Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عسّل

Root: عسل

Form: 2

Full Definition

عسّلII , Verbal.Noun تَعْسِيلٌ: see 1, first sentence.
2 عَسَّلْتُهُمْ, Verbal.Noun as above, I furnished them with عَسَل [i. e. honey] for travelling-provision; as also .
3 And عسّل الرَّجُلَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He made the man's condiment to be عَسَل [or honey].
4 And the Arabs say, عَسِّلُوا ضَيْفَكُمْ, meaning Divert ye your guest with something [whereby to allay the craving of his stomach] before the [morning-meal called] غَدَآء; like لَمِّجُوهُ and لَهِّجُوهُ &c. (El-Umawee, TA in art. لهج.)
5 And عَسَّلَتِ النَّحْلُ The bees made honey.
6 [And, accord. to Freytag, عسّل signifies He collected honey: but for this he names no authority.]


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