زَوْلٌ, last sentence but three.